Organizations Filed Purposes:
MICHIGAN COLLEGES ALLIANCE IS A COLLECTION OF MICHIGAN'S TOP PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES, THE STATE'S "THIRD LARGEST UNIVERSITY," WITH 14 CAMPUSES REPRESENTING SOME 41,000 STUDENTS. OUR WORK IS DEDICATED TO PROMOTING COLLEGE CHOICE IN MICHIGAN, FINANCIALLY SUPPORTING MCA STUDENTS AND MEMBER INSTITUTIONS, AND LEADING NATIONALLY IN CREATING TALENT DEVELOPMENT PATHWAYS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY WORKFORCE.
TO STRENGTHEN THE SHARED CAPACITY OF 14 LEADING INDEPENDENT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES.
SCHOLARSHIPS AND MEMBER SERVICES - PRIVATE SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS REPRESENT THE AREA OF GREATEST IMPACT FOR OUR CAMPUSES, AS THEY ALLOW STUDENTS TO FULFILL THEIR EDUCATION ASPIRATIONS IN SMALL, TEACHING-ORIENTED SETTINGS SURROUNDED BY FIELDS OF STUDY AT THE CENTER OF OUR EMERGING KNOWLEDGE BASED ECONOMY. SCHOLARSHIPS INCLUDE MICHIGAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND, NAMED SCHOLARSHIPS, INDEPENDENT INNOVATORS NETWORK SCHOLARSHIPS, FOLDS OF HONOR SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHERS. EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE KALAMAZOO PROMISE AND THE SAGE SCHOLARS CONSORTIUM REPRESENT MAJOR COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY INITIATIVES. OTHER MEMBER SERVICES INCLUDE COLLECTIVE HIGHER EDUCATION LEGAL SERVICES PROGRAM. REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLES INCLUDE: MCA AWARDED 2,941,131 TO STUDENTS AT THE 14 MCA INSTITUTIONS STUDYING A WIDE RANGE OF FIELDS AND PROVIDED ADDITIONAL OPERATIONAL AND PROGRAMMATIC FUNDS TO MEMBER CAMPUSES.
COLLEGE ACCESS AND SUCCESS - MCA CONDUCTS A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS TO FACILITATE COLLEGE CHOICE IN MICHIGAN. EXAMPLES INCLUDE: 1) A UNIQUE COLLECTIVE PROMOTIONAL CAMPAIGN, "WE ARE THE INDEPENDENTS", IS AT THE CENTER OF THIS WORK. THE CAMPAIGN REACHES STUDENTS, PARENTS, COUNSELORS AND EDUCATORS TO CREATE A GREATER AWARENESS OF THE VALUE, AFFORDABILITY, AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AT MCA INSTITUTIONS 2) TARGETED COLLEGE FAIRS AND COLLEGE PREPARATION PROGRAMS FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS AND FAMILIES 3) THE THIRD 90 NETWORK PROVIDES OPPORTUNITIES FOR URBAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE DIRECTLY (ALONGSIDE MCA FACULTY AND STUDENTS) IN HANDS-ON FIELD AND LAB WORK IN ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE. THE PROGRAM INTRODUCES STUDENTS TO STEM FIELDS IN AN ENGAGING FORMAT AND PREPARES THEM FOR COLLEGE SUCCESS. REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLES INCLUDE: AWARDED 24,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS THROUGH WE ARE THE INDEPENDENTS CAMPAIGN AND HELD NEW INITIATIVES FOR TARGETED ENROLLMENT MARKETS, EARLY MIDDLE COLLEGE STUDENTS AND KALAMAZOO PUBLIC SCHOOL. HELD CONCENTRATED THIRD 90 NETWORK PROJECTS IN THE FALL AND SPRING WITH DETROIT, GRAND RAPIDS AND KALAMAZOO HIGH SCHOOLS. CONTINUED EXCLUSIVE COLLEGE FAIRS IN KEY RECRUITING MARKETS. CONTINUED DIRECT OUTREACH TO COMMUNITY COLLEGE TRANSFER STUDENTS.
TALENT DEVELOPMENT - MCA DEVELOPS AND MANAGES PROGRAMS TO PREPARE AND RETAIN GRADUATES FOR THE MICHIGAN WORKFORCE. EXAMPLES INCLUDE: 1) A SIGNATURE CONCIERGE CORPORATE RECRUITING INITIATIVE PROVIDES CUSTOMIZED ACCESS FOR MICHIGAN BUSINESS TO POSSIBLE INTERNS AND EMPLOYEES 2) AN ANNUAL ROUNDTABLE ON TALENT IS HELD AT THE GRAND HOTEL ON MACKINAC ISLAND, BRINGING OVER 50 CORPORATE EXECUTIVES TOGETHER WITH MIDWEST COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY LEADERS TO COLLABORATE ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND STUDENT SUCCESS 3) STUDENT/FACULTY PROJECT WORK WITH MICHIGAN COMPANIES ALSO HIGHLIGHTS MCAS TALENT FOCUS 4) MCA ALSO FACILITATES CROSS-CAMPUS CLASSROOM LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ITS MEMBERS. REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLES INCLUDE: PLANNED AND ACHEIVED RECORD REGISTRATIONS FOR THE EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE MIDWEST ROUNDTABLE ON TALENT, WITH ATTENDEES FROM THIRTEEN STATES (SUSENDED DUE TO COVID-19). MAINTAINED PARTNERSHIPS WITH SIGNATURE MICHIGAN COMPANIES THOUGH THE CONCIERGE CAREER CONNECTION PROGRAM TO SECURE EMPLOYMENT AND INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS. CONTINUED BLENDED LEARNING PROGRAM WITH HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL ONLINE. ENRICHED INDEPENDENT INNOVATORS NETWORK WITH CUSTOMIZED DESIGN THINKING LEARNING EXPERIENCE.
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 |
|---|
| Robert P Bartlett | PRESIDENT | 40 | $322,191 |
| Marcie Levey | COO | 40 | $137,860 |
| Karen Mulligan | SR VICE PRES | 40 | $84,498 |
| Michael Schmidt | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Doug Peterson | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Larry Ott | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Jeffery Noel | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| John R Bourbeau | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Mauri Ditzler | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Gale Halsey | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Bob Jorth | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Andrea Luxton | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| James Meeks | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Joel Schellhammer | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Margaret Trimer | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| James B Nicholson | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Dan Musser | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Nancy J Moody | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Cyrus Mistry | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Brian Lennon | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Roger Jansen | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| John S Jackoboice | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Dan R Gaydou | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| John Felice | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| David H Casterline | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Steven Benscoter | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Lizabeth A Ardisana | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Derick Adams | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Judy Paputa | TRUSTEE | 1 | $0 |
| Jeff Abernathy | CHAIR | 2 | $0 |
| Jerry Jung | CHAIR | 2 | $0 |
| Dan Graf | SECRETARY | 2 | $0 |
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