CFA West Michigan Society Congratulates Team from GVSU

Date: February 13, 2012

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 13, 2012 — The CFA West Michigan Society, a member society of the CFA Institute, today honored the team from Grand Valley State University (GVSU) as the 2012 CFA Institute Research Challenge local competition winner. The Grand Valley State team will now advance to the Americas Regional competition to be held in New York City on April 9-10.
These student teams presented their final reports and made their presentations to a panel of judges that included the following industry professionals: Dave Cleveland, CFA of LVM Capital Management, Ltd., Michelle Eldridge, CPWA, CFA of LVM Capital Management, Ltd., Dave Mange, CFA of Greenleaf Trust, Mitch Stapley, CFA of Fifth Third Asset Management, Tim Anderson, CFA of Legacy Trust and Jay Wisentaner, CFA of Norris, Perne & French. In addition, Theodore H. Fuger, Jr., CFA served as the society coordinator for the challenge. The CFA West Michigan Society expresses their gratitude to the judges, coordinators and to the senior management team at Herman Miller Inc. for their time and effort in making the 2012 CFA Institute Research Challenge a success.

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