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Steering Committee Members

In February 2019 former Senate Majority Leader Ken Sikkema (R), former Democratic Senate Leader and Budget Director Bob Emerson (D), former Lt. Governor John Cherry (D), and former House Speaker Paul Hillegonds (R) initiated the Michigan Consensus Policy Project (MCPP), a bipartisan initiative of former legislators and key executive department officials working together to find solutions for some of our state’s toughest policy issues.

Below are current members of the Michigan Consensus Policy Project (click for full biographies):

John Cherry (D)

Former Lt. Governor and Senate Democratic Leader

Bob Emerson (D)

Former State Budget Director and Senate Democratic Leader

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Pam Faris (D)

Former State Representative

Joe Haveman (R)

Former State Representative and Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee

Paul Hillegonds (R)

Former Speaker of the House

Anne Mervenne (R)

Former Executive Office official

Gilda Jacobs (D)

Former president & CEO of the Michigan League for Public Policy

Ken Sikkema (R)

Former Senate Majority Leader

John Walsh (R)

Former State Budget Director and Speaker Pro Temp of the House

The MCPP plans to expand the Steering Committee to twelve individuals, evenly divided between Democrats and Republicans. Ken Sikkema and Bob Emerson serve as Co-Chairs of the MCPP, and Ken Sikkema serves as part-time Policy Director.