Great Lakes Women’s Business Council celebrated 35 years of growing small businesses April 17 at Suburban Collection Showplace. Eli Lilly was awarded Corporation of the Year, MEDC’s Pure Michigan Business Connect is Partner of the Year, and actress/comedian Sherri Shepherd entertained the crowd.
Eli Lilly was awarded Corporation of the Year. Lilly’s senior director of procurement Dennis Truax (center left) and supplier diversity program manager Shirley Tang-Audritsh (center right) were joined by Great Lakes WBC’s executive director Michelle Richards (far left) and board chairman/General Motors manager of supplier diversity Reginald Humphrey (far right).
Accepting Pure Michigan Business Connect’s award for Partner of the Year were (left to right) PMBC specialist Nick Anderson, MEDC vice president Trevor Pawl, PMBC director Ryan Michael and PMBC manager of data and strategy Colin Dillon.
