MEDC Selects Whirlpool’s Jeff Noel As Interim CEO

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Whirlpool Corporation’s Jeff Noel will serve as a co-interim CEO for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation as they seek a new leader in a national search. Noel is currently the vice chairman ofthe MEDC and will lead them along with chairperson Awenate Cobbina. The MEDC Executive Committee says Noel will serve as the officIal CEO, as legally required, with decisions and approvals being concurrently executed with Cobbina. Mark Burton stepped down from the role officially on March 12, 2021. Cobbina and Noel will be offering guidance, serving in the formal capacity of CEO, and approving all necessary actions to continue to keep the MEDC fully operational, in support of the residents, communities and businesses of the state.