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  • Tonya Allen

    President and CEO, The Skillman Foundation

  • Sandy Baruah

    President and CEO, Detroit Regional Chamber

  • John Hope Bryant

    CEO and Founder, Operation HOPE, Inc.; Founder, Bryant Group Ventures

  • Carol Cain

    Senior Producer and Host, “Michigan Matters”; Columnist, Detroit Free Press

  • Stephanie Comai

    Director, Talent Investment Agency, State of Michigan

  • Henry Cooney

    President and CEO, Plunkett Cooney

  • Kevin Cotter

    Speaker, Michigan House of Representatives

  • David Dauch

    Chairman, President and CEO, American Axle & Manufacturing Inc.

  • Mark Davidoff

    Michigan Managing Partner, Deloitte LLP; Chair, 2015 Mackinac Policy Conference

  • Richard DeVore

    Executive Vice President and Regional President, PNC Bank

  • Debbie Dingell

    U.S. Representative, (D-Dearborn)

  • Mike Duggan

    Mayor, City of Detroit

  • Craig Edsill

    President, Clemens Food Group

  • Nolan Finley

    Editorial Page Editor, The Detroit News

  • Bill Ford

    Executive Chairman, Ford Motor Co.

  • Michael Ford

    CEO, Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan

  • Harold Ford Jr.

    Former U.S. Representative; Political Analyst, MSNBC and CNBC

  • U. Renee Hall

    Deputy Chief, Neighborhood Policing Bureau, Detroit Police Department

  • Stephen Henderson

    Editorial Page Editor, Detroit Free Press

  • Paul Hillegonds

    CEO, Michigan Health Endowment Fund, The Kresge Foundation

  • Mellody Hobson

    President, Ariel Investments LLC.; Chair, DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.

  • Chris Holman

    Founder and CEO, Michigan Business Network

  • Daniel Howes

    Associate Business Editor, The Detroit News

  • Lisa Howze

    Chief Government Affairs Officer, City of Detroit

  • Gregory Ioanidis

    Vice President, Business Unit Finance and Rates, ITC Holdings Corp.

  • Brenda Jones

    President, Detroit City Council

  • William Jones Jr.

    CEO, Focus: HOPE

  • Dean Kamen

    Founder, DEKA Research and Development Corp.; Founder, FIRST Robotics

  • Doris Kearns Goodwin

    Best-selling Author, “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln”; Presidential Historian

  • Ron Kitchens

    CEO, Southwest Michigan First

  • Mary Kramer

    Vice President and Group Publisher, Crain Communications

  • Brenda Lawrence

    U.S. Representative, (D-Southfield)

  • Lila Lazarus

    Owner, Lila Productions LLC

  • Joseph Lehman

    President, Mackinac Center for Public Policy

  • Chauncy Lennon

    Managing Director, Global Philanthropy, JPMorgan Chase

  • Daniel Loepp

    President and CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

  • Eric Lupher

    President, Citizens Research Council of Michigan

  • Christy McDonald

    “MiWeek” Anchor, Detroit Public Television

  • Michael McGee

    CEO, Miller Canfield

  • Arlan Meekhof

    Majority Leader, Michigan Senate

  • Carlos Monje

    Assistant Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation

  • La June Montgomery Tabron

    President and CEO, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

  • Pamela Moore

    President and CEO, Detroit Employment Solutions Corp.

  • Mark Murray

    Co-CEO, Meijer Inc.

  • Faye Nelson

    Vice President, Public Affairs, DTE Energy; President, DTE Energy Foundation

  • Mariam Noland

    President, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan

  • Kevyn Orr

    Former Emergency Manager, City of Detroit

  • Bill Pink

    Vice President and Dean, Workforce Development, Grand Rapids Community College

  • John Rakolta Jr.

    Chairman and CEO, Walbridge

  • Rip Rapson

    President and CEO, The Kresge Foundation

  • Walter Robb

    Co-CEO, Whole Foods Market

  • Eugene Robinson

    Columnist, The Washington Post; Political Analyst, MSNBC

  • Gerald Rosen

    Chief Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Michigan

  • Doug Rothwell

    President and CEO, Business Leaders for Michigan

  • Mike Rowe

    Founder,mikeroweWORKS Foundation; Host, “Somebody’s Gotta Do It”

  • John Russell

    President and CEO, CMS Energy Corporation and Consumers Energy

  • Devin Scillian

    Anchor, WDIV-TV 4, NBC

  • Dan Senor

    Best-selling Author, “Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle”

  • Nate Silver

    Founder, FiveThirtyEight.com; Best-selling Author, “The Signal and the Noise”

  • Paul W. Smith

    Host, WJR 760 AM

  • Rick Snyder

    Governor, State of Michigan

  • Andre Spivey

    District 4, Detroit City Council

  • Debbie Stabenow

    U.S. Senator, State of Michigan

  • Chuck Stokes

    Editorial and Public Affairs Director, WXYZ-TV 7

  • Dave Trott

    U.S. Representative, (R-Birmingham)

  • Peter Varga

    CEO, The Rapid

  • Frank Venegas Jr.

    Chairman and CEO, The Ideal Group Inc.

  • Darren Walker

    President, Ford Foundation

  • Tom Walsh

    Business Columnist, Detroit Free Press

  • S. Evan Weiner

    Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Edw. C. Levy Co.

  • Jennifer White

    Host, “All Things Considered,” Michigan Radio

  • William Wild

    Mayor, City of Westland

  • Alexis Wiley

    Chief of Staff, City of Detroit

  • Dave Zilko

    Vice Chairman, Garden Fresh Gourmet

  • Dennis Archer Jr.

    President, Archer Corporate Services; Chair, 2016 Mackinac Policy Conference

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