JEFFREY SCHUMAKER

Jeff Schumaker serves as a Chair with C12 Business Forums in the West Michigan–Northern Indiana territory. C12 is the world’s largest peer-learning organization for Christian CEOs, business owners, and executives, serving more than 4,000 members across the United States and internationally.

Before joining C12, Jeff spent 30 years with Fishbeck, a national architecture, engineering, and environmental services firm headquartered in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He served as President and Chief Vision Officer, helping lead the firm’s growth to more than $130 million in annual revenue and 700 employees across Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. As President, he initiated Fishbeck’s first comprehensive visioning effort since 1998 and helped modernize the role and function of its Board of Directors. His experience spans engineering design, project management, business development, and strategic planning. Earlier in his career, he developed a specialized steam distribution market serving Big Ten university campuses throughout the Midwest.

Jeff has been actively involved in his church through life groups, ushering, and volunteering with Hand2Hand. He also served on the Legacy Christian School Board, helping spearhead the implementation of a Spanish Immersion program.

Jeff and his wife, Pam, live in Byron Center, Michigan. They have three grown sons, Adam, Sam, and Luke; two daughters-in-law, Ani and Tara; and three grandchildren, with two more expected in October.

Jeff believes God guided him to C12 through a series of meaningful connections to Ephesians 3:20 as he discerned God’s plans for his next chapter. As the verse continued to surface, it affirmed his calling to use his leadership experience to serve Christian business leaders and further God’s Kingdom.

Ephesians 3:20 remains his favorite verse: “Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us.”