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Boards and Committees

The MEDC is a public-private partnership that serves as the state’s marketing arm and lead advocate for business development, equitable job growth, and community development with the focus on growing Michigan’s economy. MEDC includes multiple boards and committees.

MEDC Corporation Board

The MEDC was created through an Interlocal Agreement between the Michigan Strategic Fund and public agencies across Michigan that formed the Corporation Board. MEDC Corporation Board meets annually to evaluate the MEDC’s performance via standards set by the Executive Committee, and may review Executive Committee acts, as deemed necessary. Representatives are appointed by the 57 MEDC interlocal partners and by the governor.

Executive Committee

Oversight and management of the MEDC is governed by an Executive Committee consisting of twenty (20) members, appointed by the Governor of the State of Michigan. The Executive Committee also appoints the MEDC’s Chief Executive Officer, who is tasked with administering programs, funds, personnel, contracts, and all other administrative functions of the MEDC, subject to oversight of the Executive Committee.

Michigan Strategic Fund

The Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) was created by P.A. 270 of 1984 and has broad authority to promote economic development and create jobs. Governor Snyder signed Executive Order 2012-9 on June 26, 2012 abolishing the MEGA Board and transferring the various responsibilities of the MEGA to the Michigan Strategic Fund effective August 25, 2012. 

Commission for Logistics and Supply Chain Collaboration

The purpose of the Commission for Logistics and Supply Chain Collaboration is to advise state agencies on initiatives to improve the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of supply chain management for businesses. Further, the commission aims to create avenues of communication with the Province of Ontario, Canadian federal governmental agencies along with U.S. state, regional, and local governments. The commission identifies industries that can benefit from supply chain coordination, and offer guidance on how Michigan can maintain a competitive advantage in economic development, trade and commerce, and transportation. The 10-member commission represents private business, transportation, border operators, local economic development agencies, and higher education.