Shelley Irwin
WGVU HostShelley Irwin is the host and producer for The Shelley Irwin Show, a news magazine talk-show format on the local NPR affiliate Monday through Friday. The show, broadcast at 9 a.m., features a wide variety of local and national news makers, plus special features.
She also hosts several public affairs program on the TV side, including Family Health Matters and Kalamazoo Lively Arts. Shelley is award winning in her profession, including five consecutive Gracie Allen Awards from American Women in TV and Radio for excellence as a program host. She was awarded the 2016 Athena Award, honoring an individual who has demonstrated leadership in their profession, mentored and opened new opportunities for women and contributed time and talent to the community and the Rotary of Grand Rapids’ Service Above Self award, given in recognition of Frederik Meijer, whose humanitarian acts of selfless service made an enduring difference in the lives of others.
Most recently, Irwin was named as one of the 200 Most Powerful Business Leaders in West Michigan by the Grand Rapids Business Journal.
Her community involvement extends from the Kent County Park Foundation to the Michigan Women’s Foundation, Hope Network, Girl Scouts and the Cherry Health Foundation, among others.
She has been named one of the “50 Most Influential Women in West Michigan” twice by Gemini Publications, and has represented the U.S. in the Long Distance Triathlon and Duathlon World Championships.
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Sausage takeover, Hope Network, The Fatherhood Project, Beneath the Brilliance, and Michigan Horse Driving School. -
Owner of the School Jen Grooters joins in with the details. -
Shaina Lane joins in to share her story. -
We talk to those involved, including Cindy Foley, Cole Williams and Nick Dean. -
We talk to Aleisha Cole and Marcie McCann about how. -
We talk to Marketing Manager Fiona Redhair about this unique gathering. -
WGVU's Jennifer Moss, Shelley Irwin, and Dee Morrison speak with a variety of guests on this season of Powerful Women: Let's Talk - Women on the Ballot. -
Senita Lenear is the first African American woman elected to the Grand Rapids City Commission. -
Rosalynn Bliss is the assistant dean and chief external relations officer at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, and former Mayor of Grand Rapids. -
Lisa Posthumus Lyons is serving her third term as Kent County Clerk/Register of Deeds, she was elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2020 & 2024.
