Former Club Speakers
Steve Asplund
Retired, TV6
Kim Lear
Inlay Insights
Bradford Aquino
RTI Surgical
David Lorenz
Travel Michigan
Tom Andes
Thomas Theatre
Richard Sheridan
Menlo Innovations
Marty Fittante
Invest UP
Famous Dave Anderson
Entrepreneur and Author
Mike Angeli
Marquette City Manager
Barry Asmus
Senior Economist with the National Center for Policy Analysis
Stan Baker
Principal Financial Group
Charles Ballard, PhD
Economist, Michigan State University
Bill Ballenger
Former State of Michigan Representative and Senator and Inside Michigan Politics
David Behen
Director of Technology, Management and Budget for the State of Michigan
Pat Black
Executive Director, Marquette County Tourism and Visitors Bureau
James Blanchard
45th Governor of Michigan and Ambassador to Canada
Al Blonizrz
Executive Vice President, Systems Control
Karl Bohnak
Chief Meteorologist, WLUC-TV6
Dave Brule, Jr.
Co-Owner and Executive VP Northern Star Industries
Ann Compton
White House Correspondent for ABC News Radio
Jean Chatzky
Money Magazine & Today Show
Marilyn Clark
CEO, Houghton SmartZone
Candy Crowley
CNN Chief Political Correspondent
Terry Dehring
Internet Sales, Quick Trophy
Dave Dempsey
Environmental Policy Consultant
Richard DeVos
President of Amway Corporation
Lou Dobbs
Vice President of CNN & Host of Moneyline
Mike Duggan
Mayor of Detroit
Douglas Edwards
CBS News Anchor
Fritz Erickson
President, of Northern Michigan University (present)
Marlin Fitzwater
Reagan/Bush Spokesperson
William Clay Ford, Jr
Executive Chairman of Board of Directors, Ford Motor Company and VP of Detroit Lions
Leo Francisco
CEO, 906 Technologies
Thomas Frey
Futurist, DaVinci Institute
Donald Gallagher
President North American Business Unit of Cliffs Natural Resources
Phillip Gardner, PhD
Millennials Young People, Michigan State University
Douglas George
Canadian Consulate General in Detroit
Scott Graham
Executive Director, Michigan Brewers Guild
Jennifer Granholm
47th Governor of Michigan
Ron Gettelfinger
President of International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW)
Keith Glendon
IBM Security Division
Charles Goddard
President, CEO & GM Marinette Marine Corporation
Bob Hager
Analyst and Former Correspondent for the NBC News
Donna Harman
President & CEO American Forest & Paper Association
Liane Hanson
NPR Weekend Edition Sunday
Kati Haycock
President of the Education Trust
Todd Herring
Marketing Director, Art Prize
Don Holocek, PhD
Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University
Executive Director, Marquette County Tourism and Visitors Bureau
Rebecca Humphries
Director Michigan Department of Natural Resources
Erica Huss
Warden, Marquette Branch Prison
David Ivan
MSU Extension Small City Study
Jay Johnson
Director of the United States Mint
Ray Johnson
CEO, Innovation Marquette Smartzone
Matt Johnson
External Affairs Manager, Lundin Mining
Roger Kahn
State Senator and member of the Campaign to Fix the Debt
Richard Kalm
Executive Director of the Michigan Gaming Control Board
Sean Kanuch
Director of Future Conflict & Cyber Security Program, International Institute for Strategic Studies
Stephen Kesler
Emeritus Professor of Economic Geology, University of Michigan
Narayana Kocherlakota
President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis
Kevin Korpi
Executive Director Michigan Forest Products Council
Lewis Koski
Marijuana Consultant, Colorado Connections
John Madigan
Executive Director, Munising Water Sports, Inc
Eric LeMarque
Motivational Speaker & former NMU Hockey Player
Honorable Carl Levin
U.S. Senator
Irving R. Levine
NBC News Reporter
Daniel Loepp
President & CEO Blue Cross blue Shield of Michigan
Rodney Lowman
President of Lake Superior State (2007-2009)
Nancy Lyons
CEO & Entrepreneur, Clockworks
David Manson & Andy Langlois
Owners of Blackrocks Brewery
Kristen Mariuzza
General Manager of Eagle Mine
Mike Miller
Head of Ann Arbor Advertising, Google, Inc.
Brad McMillian
Chief Investment Officer at Commonwealth Financial Network
Robert McNulty
Partners for Livable Community
Media Panel
Jim Reeves, Mining Journal; Tom Mogus, Q107 WMQT; Rob Jamros, WLUC-TV6; and Eric Smith, WNMU Radio & TV
Kyle Melinn
Editor & Vice President of MIRS Newsletter
DeeDee Meyers
President Clinton’s Press Secretary
William Milliken
44th Governor of Michigan
Jeff Millin
President & CEO Pioneer Surgical Technology
Glenn Mroz
President of Michigan Tech University (2004-2018)
Dan Musser III
President of the Grand Hotel
John Nevin
Public Affairs Advisor to the International Joint Commission of the United States and Canada
Phil Power
Founder & Chairman of The Center of Michigan
Jane Bryant Quinn
Author/TV Correspondent for Personal Finance
Dina Temple-Raston
Counterterrorism Correspondent, NPR
Martin Regalia
Chief Economist for the US Chamber of Commerce
Louis Rukeyser
PBS – Wall Street
Brian Sarvello
Career & Technical Education Director, MARESA
Mark Schlissel, M.D
14th President of the University of Michigan
Brian Sinotte
Market President of UP Health System
Ernest Sirolli
Founder & CEO Sirolli Institute
Tim Skubick
Anchor and Producer of the Weekly PBS TV series “Off the Record”
Bob Stefanski
Co-founder & General Partner of Michigan e-lab
Rick Snyder
48th Governor of Michigan
John Spigarelli
Getz’s Inc.
Spencer Stang, PhD
Founder & Owner, Stang Decision Systems
James Studinger
Author, Wealth is a Choice
Bart Stupak
Former Member U.S. House of Representatives
Robert Sweeney
Executive Secretary, Mackinac Bridge Authority
William Howard Taft IV
U.S. Secretary of Defense
Jessica Thompson
NMU Associate Professor, Communications & Performance Studies Department
Niels Veldhusi
Fraser Institue, President and Author: “The Canadian Century”
Terry Waite
Humanitarian, Hostage Negotiator and Author of Numerous Books
Sam Watson & Peter Schonfield
Senior VP, Patient Quality and Safety & Senior VP, Pociy and Data Services, Michigan Hospital Association
James H.I. Weakley
President of Lake Carriers’ Association
Sir Harold Wilson
Retired Prime Minister of Great Britain
Les Wong
President of Northern Michigan University (2004-2011)
Terry Woychowski
Vice President of North American Test Operations Group
Jesse Wright
NMU Assistant Professor & Retired Commercial & Development Banker
Nicole Young
Executive Director, Marquette County Tourism and Visitors Bureau
George Zimmermann
Vice President, Travel Michigan Pure Michigan
Thomas Zurbuchen
Dean for the Entrepreneurial Program, University of Michigan
