by Maggie Mutch | Mar 5, 2025 | Brilliance Awards Finalists 2026
First Vice President, Talent & Culture Officer | Mercantile Bank Misti Lynn Stanton has served as a mentorship champion in the Grand Rapids community for over 35 years. Her mentorship and service background first took root when she worked at Grand Rapids Public...
by Maggie Mutch | Mar 5, 2025 | Brilliance Awards Finalists 2026
Project & Marketing Manager, Licensed Builder | Snowden Builders LLC Stephanie Snowden is a licensed residential builder and community advocate dedicated to strengthening the future of construction in West Michigan. Over the past decade, she’s grown from entering...
by Maggie Mutch | Mar 5, 2025 | Brilliance Awards Finalists 2026
Owner & PA Injector, Proper Eu Medical and Aesthetics Center | Cardiothoracic Surgery Physician Assistant, Beacon Medical Group | Training Educator, Beacon Health System Kalamazoo Ena K. Osterhouse, PA-C, MSM is a passionate clinician, educator, and mentor with...
by Maggie Mutch | Mar 5, 2025 | Brilliance Awards Finalists 2026
Founder, Bloom Social After a life-threatening ectopic pregnancy in 2022, Kirsten Pipp turned her pain into purpose. Searching for support and finding none, she created Ectopic Pregnancy Support, a social media community that has grown to nearly 6,500 followers across...
by Maggie Mutch | Mar 5, 2025 | Brilliance Awards Finalists 2026
Executive Director & Co-Founder, Treetops Collective Tarah Carnahan leads a diverse team investing in immigrant and refugee women who arrive in West Michigan already carrying resilience, creativity, and leadership. Together, through shared values, they are...
by Maggie Mutch | Mar 5, 2025 | Brilliance Awards Finalists 2026
Family Court Referee, 14th Circuit Court – Muskegon County Visishta Boeringa moved from India with her family when she was six years old, residing in Texas, Iowa, and Illinois, before finally settling in West Michigan. Boeringa has dedicated her life to public...
by Maggie Mutch | Mar 5, 2025 | Brilliance Awards Finalists 2026
Founder & Owner, The Mind Body Baby Collective Heidi McDowell is the founder of the Mind Body Baby Collective, an award-winning maternal wellness community in Grand Rapids that has grown from a single class into an 8,000-square-foot hub serving mothers across West...
by Maggie Mutch | Mar 5, 2025 | Brilliance Awards Finalists 2026
CEO & Founder, Fisher Strategic, VP of Strategic Partnerships, Become Unmistakable An author, speaker, and leader in West Michigan, Beth Fisher is known for her resilience and commitment to serving others. At 25, she was diagnosed with leukemia and told she...
by Maggie Mutch | Mar 5, 2025 | Brilliance Awards Finalists 2026
Anti-Human Trafficking Therapist, Wedgwood Christian Services Dr. Kim M. Childress is a compassionate mental health therapist and advocate dedicated to walking alongside individuals on their healing journeys. She provides trauma-informed, culturally responsive care...
by Maggie Mutch | Mar 5, 2025 | Brilliance Awards Finalists 2026
Co-CEO & Co-CIO, Bostwick Investment Consulting Kathleen B. Vogelsang, CFA, is a seasoned investment executive and community leader in West Michigan. She served for twenty years as Chief Investment Officer of the Van Andel Institute, building its Endowment...
