Audit Committee

The Audit Committee supports the Board of Directors by overseeing financial reporting, audit processes, internal controls, and governance practices that help protect the integrity of Grow Michigan’s operations and investments.
Patrick McQueen
Managing Director, McQueen Financial Advisors
A highly accomplished banking executive and financial advisor with decades of leadership experience in commercial banking, financial institution management, and regulatory oversight. Patrick provides strategic guidance on financial reporting, risk management, governance, and audit oversight.
Patrick M. McQueen is a Managing Director of McQueen Financial Advisors, providing an array of consulting services to financial institutions.  McQueen serves on the Board of Directors of EnerBank USA (Salt Lake City)  and serves as Chair of the Audit Committee for Grow Michigan. Previously, he served in varying capacities, including Chairman, President and C.E.O.  of The Private Bank and successor banks. Previously, McQueen spent eight years in State Government, serving as the Commissioner of Banking and briefly, as the Acting Commissioner of Insurance. The first 24 years of his banking career was spent with Comerica Bank, and its predecessor, Manufacturers National Bank.

Current assignments include serving on the Michigan Gaming Control Board, the Motor City Lyric Opera Board, the Kelly (Services) Relief Fund Board and the Oakland Community Foundation Board. McQueen holds a B.B.A. From the University of Michigan-Dearborn and an M.B.A. From Michigan State University. McQueen also graduated from the Graduate School of Retail Banking at the University of Virginia.

He and his wife, Catherine, reside in Bloomfield Hills. All three children reside in the area.
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Henry J. Brennan III
Partner, Howard & Howard, PLLC
A respected corporate attorney with extensive experience advising businesses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, and real estate matters. Henry brings valuable legal and transactional expertise that supports effective governance and sound decision-making.
Mr. Brennan is a founding member of Grow Michigan, LLC. He is a partner with Howard & Howard, PLLC and provides legal counsel to Grow Michigan, LLC. He concentrates his practice in mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance and real estate. Mr. Brennan is AV Rated by Martindale Hubble (its highest rating based on peer review), he has also been consistently designated as a Top Lawyer by DBusiness and a Michigan Super Lawyer.

Brennan in addition has been a founder and equity partner in several business ventures, including A3 Integration, TradeLogix and FreightVerify. Mr. Brennan serves on several corporate boards and advisory committees, in addition to being involved with several civic and philanthropic organizations.

He received a B.A. in Economics and English from the University of Michigan and a J.D. from Wayne State University Law School.
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