The Governors of the Great Lakes states are the Members of the corporation. Each Member Governor names two directors to the Fund’s Board, which oversees the investment of the endowment and determines how to use investment income to support project teams.
The founding Governors agreed that they and future Governors “…shall select individuals with a regional perspective and shall seek to ensure that the Board of Directors is fully reflective of the diverse community of State and regional interests (such as academics, environmentalists, business, labor, local communities, and others) that use and benefit from the Great Lakes.“
These current Governors are the Members of the corporation:
Pat Quinn, Governor of Illinois
Rick Snyder, Governor of Michigan
Mark Dayton, Governor of Minnesota
Andrew Cuomo, Governor of New York
John Kasich, Governor of Ohio
Tom Corbett, Governor of Pennsylvania
Scott Walker, Governor of Wisconsin
Board of Directors
(Affiliations are presented for informational purposes only. Directors serve in their personal capacities.)
Patty Birkholz, Saugatuck, Michigan
former Director, Office of the Great Lakes, Dept. of Environmental Quality
Lori Boughton, Meadville, Pennsylvania
Chief, Office of the Great Lakes, Dept. of Environmental Protection
Kathleen Brown, Chicago, Illinois
Chairman, Investment Banking Div - Midwest Region, Goldman, Sachs & Co.
Matthew Driscoll, Syracuse, New York
President and CEO, NYS Environmental Facilities Corporation
Frederick Dudderar, Duluth, Minnesota
Attorney at Law
Michael Elmendorf, Albany, New York
President and CEO, Associated General Contractors of New York State
Peter Gove, St. Paul, Minnesota
Board Chair and interim President, GT Urological, LLC
Edwin Hammett, Toledo, Ohio
former Executive Director, Ohio Lake Erie Commission
Richard Hylant, Toledo, Ohio
Regional Vice President, Hylant Group
Ken Johnson, Madison, Wisconsin
Division Administrator - Water, Department of Natural Resources
Jeffrey Logan, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Executive Deputy Secretary for Administration and Management, Dept. of Environmental Protection
Richard Meeusen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
President and CEO, Badger Meter, Inc.
Debra Shore, Chicago, Illinois
Commissioner, Water Reclamation District of Great Chicago
Maureen Smyth, Flint, Michigan
former Sr. Vice President – Programs and Communications, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
