Al Bloniarz

Executive Vice President, Systems Control

Ann Compton

White House Correspondent for ABC News Radio

Barry Asmus

Senior Economist with the National Center for Policy Analysis

Bart Stupak

Former Member U.S. House of Representatives

Bill Ballenger

Former State of Michigan Representative and Senator and Inside Michigan Politics

Bob Hager

Analyst and Former Correspondent for the NBC News

Bob Stefanski

Co-founder & General Partner of Michigan e-lab

Brad McMillan

Chief Investment Officer at Commonwealth Financial Network

Bradford Aquino

RTI Surgical

Brian Sarvello

Career & Technical Education Director, MARESA

Brian Sinotte

Market President of UP Health System

Candy Crowley

CNN Chief Political Correspondent

Charles Ballard, PhD

Economist, Michigan State University

Charles Goddard

President, CEO & GM Marinette Marine Corporation

Dan Musser III

President of the Grand Hotel

Daniel Loepp

President & CEO Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Dave Brule, Jr.

Co-Owner and Executive VP Northern Star Industries

Dave Dempsey

Environmental Policy Consultant

David Behen

Director of Technology, Management and Budget for the State of Michigan

David Ivan

MSU Extension Small City Study

David Lorenz

Travel Michigan

David Manson & Andy Langlois

Owners of Blackrocks Brewery

DeeDee Meyers

President Clinton’s Press Secretary

Dina Temple-Raston

Counterterrorism Correspondent, NPR

Don Holocek, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Michigan State University

Donald Gallagher

President North American Business Unit of Cliffs Natural Resources

Donna Harman

President & CEO American Forest & Paper Association

Douglas Edwards

CBS News Anchor

Douglas George

Canadian Consulate General in Detroit

Eric LeMarque

Motivational Speaker & former NMU Hockey Player

Erica Huss

Warden, Marquette Branch Prison

Ernest Sirolli

Founder & CEO Sirolli Institute

Famous Dave Anderson

Entrepreneur and Author

Fritz Erickson

Past President of Northern Michigan University (2014-2021)

George Zimmermann

Vice President, Travel Michigan Pure Michigan

Glenn Mroz

President of Michigan Tech University (2004-2018)

Honorable Carl Levin

U.S. Senator

Irving R. Levine

NBC News Reporter

James Blanchard

45th Governor of Michigan and Ambassador to Canada

James H.I. Weakley

President of Lake Carriers’ Association

James Studinger

Author, Wealth is a Choice

Jane Bryant Quinn

Author/TV Correspondent for Personal Finance

Jay Johnson

Director of the United States Mint

Jean Chatzky

Money Magazine & Today Show

Jeff Millin

President & CEO Pioneer Surgical Technology

Jennifer Granholm

47th Governor of Michigan

Jesse Wright

NMU Assistant Professor & Retired Commercial & Development Banker

Jessica Thompson

NMU Associate Professor, Communications & Performance Studies Department

John Madigan

Executive Director, Munising Water Sports, Inc

John Nevin

Public Affairs Advisor to the International Joint Commission of the United States and Canada

John Spigarelli

Getz’s Inc.

Karl Bohnak

Chief Meteorologist, WLUC-TV6 & State of Michigan 109th District House of Representatives

Kati Haycock

President of the Education Trust

Keith Glendon

IBM Security Division

Kevin Korpi

Executive Director Michigan Forest Products Council

Kim Lear

Inlay Insights

Kristen Mariuzza

General Manager of Eagle Mine

Kyle Melinn

Editor & Vice President of MIRS Newsletter

Leo Francisco

CEO, 906 Technologies

Les Wong

President of Northern Michigan University (2004-2011)

Lewis Koski

Marijuana Consultant, Colorado Connections

Liane Hanson

NPR Weekend Edition Sunday

Lou Dobbs

Vice President of CNN & Host of Moneyline

Louis Rukeyser

PBS – Wall Street

Marilyn Clark

CEO, Houghton SmartZone

Mark Schlissel, M.D

14th President of the University of Michigan

Marlin Fitzwater

Reagan/Bush Spokesperson

Martin Regalia

Chief Economist for the US Chamber of Commerce

Marty Fittante

Invest UP

Matt Johnson

External Affairs Manager, Lundin Mining

Media Panel

Jim Reeves, Mining Journal; Tom Mogus, Q107 WMQT; Rob Jamros, WLUC-TV6; and Eric Smith, WNMU Radio & TV

Mike Angeli

Marquette City Manager

Mike Duggan

Mayor of Detroit

Mike Miller

Head of Ann Arbor Advertising, Google, Inc.

Nancy Lyons

CEO & Entrepreneur, Clockworks

Narayana Kocherlakota

President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

Nicole Young

Executive Director, Marquette County Tourism and Visitors Bureau

Niels Veldhusi

Fraser Institue, President and Author: “The Canadian Century”

Pat Black

Executive Director, Marquette County Tourism and Visitors Bureau

Phil Power

Founder & Chairman of The Center of Michigan

Phillip Gardner, PhD

Millennials Young People, Michigan State University

Ray Johnson

CEO, Innovation Marquette Smartzone

Rebecca Humphries

Director Michigan Department of Natural Resources

Richard DeVos

President of Amway Corporation

Richard Kalm

Executive Director of the Michigan Gaming Control Board

Richard Sheridan

Menlo Innovations

Rick Snyder

48th Governor of Michigan

Robert McNulty

Partners for Livable Community

Robert Sweeney

Executive Secretary, Mackinac Bridge Authority

Rodney Lowman

President of Lake Superior State (2007-2009)

Roger Kahn

State Senator and member of the Campaign to Fix the Debt

Ron Gettelfinger

President of International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW)

Sam Watson & Peter Schonfield

Senior VP, Patient Quality and Safety & Senior VP, Pociy and Data Services, Michigan Hospital Association

Scott Graham

Executive Director, Michigan Brewers Guild

Sean Kanuch

Director of Future Conflict & Cyber Security Program, International Institute for Strategic Studies

Sir Harold Wilson

Retired Prime Minister of Great Britain

Spencer Stang, PhD

Founder & Owner, Stang Decision Systems

Stan Baker

Principal Financial Group

Stephen Kesler

Emeritus Professor of Economic Geology, University of Michigan

Steve Asplund

Retired, TV6

Terry Dehring

Internet Sales, Quick Trophy

Terry Waite

Humanitarian, Hostage Negotiator and Author of Numerous Books

Terry Woychowski

Vice President of North American Test Operations Group

Thomas Frey

Futurist, DaVinci Institute

Thomas Zurbuchen

Dean for the Entrepreneurial Program, University of Michigan

Tim Skubick

Anchor and Producer of the Weekly PBS TV series “Off the Record”

Todd Herring

Marketing Director, Art Prize

Tom Andes

Thomas Theatre

William Clay Ford, Jr

Executive Chairman of Board of Directors, Ford Motor Company and VP of Detroit Lions

William Howard Taft IV

U.S. Secretary of Defense

William Milliken

44th Governor of Michigan