EMily (M) Alemán-McAlpine – West Michigan 25 most influential Latinos
EMily (M) Alemán-McAlpine
Director Program
Wege Foundation
EMily (M) Alemán-McAlpine is the Program Director at the Wege Foundation. Her responsibilitiesinclude leading the program team in the foundation program areas of environment, education, arts andculture, and community health and well-being. Her role is to ensure accessible and equitable processes and funding with a cross-cutting focus on civic engagement, environmental sustainability, equity, andinclusion.
Her emphasis on equitable and accessible granting ensures inclusion and equitable funding to the most divested areas while creating access to mission aligned funding to achieve racial equity.
In her previous role as Senior Community Liaison at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, she developed
and managed statewide strategic partnerships while responsible for distributing corporate philanthropic funding to improve health outcomes in BIPOC and historically under resourced communities.
She engaged diverse stakeholders including non-profit organizations, community members, government officials, and city leadership to address the social determinants of health.
eMily was also the Executive Director of the Hispanic Center of Western Michigan. She advocated for increased access, culturally relevant services, and just resources for the Latinx community. She created programs to support families to advance economic mobility, access to education, and overall social and
emotional health. The programs she developed and implemented focused on advocacy, legal services, education, economic mobility, cultural competency, mental health services, and civic engagement.
She continues her commitment to racial equity, liberation, and justice locally, statewide, and nationally by serving as Co-Chair of the Council of Michigan Foundations Public Policy Committee, CMF Latinx Affinity Network, Hispanics in Philanthropy Advisory Committee, River Restoration Equity Stakeholder Advisory Board and Environmental Grantmakers Association Board and other groups focused on a racially just and equitable society.
