Leadership
Elissa Sangalli
President
esangalli@northerninitiatives.org
(616) 204-2201
Chuck Hurst
Vice President, Commercial Lending
churst@northerninitiatives.org
(906) 250-7527
Amanda Blondeau
Chief Strategy Officer
ablondeau@northerninitiatives.org
(906) 869-5940
Jill Miller
Accounting Manager
jmiller@northerninitiatives.org
Lending
Colleen Duflo
Senior Commercial Lender
cduflo@northerninitiatives.org
(906) 420-0907
Lucy McCraven
Commercial Lender
lhostemccraven@northerninitiatives.org
(989) 390-8418
Norma Jazwinski
Commercial Lender
njazwinski@northerninitiatives.org
(616) 560-8658
Venard Roberson
Commercial Lender
vroberson@northerninitiatives.org
(616) 329-6188
Sam Lanctot
Commercial Lender
slanctot@northerninitiatives.org
(906) 281-1244
Kellie Hoffman
Commercial Lender
khoffman@northerninitiatives.org
(269) 274-8912
Lee Ann Heikkila
Senior Portfolio Administrator
lheikkila@northerninitiatives.org
Kathy Leone
Credit Manager
kleone@northerninitiatives.org
Rachel Thomas
Credit Analyst
rthomas@northerninitiatives.org
Amber Gransinger
Credit Analyst
agransinger@northerninitiatives.org
Sara Bednarek
Commercial Lending Assistant
sbednarek@northerninitiatives.org
Brenda Albrecht
Commercial Lending Assistant
balbrecht@northerninitiatives.org
Danielle Cool
Commercial Lending Assistant
dcool@northerninitiatives.org
Business Services
Israel Flores
Business Services Director
iflores@northerninitiatives.org
(734) 546-2018
Chris Wendel
Initiate Program Manager
cwendel@northerninitiatives.org
(231) 409-7889
Jessa Armstrong
Initiate Customer Success Manager
jarmstrong@northerninitiatives.org
(734) 773-2295
Kristin Smith
MMTC Regional Director
ksmith@northerninitiatives.org
(715) 889-0182
Jody Lindberg
Business Coach
jlindberg@northerninitiatives.org
(906) 362 3235
Mary Bickel
Business Coach
mbickel@northerninitiatives.org
(813) 601-4165
Justin Andert
Business Coach
jandert@northerninitiatives.org
(269) 967-5855
Jenny Mualhlun
Business Coach
jmualhlun@northerninitiatives.org
(240) 575-8084
Accounting and Operations
Teri Govern
Accountant
tgovern@northerninitiatives.org
Kayla Britting
Accountant
kbritting@northerninitiatives.org
Natasha Koss
Development Coordinator
nkoss@northerninitiatives.org
Jodee Taylor
Content Coordinator
jtaylor@northerninitiatives.org
Becky Blom
HR/Accounting Coordinator
bblom@northerninitiatives.org
Deborah Schultz
HR/Administrative Coordinator
dschultz@northerninitiatives.org
Michael Oman
IT Manager
moman@northerninitiatives.org