Organizations Filed Purposes:
ANN ARBOR SPARK ADVANCES THE REGION BY ENCOURAGING AND SUPPORTING BUSINESS ACCELERATION, ATTRACTION, EXPANSION AND RETENTION. OUR ORGANIZATION IDENTIFIES AND MEETS THE NEEDS OF COMPANIES AT EVERY STAGE, FROM START-UPS TO LARGE ORGANIZATIONS. ANN ARBOR SPARK COLLABORATES WITH BUSINESS, ACADEMIC, GOVERNMENT AND COMMUNITY INVESTMENT PARTNERS TO POSITION THE REGION AS A DESTINATION FOR INNOVATION.
BUSINESS INCUBATOR/ACCELERATOR SERVICES SPARK CREATES LONG TERM REGIONAL PROSPERITY BY ACCELERATING THE GROWTH OF START-UPS AND EARLY STAGE COMPANIES THROUGH SUPPORT BY OFFERING DIRECT AND CONSULTANT SERVICES. SPARK CREATES A PLACE WHERE EARLY STAGE COMPANIES CAN CONDUCT BUSINESS AT AFFORDABLE RATES AND CAN CO-LOCATE WITH OTHER ENTREPRENEURS AND IN THE ECO-SYSTEM. SPARK OFFERS THOSE COMPANIES EDUCATIONAL AND NETWORKING EVENTS IN THE INCUBATOR SPACE. WE CREATE AN ECOSYSTEM WHEREBY START-UPS CAN CONNECT EASILY WITH RESOURCES THEY NEED AT EARLY STAGES, THUS ATTRACTING START-UPS TO THIS REGION. THIS SUPPORTS GROWTH IN THE COMPANIES THEMSELVES, THE DIRECT SUPPORT SERVICES, AND IN THE REGION'S ECONOMY AS A WHOLE CREATING A VIRTUOUS CYCLE OF ECONOMIC GROWTH. ASSISTED 165 INNOVATION START-UPS WHICH CURRENTLY EMPLOY 761 FTE. NURTURED 86 INCUBATOR TENANTS.
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT (EXPANSION, ATTRACTION, RETENTION SPARK MAXIMIZES POTENTIAL JOBS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENT IN THE REGION AND HELPS GROW THE REGION'S GDP THROUGH THE RETENTION AND EXPANSION OF ESTABLISHED DRIVING INDUSTRY COMPANIES AND THE TARGETED ATTRACTION DOMESTICALLY AND INTERNATIONALLY OF SIMILAR COMPANIES THAT FIT THE REGION'S IDENTIFIED CLUSTERS. THIS IS DONE BY REGULAR COMMUNICATION WITH LOCAL BUSINESS TO DETERMINE THEIR NEEDS, MAKING KEY BUSINESS INTRODUCTIONS, ASSISTING WITH SITE SELECTION, COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL MUNICIPALITIES, AND ASSISTING COMPANIES IN WORKING WITH LOCAL ACADEMIC PARTNERS TO COMMUNICATE TALENT NEEDS.31 COMPANY GROWTH PROJECTS WITH PROJECTED INVESTMENT OF 132M, 534 JOBS PROJECTED BY THE COMPANIES, AND 1,192 JOBS RETAINED IN THE REGION.
COMMUNICATION AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SPARK USES ITS ESTABLISHED PLATFORM OF SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS, WEBSITE TRAFFIC AND BRAND AWARENESS TO EXPAND LOCAL, REGIONAL, STATE-WIDE, NATIONAL, AND GLOBAL AWARENESS OF THE ANN ARBOR REGION'S ATTRACTIVENESS FOR BUSINESS LOCATION, AND CAREER AND LIFE OPPORTUNITIES. SPARK ALSO PROMOTES COMMUNITY EVENTS THAT MARKET THE REGION AS A GREAT PLACE TO START A BUSINESS AND/OR WORK FOR A START-UP. OUR WEEK LONG SERIES OF EVENTS, A2TECH360, HAD 15 TOTAL EVENTS AND OVER 6,000 REGISTERED ATTENDEES, 1,000,000 SOCIAL MEDIA VIEWS AND 42,000 WEB PAGE VIEWS. 36% OF OUR WEBSITE TRAFFIC GOES TO OUR REGIONAL JOB PORTAL, FOR 2019 WE ASSISTED 179 COMPANIES WITH 739 JOB POSTINGS.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Paul Krutko | PRESIDENT/CE | 39.75 | $534,087 |
| Joseph Simms | SR. VICE PRE | 40 | $167,903 |
| Mike Flanagan | VP OF CAPITA | 40 | $119,225 |
| Jenn Cornell | VP OF MARKET | 40 | $113,719 |
| Elizabeth Perpich | DIRECTOR OF | 39.75 | $113,666 |
| William Mayer | VP OF ENTREP | 40 | $112,922 |
| Chris Taylor | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| James M Smith Phd | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Richard B Sheridan | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Mark Schlissel | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Jonathan S Newpol | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Trevor Lauer | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Bhushan Kulkarni | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Scott Griffith | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Ric Devore | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Rob Casalou | BOARD MEMBER | 1 | $0 |
| Cynthia Wilbanks | PAST CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| Dr Rose Bellanca | SECRETARY | 1 | $0 |
| David Snodgrass | TREASURER | 1 | $0 |
| David Ruud | VICE CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
| David Parsigian | CHAIR | 1 | $0 |
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