Supporting employees both at work and at home
Our Team
Alison Freas
President & CEO
Milly Chavez
DHHS Caseworker
Lourdes Jordan
Program Manager
Sarah Westoby
Senior Resource Navigator
Erika Gonzalez
Managing Director
Erica Harris
Resource Navigator
Abigail Medina
Resource Manager
Joyce Rohrer
Director of Business and Community Engagement
Kristine Huston
Resource Navigator
Angela Rincones
Program Manager
Anais Perez Villar
Office Manager
Clementina Ingram
Resource Navigator
Carly Shereda
Resource Navigator
Our Governing Board
Becky
Ploeg
President
Comfort Research
Gina
Triick
Treasurer
Spectrum Industries
Stephanie
Schoenherr
Secretary
Cascade Engineering
Lisa
England
Director
Butterball Farms
Our Advisory Board
Arianna
Hovey
Lake Michigan
Credit Union
TaRita
Johnson
The Right Place
Laura
Longstreet
Royal Technologies
John
VanElst
Grand Rapids
Community College
Our History
A group of manufacturers in Grand Rapids, Michigan, spearheaded by Mark Peters, CEO of Butterball Farms, came together originally to discuss child care issues in the workplace and how a solution to child care would help productivity and reduce turnover. The result was the formation of an organization named The Source.
The goal of the Source was to return value to the employer partners in tangible ways. The methods used by its staff range from finding housing solutions for displaced employees, transportation solutions for employees who have problems getting to work, and access to a greater range of training opportunities; financial counseling for employees, ESL classes and Spanish classes.
The Source brings together community, government, and private interests to leverage existing assets in order to strengthen the community’s workforce.