Michigan Business Network

Chris Holman speaks with Tim Salisbury, Mid Michigan Regional President, PNC Bank, from Media Row, at the Grand Hotel, while at the 2025 Mackinac Policy Conference. » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Watch MBN’s YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MichiganbusinessnetworkMBN » Like MBN: www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork » Follow MBN: twitter.com/MIBizNetwork/ » MBN Instagram: www.instagram.c...

Chris Holman speaks with T. Rann Paynter, President & CEO, MBA (Michigan Bankers Association), from Media Row, at the Grand Hotel, while at the 2025 Mackinac Policy Conference. » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Watch MBN’s YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MichiganbusinessnetworkMBN » Like MBN: www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork » Follow MBN: twitter.com/MIBizNetwork/ » MBN Instagram: www...

Chris Holman speaks with Brian Peters, CEO, MHA (Michigan Health & Hospital Association, from Media Row, at the Grand Hotel, while at the 2025 Mackinac Policy Conference. » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Watch MBN’s YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MichiganbusinessnetworkMBN » Like MBN: www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork » Follow MBN: twitter.com/MIBizNetwork/ » MBN Instagram: www.insta...

Chris Holman welcomes back Glenn Stevens Jr., Executive Director, MichAuto at the Detroit Regional Chamber, Detroit, MI. Welcome back Glenn, remind our audience about MichAuto? We caught up with you at the Mackinac Policy Conference, what came out of that for MichAuto? What's been your focus this summer? In the next couple of weeks you have a program Reshore up at Traverse City, tell us about that...

Chris Holman welcomes Dr. Stacie Hunter, Managing Director and Chief Operations Officer, OSchool, Farmington Hills, MI. Welcome Stacie share what Operations School, known as "OSchool" is and does? You've recently teamed up with MWF - Michigan Women Forward for a new program, share about that? Initially slated for women you're now involving all entrepreneurs, tell us about that? Tell us more about...

Chris Holman speaks with Chris Rizik, Founder, Managing Partner, and Chief Executive Officer, Renaissance Venture Capital, from Media Row, at the Grand Hotel, while at the 2025 Mackinac Policy Conference. » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Watch MBN’s YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MichiganbusinessnetworkMBN » Like MBN: www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork » Follow MBN: twitter.com/MIBizN...

Chris Holman speaks with Lorri Rishar, Owner & CEO, EDGE, Michigan AARP President from Media Row, at the Grand Hotel, while at the 2025 Mackinac Policy Conference. » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Watch MBN’s YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MichiganbusinessnetworkMBN » Like MBN: www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork » Follow MBN: twitter.com/MIBizNetwork/ » MBN Instagram: www.instagram.co...

Chris Holman speaks with Ryan Hundt, CEO, Michigan Works! Association, and Jeremy Hendges, Executive Director, The Michigan Center for Adult College Success, from Media Row, at the Grand Hotel, while at the 2025 Mackinac Policy Conference. » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Watch MBN’s YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MichiganbusinessnetworkMBN » Like MBN: www.facebook.com/mibiznetwo...

Chris Holman speaks with Glenn Stevens Jr., Executive Director, MICHauto, from Media Row, at the Grand Hotel, while at the 2025 Mackinac Policy Conference. » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Watch MBN’s YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MichiganbusinessnetworkMBN » Like MBN: www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork » Follow MBN: twitter.com/MIBizNetwork/ » MBN Instagram: www.instagram.com/mibizn...

Chris Holman speaks with Tammy Carnrike, COO, Detroit Regional Chamber, from Media Row, at the Grand Hotel, while at the 2025 Mackinac Policy Conference. » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Watch MBN’s YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MichiganbusinessnetworkMBN » Like MBN: www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork » Follow MBN: twitter.com/MIBizNetwork/ » MBN Instagram: www.instagram.com/mibiznet...

Chris welcomes back Anthony Dalimonte, Associate, Foster Swift, Southfield, MI, but 6 offices serving Michigan We’ve seen headlines about the NCAA settling a major class action involving revenue sharing—can you walk us through what happened in that case and what revenue sharing means? So with all this change, where do things actually stand now? For families with high school and college athletes—es...

Chris Holman welcomes back Jason Cords, Executive Manager, Shaheen Chevrolet, Shaheen Cadillac, Lansing, MI. Have tarriffs impacted operations these past couple of months? Has the truck market remained strong? Which is stronger this year, hybrid or EVs? Your back room is still busy? How's the market for the Cadillac Escalade this year? » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Subscr...

