Staff
Since 2001, Lenear has been passionate about serving his community in the area of economic empowerment. In 2019, he launched Project GREEN to live out this vision with like-minded individuals, churches, and community organizations in Kent County and the state of Michigan.
Board
Rebecca O’Connell is a Community Affairs Manager at Consumers Energy. She has two decades of experience in coordinating policy projects to solve community and private sector problems at the local, state and federal levels of government.
Tawanna Wright serves as a Staff Attorney for ACSET West Michigan Works!, a regional workforce development agency that serves seven counties in the western Michigan region. She is a Grand Rapids-based attorney with many years of transactional work experience in business matters.
Attah is CEO of iNFable, an emerging social justice brand bringing awareness to causes through their popular line of socks. He is also Director of Dream Fulfillment at SpringGR, empowering underserved entrepreneurs to build strong, sustainable businesses.
Chris is a full-time faculty member in the School of Social Work at Western Michigan University. Chris serves as the Grand Rapids Program Director and the MSW (Master of Work) Program Director. He is also the Founder and CEO of NPS Consulting. He brings to Project GREEN many years of experience stemming from leadership positions in the areas of human services and community/economic development.
Dondreá Brown has been committed to providing financial education since 2013. He first began educating himself, then his family and friends, on the basic principles of money management.
Shellida serves as a Human Resource Specialist for United Bank of Michigan and has over a 15 year career in HR with various industries.
