2023 Senior Officers
Richard Kligman is a third generation builder and remodeler, as well as a licensed real estate broker. He has 25+ years of experience in the home building industry and is a graduate of Michigan State University where he earned a degree in Building Construction Management. He has won numerous housing construction, design, and industry awards including Southeastern Michigan’s 2005 Young Builder of the Year and the 2013 Builder of the Year awards. He is a former President of the Home Builder’s Association of Southeastern Michigan and was 2015 Secretary of the Home Builder’s Association of Michigan. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the local, state and national HBA's. Â
Jeff Grantham is the owner of Grantham Building and Remodeling in Petoskey, Michigan. Jeff has been the President of the Little Traverse Association of Michigan and is the current chair of the HBAM Legislative Committee. Jeff has achieved home building certifications of CGR, CAP, GMB, CGP.
Aaron Hovestadt is passionate about building - great homes. His interest goes back to his childhood when watching his neighborhood being built around him from the ground up. Hovestadt has attended Western Michigan University and Spring Arbor University. He is a member of the Home Builders Association of Western Michigan.
Karen Schroeder is the Vice President and co-founder of Mayberry Homes in East Lansing, Michigan. She was instrumental in chartering and is the past Chair of the Greater Lansing Professional Women in Building council. She is the immediate past chair of the NAHB PWB Executive Board as well as the 2019 Past Chair of NAHB 55+ Housing Council. Karen was the first woman (along with her business partner) to be inducted into the Michigan Construction Hall of Fame, they were named the #1 Builder in North America in Customer Service by Avid Ratings (formerly NRS) and continue to be awarded the Gold Award for Customer Experience annually. They were named National Volunteer of the Year by St. Jude, Building Partner of the Year by Homes for Our Troops, and given The Ballantine Award for Extraordinary Service. Karen was named the 2017 Advisory Board Member of the Year by NAHB as a result of her service with Michigan State University. Karen and her business partner were named 2017 Greater Lansing Business of the Year and in 2017 Karen was named the NAHB PWB Woman of the Year. Most recently Karen became the recipient of the Michigan State University College of Natural Resources Honorary Alumni Award. Karen resides in East Lansing, Michigan. She has three grown children and two grandchildren.
Michael Tribble has 35 years of public accounting experience after retiring from Yeo & Yeo CPAs in 2018. He has served as a member of the firm’s Tax Services, Construction Services, Death Care Services, and Estate & Trust Groups. His main area of expertise is tax planning and preparation, with emphasis on the construction industry. He is a past president of the Home Builders Association of Saginaw. He currently serves as director for the National Association of Home Builders and the Home Builders Association of Michigan.
Jeremy Morgan served as the 2018 President of the Builders & Remodelers Association of Mid-Michigan (Flint HBA) and has long served as a member of the HBAM Board of Directors. He is also active with the HBAM Legislative and Legal Action Committees, the Skilled to Build Michigan Foundation and Friends of Housing. Morgan has been active in the residential building sector for two decades and his company, J.W. Morgan Construction (located in Swartz Creek), employs five people and has been in business for over 23 years.
Bob Filka is a Hope College graduate and Muskegon native and has served in his current role since 2006. Filka has more than 35 years of government and policy experience in both Washington, D.C. and Lansing. Early in his career, he was a legislative aide to the late Grand Rapids-area Congressman Paul Henry on Capitol Hill. Upon returning to Michigan, he served as a policy advisor to Governor John Engler. He was appointed by Engler as President of the Michigan Strategic Fund and became part of the original executive leadership group that created the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. Bob is active in numerous organizations and has served stints as Chair of the Habitat for Humanity of Michigan Board of Directors and the Michigan Virtual University among others. Bob remarried last year (wife Karen) and has two adult daughters (Elise and Isabel) and a new granddaughter (Lily).
Staff
The Regional Caucus Chairs
The Regional Caucus Chairs are elected by the members from their region to communicate problems or concerns to the state and to transmit state issues to the region.
Mike Tucker - Grand Traverse
Represents Grand Traverse, Northern, Upper Peninsula and North Central Lakes
Mike Zemla - Flint
Represents Jackson, Lansing, Livingston, Mid-Michigan (Flint)
Represents Bay, Central, Midland, Saginaw, Thumb
Norm Finkelstein - Southwestern
Represents Ann Arbor, Lenawee, Monroe, Southeastern
Troy Freed - Western
Represents Grand Rapids, Lakeshore, Southwestern, Western