2022 Speakers

Jeanette Abraham

Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer, JMA Global, LLC

Rick Albin

Political Reporter, WOOD-TV 8

Linda Apsey

President and Chief Executive Officer, ITC Holdings Corp.

Steve Ballmer

Co-Founder, Ballmer Group; Owner, Los Angeles Clippers NBA Basketball Team Co-Founder, Ballmer Group; Owner, Los Angeles Clippers NBA Basketball Team

Sandy K. Baruah

President and Chief Executive Officer

Cheryl Bergman

Executive Director, Michigan Women’s Commission

Keith Bradford

President, Olympia Development of Michigan and the District Detroit

Pete Buttigieg

U.S. Secretary of Transportation

Brian Calley

President and Chief Executive Officer, Small Business Association of Michigan

Andrew Cantor

Executive Vice President of Development, Related Companies

Tammy Carnrike

Chief Operating Officer, Detroit Regional Chamber

Awenate Cobbina

Chief Executive Officer, Bedrock Manufacturing Company; Chairman, Michigan Economic Development Corporation Executive Committee

Tina Freese Decker

President and Chief Executive Officer, BHSH System

Debbie Dingell

U.S. Representative (D-MI 12)

Mike Duggan

Mayor, City of Detroit

Matthew B. Elliott

President, Bank of America Michigan

Harold Ford Jr.

Executive Vice President and Vice Chairman, Corporate and Institutional Banking, PNC

Candice Fortman

Executive Director, Outlier Media

Garlin Gilchrist II

Lieutenant Governor, State of Michigan

Tom Gores

Founder, Chairman, and Chief Executive Officer, Platinum Equity; Owner, Detroit Pistons

Joi M. Harris

President and Chief Operating Officer, DTE Gas

Stephen Henderson

Contributor, One Detroit and DPTV; Host, WDET 101.9 FM; Founding Editor, BridgeDetroit One Detroit and DPTV;Host WDET 101.9 FM; Founding Editor, BridgeDetroit

Morela Hernandez

Ligia Ramirez de Reynolds Collegiate Professor of Public Policy, University of Michigan

Amy Hovey

Housing Specialist, Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity

Bill Huizenga

U.S. Representative (R-MI 2)

Van Jones

Host, CNN; Founder, Dream Corps

Tiffany King

Equity and Inclusion Officer, Michigan State Housing Development Authority

Ted Koppel

Legendary Anchor, ABC News’ Nightline; Senior Contributor, CBS Sunday Morning Show; Contributing Columnist, Washington Post, New York Times, Wall Street Journal

Maureen Krauss

President and Chief Executive Officer, Detroit Regional Partnership

Wright L. Lassiter III

Chairman, 2021 Mackinac Policy Conference; President and Chief Executive Officer, Henry Ford Health System

Shana Lewis

Vice President of Talent Acquisition and Workforce Programs, Trinity Health

Camille Lloyd

Executive Director, Gallup Center on Black Voices

Christy McDonald

Anchor, Detroit Public Television

Jon Meacham

Presidential Historian; Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author

Quentin Messer Jr.

Chief Executive Officer, Michigan Economic Development Corporation; President and Chair, Michigan Strategic Fund

Mohammad Muntakim

Member, Youth Council, The Skillman Foundation

Logan Newman

Member, Youth Council, The Skillman Foundation

Jerry Norcia

President and CEO, DTE Energy

Cindy Pasky

President and Chief Executive Officer, Strategic Staffing Solutions

Gary Peters

U.S. Senator (D-MI)

Sandy Pierce

Senior Executive Vice President, Private Bank and Regional Banking Director and Chair, Huntington Michigan

Angelique Power

President and Chief Executive Officer, The Skillman Foundation

Garrick J. Rochow

President and CEO of CMS Energy Corporation and Consumers Energy Company

Stephen M. Ross

Chairman and Founder, Related Companies

Veronika Scott

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, The Empowerment Plan

Elissa Slotkin

U.S. Representative (D-MI 8)

Paul W. Smith

Host, WJR NewsTalk 760 AM

Dug Song

Chief Strategy Officer, Cisco Secure, Co-founder, Duo Security

Debbie Stabenow

U.S. Senator (D-MI)

Jeremiah Steen

Member, Youth Council, The Skillman Foundation

La June Montgomery Tabron

President and CEO, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

Nancy Tellem

Executive Chair, Eko; Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BasBlue

Arn Tellem

Vice Chairman, Detroit Pistons

Mike Tirico

Host, NBC Sports

Howard Ungerleider

President and Chief Financial Officer, Dow

Rhonda Walker

Anchor, WDIV-TV 4, NBC

Gretchen Whitmer

Governor, State of Michigan