Name: 2021 Mackinac Policy Conference
Start: 2021-09-20T12:00:00-04:00
End: 2021-09-23T17:00:00-04:00
Location: Grand Hotel

Dave Anderson

Co-Founder, Bamboo Detroit
Dennis Archer Jr.

Founding Principal and President, Archer Corporate Services
Jeff Aronoff

Executive Director, D:hive
Sandy Baruah

President and CEO, Detroit Regional Chamber
Dan Carmody

President, Eastern Market Corporation
Candy Chang

TED Senior Fellow; Urban Space Artist and Designer
Sheila Cockrel

President and CEO, Crossroads Consulting Group
Phil Cooley

Co-Owner, Slows Bar BQ
James Craig

Chief of Police, Detroit Police Department
Maggie DeSantis

President, Warren/Conner Development Coalition
Richard DeVore

Regional President, Detroit and Southeast Michigan, PNC Bank
Mike Duggan

Mayor, City of Detroit
David Egner

President and CEO, Hudson-Webber Foundation
John Gallagher

Business Writer, Detroit Free Press
Don Graves

Executive Director, President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, The White House
Mark Hackel

County Executive, Macomb County
Linglong He

Chief Information Officer, Quicken Loans
Stephen Henderson

Editorial Director, Detroit Free Press
Adam Hollier

Vice President, Hantz Woodlands
Evette Hollins

Manager, Urban Initiatives, Detroit Regional Chamber
George Jackson

President and CEO, Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
Lorron James

Vice President, Business Affairs, James Group International
Tricia Keith

Senior Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Services, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Benjamin Kennedy

Deputy Director, Community Development and Detroit Program, Kresge Foundation
Elias Khalil

Owner and General Manager, La Feria – Spanish Tapas Restaurant
Dan Kinkead

Director of Projects, Detroit Future City
Maria LaLonde

Recruiting and Development Leader, Bizdom
Eric Larson

President and CEO, Larson Realty Group
Saundra Little

Founding Partner, Centric Design Studio
Christy McDonald

MiWeek Anchor, Detroit Public Television
Kurt Metzger

Mayor, Pleasant Ridge; Director Emeritus, Data Driven Detroit
Spencer Olinek

Business Development Manager, Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
Bill Pulte

Chairman, Detroit Blight Authority
Thomas Sugrue

David Boies Professor of History and Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
Paul Tait

Executive Director, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments
Tammy Tedesco

President and CEO, Edibles Rex
Espy Thomas

Owner, Sweet Potato Sensations
Frank Venegas

Chairman and CEO, Ideal Group
M. Roy Wilson

President, Wayne State University
Tom Wilson

President and CEO, Olympia Entertainment
Sommer Woods

Director of External Relations, M-1 Light Rail

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