OUR LEADERSHIP
Todd Gustafson, President & Chief Executive Officer
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Todd serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Kinexus Group, where he has been driving their repositioning into a nationally recognized community development organization since 2005. His leadership has transformed Kinexus into a multi-million dollar statewide asset that integrates workforce, economic and community development into one organization. Their innovative solutions to some of the most pressing problems earned them recognition by such organizations as the NonProfit Times, MiBiz Magazine, and Crains Detroit Business. Under Todd’s leadership, the NonProfit Times ranked Kinexus Group one of the Best Nonprofits to Work For in the nation for six consecutive years.
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Josh Cosner, Chief Information Officer
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Josh Cosner is the Chief Information Officer. He joined the team in 2010 and focuses on leading the technology, data, and strategy efforts within Kinexus Group. Josh’s primary responsibilities are to reduce the risk for the organization by protecting data, information, and users, as well as to provide access to robust tools, resources, and customer service so that Kinexus Group and its subsidiaries can achieve community impact...
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Coleen Rossman, Chief Financial Officer
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Coleen S. Rossman joined the team in 2023 as Chief Financial Officer at Kinexus Group. Ms. Rossman brings over 35 years of experience managing the accounting and financial reporting of financial institutions. Prior to joining Kinexus Group, she served as the Chief Financial Officer of Edgewater Bank and Edgewater Bancorp from 2012 to 2022, she was Senior Vice President and Controller at Colorado National Bank in Denver, Colorado from 2010 to 2012...
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Jennifer Deamud, Chief Operations Officer
Jennifer M. Deamud is the Chief Operations Officers of Kinexus Group. Deamud is an accomplished authentic and humble executive with over twenty years’ experience leading teams, establishing strategic direction and achieving operational excellence.
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Erin Wright, Chief People Officer
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Erin Wright is the Chief People Officer. She joined the team in June 2018 and has focused on our People strategy. Erin spearheads our initiatives to create a fun, engaging environment where employees have the best possible tools, perks, and benefits...
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Mary Morphey, Chief Marketing Officer
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Mary Morphey is Chief Marketing Officer at Kinexus Group. She joined the team in 2015 and focuses on building and leading strategic communications strategies for our family of organizations. She has a played a pivotal role in establishing, developing, and executing communications plans that achieve business goals and objectives through written, visual, digital and earned media.
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Roger Curtis, Executive Director, Youth Solutions
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Roger Curtis is the Executive Director of Youth Solutions. He has an extensive background in marketing and communications with a deep commitment to youth empowerment. Most recently, he served as the Vice President of Public Affairs for Consumers Energy, headquartered in Jackson, Michigan, where he oversaw community affairs, corporate communications, and corporate giving functions.
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Zachary Morris, Executive Director, Market Van Buren
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Zachary Morris, EDFP, is the Executive Director for Market Van Buren. In his role, Zach leads attraction, expansion and retention of county businesses and supports the planned growth of county communities...
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Elizabeth Bernhard, Executive Director, Manufacturing Growth Alliance
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Elizabeth Bernhard is the Executive Director of the Manufacturing Growth Alliance. With a life-long passion for partnership engagement and service to others, Elizabeth has a wealth of experience in the non-profit and for-profit sectors ranging from higher education to business development and executive coaching...
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Paul Kirk, Vice President of Workforce, Michigan Works! Berrien Cass Van Buren
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Paul Kirk serves as the Vice President of Workforce at Michigan Works! Berrien, Cass, Van Buren, where he leads the services that connect individuals of all ages to education, training, and employment.
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Allie Knapp, School Leader of the Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan
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Allie Knapp is the founding School Leader of the Bridge Academy of Southwest Michigan, a public-school academy high school managed by Kinexus Group. In her role, Allie provides instructional, operational, and administrative leadership to the Academy. She also leads to organize, supervise, and evaluate development of curriculum, Academy programs, staff and student achievement, while overseeing the day-to-day operations.
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