Chris Holman welcomes Kristina Johnston, Chief Operating Officer Flint & Genesee Group, Flint, MI. There were several questions Chris wanted to find things out from Kristina in this conversation. How has the Forward Together vision influenced strategic priorities across the Flint & Genesee Group and its divisions? Which of the five key indicators—wages, in-migration, education, GDP, and poverty—ha...

Originally uploaded Aug. 21st, reloaded Aug. 27th. Chris Holman welcomes Laura Sheeran, Project Manager at Kinexus Group, Benton Harbor, MI. There were several questions Chris had for Laura in this conversation: Welcome Laura, remind us about Kinexus, and how it's involved with the Manufacturing Growth Alliance? Tell me more about MGA and Industry 4.0 funding? Are there specific regions that MGA s...

Chris Holman welcomes Kevin Todd, CPA and Senior Manager, Maner Costerisan, Lansing, MI. Q1: For listeners who may not be familiar, can you share more about what the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) is? A: The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law on July 4, 2025, is a sweeping, nearly 900-page piece of legislation that touches on everything from taxes and health care to energy policy. It...

Title: “When One Door Closes Another One Opens... But it’s Hell in the Hallway"! Vic Verchereau welcomes Mark Sauter, who is Founder and President of GTP Associates, Inc. In 2002, after a 22-year career with Dow Corning Corporation (Midland, MI), Mark established GTP Associates, Inc., Growth Through People, which helps organizations simultaneously improve performance, people, leadership, and cultu...

Originally uploaded Aug. 19, reloaded Aug. 26th. Chris Holman welcomes back Ryan Hundt, CEO, Michigan Works! Association, Lansing, MI, but serving statewide. Welcome back Ryan you have an annual conference coming up next month? Tell us about the different location each year, and some of the sponsors for the event? This year’s conference features speakers like Sharon Gai, Dr. Christopher Laney, and...

Chris Holman welcomes Commercial Properties Retail Team - Carson Patten - Vice President, Retail Advisor Samantha Le - Senior Associate, Retail Advisor, both Martin Commercial Properties, Lansing, MI. Retail had a modest rebound despite closures from national chains. What’s behind that resilience? Can you talk about how the backfilling of large-format spaces—like Barnes & Noble and Dollar Tree—has...

Chris Holman speaks with Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, from Media Row, at the Grand Hotel, while at the 2025 Mackinac Policy Conference. » Visit MBN website: www.michiganbusinessnetwork.com/ » Watch MBN’s YouTube: www.youtube.com/@MichiganbusinessnetworkMBN » Like MBN: www.facebook.com/mibiznetwork » Follow MBN: twitter.com/MIBizNetwork/ » MBN Instagram: www.instagram.com/mibiznetwork/

Chris Holman welcomes Industrial Team - Chris Miller, SIOR - Senior Vice President, Industrial/Investment Advisor with Martin Commercial Properties, Lansing, MI. The industrial market saw a notable drop in vacancy in H1 2025. What’s driving this demand across the Greater Lansing region? With limited inventory and increasing absorption, how is the market responding in terms of new development or sp...

Chris Holman welcomes Office team: Eric Rosekrans, CCIM, CPM - Executive Vice President, along with Tom Jamieson, SIOR - Senior Vice President, Office Advisor, both Martin Commercial Properties, Lansing, MI. The office market held relatively steady in H1 2025. What factors are contributing to that stabilization? We’ve seen landlords offering greater flexibility—how is this influencing tenant reten...

Chris Holman welcomes Randy Shacka, President, TWO MEN AND A TRUCK, East Lansing, MI. Randy, take us back to the beginning—how did TWO MEN AND A TRUCK grow from a local side hustle in Lansing to an international brand? How has the company diversified beyond traditional moving services into areas like storage, junk removal, and packing? You’ve built a leadership culture where many owners started on...

Chris Holman welcomes Fathy Shetiah, Founder, President & CEO, 7C Lingo, Lansing, MI, to the MBN studio at the Capital Region International Airport, Lansing, MI. Chris had several questions for Fathy to lead into these topics over a series of interviews for which this is the first. To kick things off, how would you explain Cultural Intelligence—and why is it more than just being culturally “aware”...

Originally uploaded February 5th, reloaded July 30th. January 25th 2025, MBN was on the road to MSU Kellogg Center in East Lansing, MI. This four part video will let you experience or relive the event experience from that evening. Burns Suppers have been part of Scottish culture for well over 250 years as a means of commemorating Scotland's best loved bard. The ritual was started by close friends...

Originally uploaded February 4th, reloaded July 30th. January 25th 2025, MBN was on the road to MSU Kellogg Center in East Lansing, MI. This four part video will let you experience or relive the event experience from that evening. Burns Suppers have been part of Scottish culture for well over 250 years as a means of commemorating Scotland's best loved bard. The ritual was started by close friends...