In addition to the traditional planning committees, Lassiter assembled a clinical team of experts from Henry Ford Health System to advise the Chamber on new public health developments that could affect the Conference.

The 2021 Mackinac Policy Conference Chair Wright L. Lassiter III, president and CEO of Henry Ford Health System, worked closely with the Chamber’s Executive Committee of its Board of Directors, Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island Convention and Visitors Bureau, health experts, and other Conference partners to reach the decision to move the 2021 Conference to September. Learn more about why he and the Chamber selected September for next year’s event.