Missy Summers

Festival of the Arts
Mentor

For Missy Summers, community service is at the heart of everything she does. Missy has served on the board of Habitat for Humanity, as treasurer for the Association of Professional Fundraising, and marketing chair for SCORE. She began her professional career in the banking industry, holding a variety of positions while also being a lead volunteer coordinator, serving on the state of Michigan grant committee in addition to managing environmental initiatives and helping establish employee resources groups for the state. Missy eventually transitioned to the non-profit sector as Director of Development for Junior Achievement. As the needs of the organization evolved, so did her role, becoming the Chief Rural Officer for Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula, where she managed a team and multiple boards to help grow local programming.

Missy, who sees potential in the non-traditional, says, “Because I was lucky to have so many formal and informal mentors, I have made it a priority to be a mentor. The opportunity to share and learn from mentees is a great responsibility and joy.”