Speakers

Tonya Allen

President and CEO, The Skillman Foundation
Gerry Anderson

Chairman and CEO, DTE Energy
Sandy Baruah

President and CEO, Detroit Regional Chamber
Paul Begala

Political Contributor, CNN; Democratic Strategist
Dan Benishek, M.D.

U.S. Representative (R-Crystal Falls)
Jase Bolger

Speaker of the House, Michigan House of Representatives
Carol Cain

Senior Producer and Host, CBS Detroit’s “Michigan Matters;” Columnist, Detroit Free Press
Vishaan Chakrabarti

Holliday Professor and Director, Center for Urban Real Estate, Columbia University; Partner, SHoP Architects
Stephen Clark

News Anchor and Multimedia Journalist, WXYZ-TV
Jim Clifton

Chairman and CEO, Gallup, Inc.
Mary Sue Coleman

President, University of Michigan
Sheryl Connelly

Global Consumer Trends and Futuring Manager, Ford Motor Company
Henry Cooney

President and CEO, Plunkett Cooney; Chair, 2014 Mackinac Policy Conference
Sam Cummings

Principal and Managing Partner, CWD Real Estate Investment
S.E. Cupp

Host, CNN’s “Crossfire”
Mitch Daniels

President, Purdue University; Former Governor, State of Indiana
Margo Day

Vice President, U.S. Education, Microsoft Corporation
Doug DeVos

President, Amway
Nina Easton

Senior Editor and Washington Columnist, Fortune Magazine; Commentator, Fox News
Craig Fahle

General Manager, Broadcast and Programming, WDET; Host, “The Craig Fahle Show”
Nolan Finley

Editorial Page Editor, The Detroit News
Mike Finney

President and CEO, Michigan Economic Development Corporation
Angel Gambino

Owner, The Alchemy
Peter Gardner

Founder and CEO, Startgrid, Inc.
Malcolm Gladwell

Bestselling Author, “David and Goliath”
Mark Hackel

County Executive, Macomb County
Joe Harlan

Executive Vice President, The Dow Chemical Company
Stephen Henderson

Editorial Page Editor, Detroit Free Press
Daniel Howes

Business Columnist and Associate Business Editor, The Detroit News
Jim Jacobs

President, Macomb Community College
John James

Vice President, Operations, James Group International
Brenda Jones

President, Detroit City Council
Joel Klein

CEO, Education Division and Executive Vice President, Office of the Chairman, News Corporation
Mitch Landrieu

Mayor, City of New Orleans
Terri Lynn Land

Former Secretary of State, State of Michigan
Lila Lazarus

Owner, Lila Productions, LLC
Chauncy Lennon

Senior Program Director, Workforce Development, JPMorgan Chase
Josh Linkner

CEO and Managing Partner, Detroit Venture Partners
Adam Lowry

Co-Founder and Chief Greenskeeper, Method Products, Inc.
Vicki Mabrey

Former “Nightline” Correspondent, ABC News
Walter Maisel, Ph.D.

President and CEO, Kostal North America
Christy McDonald

MiWeek Anchor, Detroit Public Television
Virinder Moudgil, Ph.D.

President, Lawrence Technological University
Kevyn Orr

Emergency Manager, City of Detroit
L. Brooks Patterson

County Executive, Oakland County
Gary Peters

U.S. Representative (D-Bloomfield Twp.)
Rip Rapson

President and CEO, The Kresge Foundation
Rochelle Riley

Columnist, Detroit Free Press
Kelly Rossman-McKinney

CEO and Principal, Truscott Rossman
Eric Ryan

Co-Founder and Chief Brand Architect, Method Products, Inc.
Marilyn Schlack, Ed.D.

President, Kalamazoo Valley Community College
Devin Scillian

Anchor, WDIV-TV 4, NBC
Jake Sigal

Founder and CEO, Tome; Founder and Former CEO, Livio
Paul W. Smith

Host, News/Talk WJR 760 AM
Rick Snyder

Governor, State of Michigan
Jason Sosa

Founder and CEO, IMRSV
Vickie Thomas

City Beat Reporter, WWJ Newsradio 950
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Rick Warner

CEO, TruckSmartParkingServices, Inc.
Von Washington Jr.

Executive Director, Community Relations, The Kalamazoo Promise
Larry Weber

Chairman and CEO, Racepoint Global
Jennifer White

Host and Community Outreach Director, Michigan Radio and State of Opportunity
Tiffany Williams

Executive Director, Teach for America-Detroit