Awards & Leadership
AWARDS
Jim Roberts:
National
- 2021 National Minority Supplier Development Council – Supplier of the Year (Class 1)
- 2021 National Minority Supplier Development Council – Regional Supplier of the Year (Class 1)
- 2021 ThinkAdvisor Luminary Award – Diversity and Inclusion (Individual/RIA)
- 2017 Minority Business Entrepreneur Magazine – MBE's Who Rock Award
- 2015 Michigan State University Distinguished Executive MBA Alumnus Award
State
- 2012, 2016, 2020 & 2021 Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council – Supplier of the Year (Class 1)
- 2020 Best of MichBusiness Honoree
- 2019 Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council – Volunteer of the Year
- 2018 Corp! Magazine - Michigan Most Valuable Entrepreneur
- 2017 Corp! Magazine - Michigan Diversity Focused Company Honoree
- 2013 Corp! Magazine - Michigan Diversity Business Leader Honoree
West Michigan
- 2019 West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum – Minority-Owned Sustainable Business Award
- 2019 West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce – Hispanic Business of the Year
- 2019 Herald Palladium Reader's Choice Awards Best Financial Services Company 2nd Place
- 2013 Grand Rapids Area Chamber of Commerce – EPIC Award Minority Business of the Year
College
- President, University of Michigan, Class of 1983
- President, University of Michigan College of Engineering, Class of 1983;
- Vulcans (Senior Honorary Leadership Society at the University of Michigan)
- President, American Society of Civil Engineers 1981 - 1983
LEADERSHIP
Jim Roberts:
- Treasurer, Executive Committee - Board of Directors, Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council
- Co-Chair, One MMSDC Committee, Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council
- Vice-Chair, DE&I Committee, Executive Committee - Board of Directors, Lakeshore Excellence Foundation
- Board of Directors, West Michigan Sustainable Business Forum
- Advisory Council, Region 4 Area Agency on Aging
- Advisor, Berrien County Pension and Trust Investment Advisory Committee
- Board of Trustees, Muskegon Catholic Schools
- Child and Family Services of Southwest Michigan – Audit Committee
- Member, Saint Joseph and Benton Harbor Rotary Club
- Junior Achievement – Volunteer Instructor
- Member, National Society of Hispanic MBA’s
- Council for Labor and Economic Growth, State of Michigan – Governor’s appointment (former)
- President, Board of Directors, Michigan State University Weekend MBA Alumni Association (former)
- Treasurer, Vulcans (Senior Engineering Leadership Society – University of Michigan)
- Member, University of Michigan Hispanic Alumni Association
- Board of Governors, University of Michigan Engineering College Alumni Society (former)
- Board of Directors, West Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (former)
- Board of Directors, Junior Achievement (Berrien and Cass Counties) (former)
- Board of Directors, West Michigan Environmental Action Council (former)
- Advisory Council, Cornerstone Chamber of Commerce Women’s Business Center (former)
- Chair, Saint Joseph and Benton Harbor Rotary Club Membership and Diversity Committee (former)
- Member, Grand Rapids/Kent County Convention and Visitors Bureau – Multicultural Advisory Council (former)