GRAAHI appoints 17-member advisory council
Courtesy GRAAHI
The Grand Rapids African American Health Institute is now aided by a consultative council intent on growing the nonprofit organization in fighting racial and ethnic health care disparities in West Michigan.
CEO Vanessa Greene formed a group of 17 people to GRAAHI’s newly formed advisory council. The diverse group is drawn from all sectors to tackle deeply rooted issues in the local Black and Latinx communities to achieve healthier outcomes, she said.
The advisory council is chaired by Ken James, director of inclusion for the Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce, and Leon Hendrix, communications lead for Spectrum Health.
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Two more local schools were added to the state’s School-Related Outbreak Report Monday.
Black River Public School and Zeeland’s Cityside Middle School were added in the Feb. 15 update, making seven consecutive weeks a local school was added.
The report defines an outbreak as two or more cases from different households that may have shared an exposure in the school setting. As has been the case with previous outbreaks locally, BRPS and Cityside had the minimum of two related cases to qualify as an outbreak.
Black River’s dashboard shows three cases reported in the past 28 days. In Zeeland s most recent update Thursday, three active cases were reported at Cityside.
Grand Rapids Business Journal
Courtesy Lacks Enterprises
Lacks Enterprises named a new CEO and CFO in light of longtime CEO Richard Lacks Jr. transitioning to executive board chair.
The Cascade Township-based manufacturer said last week that it appointed Nick Hrnyak its new CEO; Lacks Jr. was the company’s CEO since 1999.
Lacks also promoted Mike Clover to president from CFO and Scott Chaudoir to CFO from controller. Kurt Lacks remains chair of the board.
Hrnyak’s promotion to CEO from president and Clover’s promotion to president from CFO marks the first time in the company’s 60-year history that it does not have a Lacks family member as either president or CEO.
Albion College launches partnership with WMU medical school
Updated Feb 16, 2021;
Posted Feb 16, 2021
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ALBION, MI Albion College has formed a new partnership with the Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine.
The Michigan liberal arts college’s partnership with the medical school will offer students an eight-year educational program to earn a doctorate degree, according to a news release from Albion College. It marks the fifth undergraduate institution to secure a partnership with the Kalamazoo-based medical school.
Students will have the opportunity to receive a bachelor’s degree from Albion and a doctorate in medicine from WMed with acceptance into both degree programs directly from high school, the release said.