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Rick Albin
Political Reporter, WOOD-TV 8
Faye Alexander Nelson
Michigan Director, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Linda Apsey
President and Chief Executive Officer, ITC Holdings
Celina Barrios-Millner
Co-vice President, Office of Race and Equity Research, Urban Institute
Timothy Bartik
Senior Economist, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Sandy K. Baruah
President and Chief Executive Officer, Detroit Regional Chamber
Norman J. Beauchamp Jr.
Executive Vice President, Health Sciences, Michigan State University
Alisha Bell
Chair, Wayne County Commission
Cynthia Bowman
Chief Diversity, Inclusion, and Corporate Social Responsibility Officer, Bank of America
Winnie Brinks
Senate Majority Leader, State of Michigan
Ida Byrd-Hill
Chief Executive Officer, Automation Workz
Ashley Carter
Director, Michigan Justice Fund, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
Liz Cheney
Former U.S. Representative
Melanca Clark
President and Chief Executive Officer, Hudson-Webber Foundation
Zoe Clark
Political Director and Interim General Manager, Michigan Radio
Susan Corbin
Director, Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity
KC Crain
President and Chief Executive Officer, Crain Communications
Mark Cuban
Co-founder, Cost Plus Drugs
David C. Dauch
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, AAM
Ric DeVore
President, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
Wafa Dinaro
Executive Director, New Economy Initiative (NEI)
Jeff Donofrio
President and Chief Executive Officer, Business Leaders for Michigan
Mike Duggan
Mayor, City of Detroit
David Egner
President and Chief Executive Officer, Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation
Matt Elliott
Sustainability Executive, Business and Global Commercial Banking, Bank of America Michigan
Nolan Finley
Editorial Page Editor, The Detroit News; Contributor, One Detroit and DPTV
Jared Fleisher
Vice President, Government Affairs and Economic Development, Rocket Companies
Richard Florida
Founder, Creative Class Group
William Clay Ford, Jr.
Executive Chair, Ford Motor Company
Tina Freese Decker
President and Chief Executive Officer, Corewell Health
AB Ghosh
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Hemlock Semiconductor
Garlin Gilchrist II
Lieutenant Governor, State of Michigan
Guy Gordon
Guy Gordon, Host, JR Morning
Anika Goss
Chief Executive Officer, Detroit Future City
Laura Grannemann
Executive Director, Rocket Community Fund and Gilbert Family Foundation
Matt Hall
House Minority Leader, State of Michigan
Ron Hall
President and Chief Executive Officer, Bridgewater Interiors
Imani Harris
Youth Education Activist; Communications Lead, 482Forward
Stephen Henderson
Executive Advisor, BridgeDetroit; Host, Detroit Today and American Black Journal
Steven Hinkley
Sheriff, Calhoun County
Amy Hovey
Executive Director, Michigan State Housing Development Authority
Mujeeb Ijaz
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Our Next Energy
Kenneth Kelly
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, First Independence Bank
Maggie Lancaster
Chief Executive Officer, Grand Rapids Children’s Museum
Alyse Ley
Co-director, Prevent 2 Protect and Oakland County Gun Violence Commission
Camille Lloyd
Director, Gallup Center on Black Voices
Philomena V. Mantella
President, Grand Valley State University
Christy McDonald
Special Correspondent and Anchor, WDIV-TV 4, NBC
John McElroy
Host, Autoline
Dave Meador
Executive Director, Detroit Regional CEO Group
Isabel Medellin
Global Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Talent Acquisition, Steelcase
Leona Medley
Executive Director, Joe Louis Greenway Partnership
Quentin Messer Jr.
Chief Executive Officer, Michigan Economic Development Corporation; President and Chair, Michigan Strategic Fund
Shannon Morgan
Managing Partner, Renovare Development
Brian Moynihan
Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Bank of America
Jeffrey Nelson
Executive Vice President and Honorary Consul, Republic of Lithuania, Strategic Staffing Solutions
Aric Nesbitt
Senate Minority Leader, State of Michigan
Scott Nykaza
Former Chief Executive Officer, Kalsec
Evamelo Oleita
Co-founder and Youth Organizer, Black Lives Matter in All Capacities; Member, President’s Youth Council, The Skillman Foundation
Santa J. Ono
President, University of Michigan
Terrah Opferman
Managing Director and Michigan Region Manager, Commercial Banking, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Matt Pepper
Chief Executive Officer, Michigan Humane
Angelique Power
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Skillman Foundation
Joe Provenzano
Director, Mobility and Volunteerism, Ford Fund
Peter Quigley
President and Chief Executive Officer, Kelly
Rip Rapson
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Kresge Foundation
Donald Rencher
Group Executive, Housing, Planning, and Development, City of Detroit
Rochelle Riley
Director, Arts and Culture, City of Detroit
Bob Riney
President and Chief Executive Officer, Henry Ford Health
Steve Robinson
President, Lansing Community College
Devin Scillian
Anchor, WDIV-TV 4, NBC
Suzanne Shank
President and Chief Executive Officer, Siebert Williams Shank & Co., LLC
Nicole Sherard-Freeman
Group Executive, Jobs, Economy, and Detroit at Work, City of Detroit
Josh Sirefman
Chief Executive Officer, Michigan Central
Kat Stafford
National Investigative Correspondent, The Associated Press
Jeff Stoutenburg
Director, State Government Affairs, Dow
Frank Straub
Co-director, Prevent 2 Protect; Senior Director, Violence Prevention Research and Programs, Safe and Sound Schools
Bob Sutherland
President, Cherry Republic
Joe Tate
Speaker of the House, State of Michigan
Arn Tellem
Arn Tellem, Vice Chairman, Pistons Sports and Entertainment; Chair, Board of Directors, Detroit Regional
Nancy Tellem
Executive Chair, Eko; Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, BasBlue; Former President, CBS Network
Martha Todd
Owner and Board Chairman, Kalsec
Margaret Trimer
Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, Delta Dental
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Governor, State of Michigan
Fareed Zakaria
Host, Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN Worldwide; Columnist, The Washington Post; Bestselling Author
Rema Vassar
Chair, Board of Trustees, Michigan State University
Teresa K. Woodruff
Interim President, Michigan State University; Professor, Michigan State University Research Foundation
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