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Birgit M. Klohs

	Birgit M. Klohs
Industry	Economic development
Title	President
Expertise	Operations, international marketing, corporate management
Current Organization	The Right Place Program
Type of Organization	Nonprofit
Major Product	County wide economic development program for the retention, expansion and attraction of business to the Greater Grand Rapids area
Area of Distribution	International
University/Degree	B.S., Finance, Western Michigan University, 1983
Born	November 27, 1951, Koblenz, Germany
Honors & Awards	2001 Junior Achievement West Michigan Hall of Fame; Leadership Grand Rapids 2000 Distinguished Community Trustee Award; National Kidney Foundation 2000 Galaxy Award; Business Direct Weekly 1999 Most Influential Women in West Michigan; Grand Rapids Business Journal 1996 Newsmaker of the Year Award; YWCA 1989 Tribute Award for Business; Michigan Industrial Developers Assoc.-1989 Developer of the Year; Lake Michigan College 1990 Alumni Achievement Award; West Michigan World Trade Assoc.-1990 World Trader of the Year; W. MI Chapter-American Marketing Assoc. 1991 West Michigan Marketer of the Year; American Society for Public Administration-W. MI Chapter-Practitioner of the Year 1995; Member of Who's Who Registry of Global Business Leaders
Affiliations	Trustee, Western Michigan University; Michigan Economic Development Association; Grand Rapids Rotary; CoreNet Global
Hobbies & Sports	Gardening, travel, reading, gourmet cooking
Work History	Account Executive, Michigan Dept. of Commerce; Industrial Consultant, Economic Development Corp. of Berrien County, MI, 1977; Prince Corp., Holland, MI; Assistant Director of the Office for Economic Expansion, Grand Valley State University, MI; President, Right Place Program, 1987-present
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