FMHC Fireside Chat: Rosalynn Bliss and Keith Brophy


Monday, November 21, 2022
7:00 p.m.
Allendale Campus
Faculty, Staff, Students


Join Mayor Rosalynn Bliss for a Fireside Chat with Keith Brophy. 

Keith Brophy has built a variety of national-reach, tech transformation focused businesses from West Michigan. Keith is a collaborative, team centric leader, focused on building affirming cultures for success. Many of his team members have worked together with him at multiple companies, including two that were designated among the “50 Companies to Watch”. Keith is a past Ernst & Young Michigan Entrepreneur of the Year, and his companies have received national accolades in areas including growth and innovation.  Recognitions include Microsoft’s National Education Solution of the Year, Computer World’s Outstanding Life Science Solution, and an Edison national award for online innovation in healthcare. 

Keith is currently COO at ADHD Online, a leading mental health telehealth provider.  Prior to this, Keith launched and served as Director of the Business Lab product innovation group at Emergent Holdings (BCBSM Subsidiary), served as State Director of the Michigan Small Business Development Center, CEO of health tech firm Ideomed, and CEO/co-founder of Sagestone, a national software consulting firm, among other endeavors. 

He has been a long time  speaker on future trends in many venues, including at various national and international conferences, and testimony before state and national government bodies on business innovation.  He also teaches the “Emerging Trends” class at the Grand Valley Seidman School of Business for the Executive MBA program. His background includes roles on a range of for-profit and nonprofit boards for some of the region’s leading organizations, including Choice One Bank, Greatland Corp, and the City of Grand Rapids Local Development Finance Authority Smartzone. Keith has a B.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Michigan, and an M.S.I.S. degree from Strayer University.

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Location Information


Held in the Pere Marquette Room (2204) in the Kirkhof Center.

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Frederik Meijer Honors College

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This event was added to the calendar by Ella Miller (s_milleel5@gvsu.edu) on Wednesday, August 17, 2022 and was last updated on Monday, November 21, 2022 at 1:12 p.m.