Kim Edsenga is Managing Counsel and Director, Compliance with Meijer. She is a graduate of the University of Michigan Ross School of Business and Michigan Law School. Before joining Meijer in 2014, she spent eight years in private practice at two Chicago firms, specializing in borrower-side private equity finance transactions. As Managing Counsel, she oversees a legal team supporting Meijer’s retail operations, pharmacies and finance business units. As Director, Compliance, Kim is responsible for social compliance, licensing, corporate policies, and record retention/information classification. She was first elected to the MRA board in 2020.

Bill Golden is president of Golden Shoes, a family owned and operated shoe store in downtown Traverse City since 1954 and which succeeded a shoe retailer dating back to 1883. A Traverse City native, he began working in the store at age 14 and joined the store full time in 1981. He is active in numerous community projects and serves on the board of the Traverse City Downtown Development Authority. Golden Shoes was honored as Michigan Retailer of the Year in 2005 in the small retail category. He was first elected to the Michigan Retailers Services board in 2012, and left to join the MRA board in 2018. Golden served as Chair for the MRA board from August 2022-2024.

James P. Hallan is retired president and CEO of Michigan Retailers Association. He joined Michigan Retailers as general counsel in 1985. He is a past chair of the board of Delta Dental of Michigan, Ohio and Indiana, and current board member of the Delta Dental Foundation and the Sparrow Health System. He is also past chair of the National Council of State Retail Associations, past president of the state YMCA and is a former member of the board of Fremont Insurance Company. A former assistant county prosecutor, he is a graduate of Ohio Wesleyan University and the Detroit College of Law.

Jeff Joyce is president and co-owner of Mieras Family Shoes, Grand Rapids. The fourth-generation, family owned company founded in 1922 has three stores, four mobile sales vans and a sales unit inside a major manufacturer.

Becky Beauchine Kulka is founder and CEO of Becky Beauchine Kulka Diamonds and Fine Jewelry located in Okemos. Her community-focused store was selected Michigan Retailer of the Year in 2006 and named one of the “coolest” jewelry stores in the nation by Instore magazine in 2005.

Dan Marshall is president of Marshall Music Company, one of the largest full-line music retailers in the country. The Lansing-based, family owned company was established in 1948 and operates stores in Lansing, Kalamazoo, Troy, and Traverse City. A graduate of the University of Colorado, he is a former board member of the National Association of Music Merchants. He is past chair of the MRA board and a past chair of the Retailers Insurance board. He was first elected to the MRA board in 2008 and to the Retailers Insurance board in 1998.

Orin Mazzoni, Jr. is president of Orin Jewelers, Inc., a family owned business in Northville. He is past president and current member of the Michigan Jewelers Association board, a member of the Garden City Downtown Development Authority and past Garden City Chamber of Commerce president and “Member of the Year.” Mazzoni is a graduate of the Gemological Institute of America (GIA). He is a former member of the Michigan Retailers Services, Inc. board, and immediate past chair of the MRA board, which he first joined in 2007.

Joe McCurry is an executive with Credit Card Group and is based in Georgia. He previously was an executive with the furniture industry’s Dovetail Alliance and The High Point Group and is a retired Detroit district general manager for Sears, Roebuck and Co. He also served as a store general manager for Sears in Illinois and Wisconsin. A former staff sergeant in the U.S. Air Force, he was educated at Governors State University and Husson College. He was first elected to the MRA board in 1997 and is a past board chair.

Larry Meyer is retired chairman and CEO of MRA. The former U.S. Navy officer has received appointments from three Michigan governors, including director of the Michigan Department of Commerce. He served two terms on the Lansing City Council and was elected in 2009 to the Lansing Community College Board of Trustees. He also serves on the boards of Partnership for Learning and St. Vincent Catholic Charities. He earned a master’s degree in business administration from Northwood University and a bachelor’s degree from North Central College in Illinois. He is an original board member of Michigan Retailers’ workers’ comp program.

Bryan Neiman is President and CEO of Neiman’s Family Market, with four locations in Tawas, St. Clair, Clarkston, and Mayville. His parents, Hal and Jean Neiman, founded the company in 1983 by opening an Alpena IGA store, which later became Neiman’s Family Market. Joining his family’s business in 2007 as a Store Director, Neiman previously worked for The Fresh Market in North Carolina and Indiana. He holds a bachelor’s degree in organizational communications from Capital University. Neiman joined the board in January 2018 as the Michigan Grocers Association division representative. Neiman was elected as Vice Chair for the MRA Board in August 2022 and elected Chair in August 2024.

Kendra Patterson owns Michigan Barn Wood and Salvage, along with her husband. The business began in 2015 and re-located to a historic lumberyard in Mason in 2017. Patterson was first elected to the MRS board in 2022.

Rod Phillips is owner of Country Casuals, Petoskey, a small chain of year-round and seasonal ladies’ apparel stores located throughout northwest Michigan. He attended Michigan State University and worked as a commercial pilot before starting the retail business with his wife, Judy, in 1974. Mr. Phillips was first elected to the Retailers Insurance board in 1999.

Raeann Rouse is owner of Bridge Street Baby, a newborn to 24-month clothing, gifts, accessories and decor store, located in Rockford. Rouse grew up in the retail world; her parents both owned retail stores in Rockford. Her mother owned JT Stitchery, a yarn shop next door to Bridge Street Baby. Her father owned two tool and die companies in downtown Rockford. Rouse opened Bridge Street Baby in 2017.

Jean Sarasin is retired executive vice president and chief operating officer of Michigan Retailers Association and Retailers Insurance. She was first elected to the Retailers Insurance board in 1997.