Ragnar Avery is a retired Executive Account Manager for Dow Corning Corporation (now Dow Silicones). Ragnar and his wife, Kristy, moved to Kalkaska in 2009 after her retirement from Dow Corning as a Senior Event Planner. Ragnar retired from Dow Corning in 2013 and continued his professional work as a consultant for startups from 2103 till 2018. Ragnar was a mentor in residence at the Central Michigan Entrepreneur Department from 2013 till 2014. His creative interests include: photography, playing guitar, and building guitar amplifiers. He has been on the board of the Traverse Area Camera Club since 2016 as the co-chair of the monthly Critique Night. Ragnar’s photography has been in a number of regional fine art and photography shows, and he enjoys combining his love for travel with photography.

"I support CTAC because it is a wonderful organization for supporting the arts in Traverse City and Petoskey."