2026 BRILLIANCE AWARDS FINALISTS

BRILLIANT WOMAN OF THE YEAR

Cathy Cooper | Executive Director | Meijer LPGA Classic

Janis Petrini | Founder & Co-Owner | The Express Employment Professionals Companies

Kathleen Vogelsang, CFA | Co-CEO & Co-CIO | Bostwick Investment Consulting

BRILLIANT TENACITY

Dr. Kim M. Childress, EdD, MS, LLPC | Anti-Human Trafficking Therapist | Wedgwood Christian Services

Beth Fisher | CEO & Founder, Fisher Strategic | VP of Strategic Partnerships, Become Unmistakable

Heidi McDowell | Founder & Owner | The Mind Body Baby Collective

BRILLIANT SOCIAL CHANGE AGENT

Visishta Boeringa | Family Court Referee | 14th Circuit Court - Muskegon County

Tarah Carnahan | Executive Director & Co-Founder | Treetops Collective

Kirsten Pipp | Founder | Bloom Social

BRILLIANT MENTOR

Ena Osterhouse, PA-C, MSM, RN, BSN | Owner & PA Injector, Proper Eu Medical and Aesthetics Center | Cardiothoracic Surgery Physician Assistant, Beacon Medical Group | Training Educator, Beacon Health System Kalamazoo

Stephanie Snowden | Project & Marketing Manager, Licensed Builder | Snowden Builders LCC

Misti Stanton | First Vice President, Talent & Culture Officer | Mercantile Bank

BRILLIANT ENTREPRENEUR

Michelle Krick | Owner | Michelle Krick Style

Kati Quarto | Founder & Owner | Happy Cat Cafe

Bincy Sines, CFP, AIF | Owner, Kumon of Grand Rapids | Financial Advisor, Principal Financial Group

BRILLIANT EMERGING LEADER

Kelsey Lee | Founder & Executive Director | Dance Playhouse

Sarah Marilyn | Senior Marketing & Communications Specialist | Answer Health

Celeste Ross, MBA, SHRM-CP | Organizational Development Manager | Praxis Packaging Solutions

BRILLIANT CONNECTOR

Raquel Juarez | VP, Small Business Relationship Manager | Comerica Bank a division of Fifth Third Bank, N.A.

Latricia Trice | Founder & CEO | LTrice Marketing & Consulting

Jenny Waugh | Vice President of Economic Growth | Grand Rapids Chamber

BRILLIANT CHAMPION OF SERVICE

Marie Lewis | Founder & Executive Director | Rebecca’s Daughters

Vivian TerMaat | CEO | Girl Scouts of Michigan Shore to Shore

Alexandra Wilson | Director of Personal Giving, Samaritas | Co-Founder, The Fundraiser’s Collective

BRILLIANT BEST SUPPORTING MAN

Edgar Garcia | President, Founder & CEO | VIVE MICHIGAN

Shawn Kohlhaas | Principal | Culinary Cultivations

Mark Ward | President & Founder | Ward Aviation