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Tom Porter

Board Treasurer

Tom Porter wearing a yellow Michigan T-shirt outdoors with mountains and trees in the background, emphasizing climate activism and community engagement.

Tom is President of the Porter Family Foundation and an integral founder of MiCAN. He is a retired venture capitalist and executive-in-residence at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. He supports big ideas that can make a meaningful difference for the environment. He co-founded the Council of Michigan Foundation’s Green & Blue Network and Voices for Carbon Neutrality at the University of Michigan. Tom resides in Ann Arbor, Michigan, during the winter, and in Empire, Michigan, during the summer.