Speakers

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Pavan Agarwal

Member, Management Committee, Foley & Lardner LLP
Rick Albin

Political Reporter, WOOD TV
Tonya Allen

President and CEO, The Skillman Foundation
Dennis Archer Jr.

President, Archer Corporate Services; CEO, Ignition Media Group
Carla Bailo

President and CEO, Center for Automotive Research
Sandy Baruah

President and CEO, Detroit Regional Chamber
Jessica Black

National Vice President, Community Health, American Heart Association
John Boehner

Former Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives
LeRoy Burcroff

Mayor, City of Romulus
Loretta Bush

CEO, Michigan Primary Care Association
Don Butler

Executive Director, Connected Vehicle Platform and Product, Ford Mobility
Carol Cain

Senior Producer and Host, CBS 62 “Michigan Matters”; Columnist, Detroit Free Press
Brian Calley

Lieutenant Governor, State of Michigan
Tammy Carnrike

COO, Detroit Regional Chamber
Carolyn Cassin

President and CEO, Michigan Women Forward; General Partner, BELLE Michigan Impact Fund
Patrick Colbeck

Senator, State of Michigan
Chris Coleman

Former Mayor, City of St. Paul
KC Crain Jr.

President and Chief Operating Officer, Crain Communications Inc.
Paula Cunningham

State Director, AARP Michigan
Roger Curtis

Director, Michigan Department of Talent and Economic Development
Elliot Darvick

General Manager, Michigan and Ohio, Lyft
Bud Denker

President, Penske Corp.
Debbie Dingell

U.S. Representative (D-MI 12)
John Dingell

Former U.S. Representative
Patti Solis Doyle

Political Commentator, CNN
President, Solis Strategies
Mike Duggan

Mayor, City of Detroit
Dave Egner

President and CEO, Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation
Abdul El-Sayed

Former Executive Director, Health Department, City of Detroit
Warren Evans

Executive, Wayne County
Nolan Finley

Editorial Page Editor, The Detroit News
Harold Ford Jr.

Former U.S. Representative; Political Pundit, MSNBC and CNBC
Jason Hall

Co-founder, Slow Roll Detroit
September Hargrove

Vice President, Global Philanthropy, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
David Hefner

Vice President, Health Affairs, Wayne State University
Stephen Henderson

Host, Detroit Public Television and WDET 101.9 FM
Daniel Howes

Business Columnist and Associate Business Editor, The Detroit News
Wendy Jackson

Managing Director, Detroit, The Kresge Foundation
Tarun Kajeepeta

Founder, Condor Detroit
Heidi Kaplan

Senior Community Development Analyst, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve
Paula Kerger

President and CEO, PBS
Joneigh Khaldun

Director and Health Officer, Health Department, City of Detroit
Dan Kildee

U.S. Representative (D-MI 5)
John B. King Jr.

Former U.S. Secretary of Education; President and CEO, The Education Trust
Birgit Klohs

President and CEO, The Right Place Inc.
Gordon Krater

Partner, Plante Moran
Pamela Lewis

Director, New Economy Initiative
Dan Loepp

President and CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Jenny Love

Health Management Director, Southeast Region, Gallagher Benefit Services
Sonya Mays

President and CEO, Develop Detroit Inc.; Treasurer, Board of Education, Detroit Public Schools Community District
Christy McDonald

Anchor, Detroit Public Television
John McElroy

Host, “Autoline”
Heather McGowan

Author; Consultant and Co-founder, Work to Learn
Nancy McKeague

Senior Vice President and Chief of Staff, Michigan Health & Hospital Association
Barbara McQuade

Former U.S. Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan; Legal Analyst, MSNBC; Professor From Practice, University of Michigan Law School
David Meador

Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer, DTE Energy
Andy Meisner

Treasurer, Oakland County
Anthony Minghine

Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Executive Director, Michigan Municipal League
Mark Muro

Senior Fellow and Policy Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, Brookings Institution
Peggy Noonan

Columnist, The Wall Street Journal; Best-selling Author
Gary Peters

U.S. Senator (D-MI)
Bill Pink

President, Grand Rapids Community College
Stephen Polk

President and CEO, Highgate LLC; Chair, Detroit Regional Chamber Board of Directors
Patti Poppe

President and CEO, Consumers Energy and CMS Energy
John Rakolta Jr.

Chairman and CEO, Walbridge
Rip Rapson

President and CEO, The Kresge Foundation
Terry Rhadigan

Executive Director, Communications Operations and Corporate Giving, General Motors Co.
Rochelle Riley

Columnist, Detroit Free Press
Jessica Robinson

Director, City Solutions, Ford Smart Mobility
Barbara Rossmann

President and CEO, Henry Ford Macomb Hospitals
Doug Rothwell

President and CEO, Business Leaders for Michigan
Salvador Salort-Pons

Director, President and CEO, Detroit Institute of Arts
David Sampson

President and CEO, Property Casualty Insurers Association of America
Mark Schlissel

President, University of Michigan
Bill Schuette

Attorney General, State of Michigan
Devin Scillian

Anchor, WDIV-TV 4, NBC
Melissa Seifert

Associate State Director, Government Affairs, AARP Michigan
Suzanne Shank

Chairwoman, CEO and Co-founder, Siebert Cisneros Shank & Co. LLC
Paul W. Smith

Host, WJR NewsTalk 760 AM
Rick Snyder

Governor, State of Michigan
La June Montgomery Tabron

President and CEO, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Tosha Tabron

Vice President and Program Officer, Global Philanthropy, JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Ray Telang

U.S. Automotive Leader, Detroit Managing Partner, PwC; Chair, 2018 Mackinac Policy Conference
Shri Thanedar

Author and Entrepreneur
Dan Varner

President and CEO, Goodwill Industries of Greater Detroit
Nikolai Vitti

Superintendent, Detroit Public Schools Community District
Carla Walker-Miller

President and CEO, Walker-Miller Energy Services
J.C. Watts Jr.

Former U.S. Representative;
Founder and Chairman, J.C. Watts Companies
Ridgway White

President, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
Gretchen Whitmer

Former Senator, State of Michigan
M. Roy Wilson

President, Wayne State University
Kimberlydawn Wisdom

Senior Vice President, Community Health and Equity, Chief Wellness and Diversity Officer, Henry Ford Health System