Calley to succeed Fowler as CEO of SBAM as of Dec. 31
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Rob Fowler is preparing to hand over the reins of the Small Business Association of Michigan to a handpicked successor after 21 years with the Lansing-based advocacy organization, the last 19 of which he served as CEO.
Rob Fowler
SBAM s board on Friday formally accepted Fowler s plans to retire Dec. 31 and voted to promote the association s president, Brian Calley, to the CEO job after Fowler departs.
It wasn t an unexpected succession plan.
Calley, a former lieutenant governor who lost a Republican primary bid for governor in 2018, joined SBAM in January 2019 immediately after leaving office and took the title of president, while Fowler retained the CEO title on his business cards.
Grand Rapids Business Journal
LANSING Michigan will fully lift outdoor capacity limits on June 1 and, starting July 1, end indoor gathering caps that were put in place to curb COVID-19, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Thursday in a major loosening of economic restrictions.
The state has limited occupancy in restaurants and other venues since March 2020 when the coronavirus hit. The announcement, which includes raising all indoor establishments’ capacity limits to 50% and ending bar and restaurant curfews June 1, came nearly a week after the governor’s administration eased a mask order due to updated federal guidance.
“Life is getting back to normal,” Whitmer, a Democrat, said during a news conference at a minor league baseball park in Midland, which sustained major flooding a year ago.