Margaret E. (Meg) Goebel ’79

Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan

Professional Background: Former President & CEO, Paul Goebel Group

Meg was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  Her professional career was with the Paul Goebel Group, an independent insurance agency from 1982-2023. She served as its president/CEO from 1994 to her retirement in December 2023 and owner from 1994-2015, when the agency was sold to Acrisure LLC.

Meg remains involved in many community organizations on a volunteer basis, often in leadership positions.  Among them are the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce (chair 2011), Economic Club of Grand Rapids, Broadway Grand Rapids, University of Michigan Health-West Foundation, Grand Rapids Art Museum, Alvin M. Bentley Foundation, and the YWCA.

She received the  “Women of Achievement & Courage” award from the Michigan Women Forward (formerly Michigan Women’s Foundation) in 2019; the ATHENA Leadership Award in 2022 from the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce; and the Grand Rapids Art Museum’s “Live Artfully” award  in 2024. The Grand Rapids Business Journal named Meg one of “The 50 Most Influential Women in West Michigan” in 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2006, 2003 and the “Top Women-Owned Businesses”  in 2015, 2013, 2011, 2009, 2007, and 2005.