As the voice for business in Southeast Michigan, the Detroit Regional Chamber prides itself in recruiting diverse and industry-leading executives for its Board of Directors. These talented men and women help shape the strategic direction and priorities for the Chamber. The Chamber congratulates the 66 former and current Board members who are featured in dBusiness magazine’s 2018 list of “500 Most Powerful Business Leaders in Metro Detroit.” Chamber President and CEO Sandy Baruah and Chief Operating Officer Tammy Carnrike are also included in the list.
Current and former board members include:
Linda Apsey, ITC Holdings Corp.
Dennis Archer, Dennis W. Archer
David Barfield, Impellam Group
Chris Brochert, Lormax Stern Development Co.
Dean Brody, Accenture
William Burgess, Dickinson Wright
John Carter, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Hank Cooney, Plunkett Cooney
George Corona, Kelly Services
Matthew Cullen, JACK Entertainment
David Dauch, American Axle & Manufacturing Inc.
Mark Davidoff, Deloitte
Brian Demkowicz, Huron Capital Partners
Ric Devore, PNC Bank
Alessandro DiNello, Flagstar Bank
Debbie Dingell, U.S. House of Representatives
Mike Duggan, City of Detroit
Matt Elliott, Bank of America Merrill Lynch
David Fisher, Suburban Collection
David Foltyn, Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
Frank Fountain, Walter P. Chrysler Museum Foundation
John Fox, Beaumont Health
Yousif Ghafari, Chairman and Founder, Ghafari Associates
Allan Gilmour, The Gilmour-Jirgens Fund
David Girodat, Fifth Third Bank
Paul Glantz, Emagine Entertainment
Kouhaila Hammer, Ghafari Associates
Rick Hampson, Citizens Bank
Chris Ilitch, Ilitch Holdings
John James, James Group International
Tricia Keith, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Justin Klimko, Butzel Long
William Kozyra, TI Automotive (TI Fluid Systems)
Wright Lassiter III, Henry Ford Health System
Trevor Lauer, DTE Electric
George Lenyo, Ernst & Young
Dan Loepp, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Ben Maibach III, Barton Malow Co.
Ryan Maibach, Barton Malow Co.
Florine Mark, The Weight Watchers Group Inc.
Kathleen McCann, United Road Services Inc.
Chip McClure, Michigan Capital Advisors
Michael McGee, Miller Canfield
Besty Meter, KPMG
Patricia Mooradian, The Henry Ford
Virinder Moudgil, Lawrence Technological University
James Nicholson, PVS Chemicals Inc.
Cynthia Pasky, Strategic Staffing Solutions
Sandra Pierce, Huntington Bank
Stephen Polk, Highgate LLC
Patti Poppe, CMS Energy, Consumers Energy
Jim Proppe, Plante Moran
John Rakolta Jr., Walbridge
Leon Richardson, The Chemico Group
Michael Ritchie, Comerica Bank
M. Roy Wilson, Wayne State University
Andra Rush, Rush Group
David Schostak, Schostak Bros. & Co.
Alan Schwartz, Honigman Schwartz Miller and Cohn LLP
David Segura, VisionIT
Ray Telang, PwC
Arm Tellem, Palace Sports & Entertainment
Chris Thomas, Fontinalis Partners
Dr. Tony Tedeschi, Detroit Medical Center
Frank Venegas Jr., Ideal Group
Alan Whitman, Baker Tilly Virchow Krause LLP
