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Dennis Archer Jr.
CEO
Ignition Media Group
Dennis is the CEO of Ignition Media Group, a leading integrated marketing agency, and president and founding partner of Archer Corporate Services (ACS). Archer's hospitality holding company, Congress Hospitality, is creator and managing partner of Central Kitchen + Bar, named by The Detroit Free Press as one of Detroit’s top restaurants of the year, within a year of opening.
\nHe is also a real estate developer and has participated in several high-profile projects such as Redford Marketplace, The Talon Center, 1250 Rosa Parks Boulevard, Kercheval Point in Grosse Pointe and presently a soon-to-open downtown Detroit retail development anchored by a Meijer-operated grocery store and a redevelopment project in Paradise Valley.
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Council Member-District 3
City of Detroit
Scott serves as the Detroit City Councilperson for District 3. The frequent bike rider and sustainability advocate has been a tireless and innovative leader in his community since January 2014.
\nScott received a bachelor's degree from Hampton University and a master's degree in urban planning from Wayne State University. He also graduated from the National Naval War College. He served in the U.S. Coast Guard. His professional experience includes working for Midtown Detroit, Inc., managing small business development in the Midtown area of Detroit
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Founder and CEO
WorkingNation
Art is a venture capitalist who started WorkingNation in 2016 to bring attention to structural unemployment issues, the future of work, the skills gap, and achievable solutions.
\nArt has been an investor in, and director of, various private companies, including Akamai Technologies, where he served as vice chairman. He was also president and COO of New World Communications Group, a founding partner of Apollo Advisors, and executive vice president and co-head of Corporate Finance at Drexel Burnham Lambert. Additionally, he was an executive producer for the film 20 Feet from Stardom, which won the 2013 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.
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Neo-Classical Pianist
The uniquely gifted BLKBOK, a neo-classical piano prodigy from Detroit who uses his dexterous arrangements and melodic scores to audibly illustrate experience, that of his own, and his community’s across pivotal moments in American history, recently unveiled his debut album Black Book.
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Ceo
Bedrock
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Kofi is the Chief Executive Officer at Bedrock, where he leads the full-service real estate company’s efforts to build thriving urban centers through transformational development, community partnerships and a commitment to support local small businesses.
\nSince its founding, Bedrock and its affiliates have invested and committed more than $5.6 billion to acquiring and developing more than 100 properties, including some of the most significant new developments that Detroit and Cleveland have seen in decades.
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Host
WDET
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Ann has been a part of the Detroit media landscape for more than 35 years. A Wayne State Music School grad and former WDET Music Host and Music Director (1983-1995), she returned to WDET in 2009 to host Essential Music, a program dedicated to exploring the history of music, creating a platform for Detroit musicians, discovering new music and listening to what is next on the musical horizon. As a broadcaster, music host and storyteller, Ann creates features that highlight iconic artists, landmark albums and has curated hundreds of shows. As an interviewer, she’s talked with everyone from David Bowie to White House Photographer Pete Souza to Iggy Pop and her curiosity about the creative spirit led to the podcast series, Essential Conversations.
\nShe is an accomplished voiceover talent and for 5 years, Ann hosted the Detroit Public Television program, Backstage Pass, a weekly arts and culture program highlighting Detroit’s artistic community. She has donated her time to working with The Greening of Detroit, Karmanos Cancer Institute and other Detroit non-profits.
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President
DTE Energy Foundation
Lynette is president and chair of the DTE Energy Foundation and vice president of Public Affairs for DTE Energy. In addition to the foundation, she leads all corporate social responsibility (CSR) work, including volunteerism, community outreach, neighborhood revitalization and the project management office for CSR activities. Lynette also manages nonprofit board service for senior leadership to maximize impact in the communities where DTE’s 10,000-plus employees live and serve.
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Mayor
City of Detroit
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Mayor Duggan was elected Mayor of the City of Detroit on November 5, 2013, and re-elected to a second term on November 7, 2017. Born in Detroit, he has spent his entire career working in the city to solve some of the most complex issues facing Detroiters, including crime, blight and access to jobs. Before running for Mayor, Mike again partnered with workers and unions to lead the Detroit Medical Center out of near bankruptcy and back to profitability in his first year (2004). Today, the DMC is undergoing $850 million in new construction as part of a deal Mike negotiated as CEO.
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President & CEO
Ford Motor Company
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Jim is president and chief executive officer, Ford Motor Company, effective October 1, 2020. He also serves as a member of the company’s board of directors. As CEO, Jim is focused on accelerating Ford’s transformation through operational excellence that benefits customers and delivers sustainable profit growth.
\nIn his previous role as Chief Operating Officer, Jim worked to strengthen Ford’s automotive operations, overseeing all of Ford’s global markets and automotive operations including Product Development, Purchasing, Enterprise Product Line Management, Manufacturing & Labor Affairs, Marketing, Sales & Service, and Quality & New Model Launch. He also oversaw Mobility Partnerships and Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC.
\nHe also represents Ford on the U.S. China Business Council Board of Directors and has been appointed co-chair of the Future of Mobility Commission.
\nPreviously, Jim served as president of New Businesses, Technology and Strategy. In this role, he led Ford’s strategic transformation into a higher growth, higher margin business by leveraging smart, connected vehicles and breakthrough customer experiences. In this role, Jim oversaw Corporate Strategy, Global Data Insight and Analytics, Global Partnerships, Research & Advanced Engineering as well as Ford Smart Mobility and Ford Autonomous Vehicles.
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Hajj Flemings
Founder and CEO
Rebrand Cities
Hajj is the founder of Brand Camp® University, an educational platform that is preparing people for the future of work. In 2017 he launched Rebrand Cities, a global civic design initiative with the audacious goal to get 10,000 businesses online and eradicate the digital divide.
\nHe has worked with clients including Cadillac, Walt Disney, AT&T, WordPress.com, Pitney Bowes, Pfizer, the Detroit Lions, and the U.S. Department of Defense.
\nHajj was one of eight entrepreneurs selected for CNN’s Black in America 4: The New Promised Land: Silicon Valley documentary with Soledad O’Brien.
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Co-Founder
Repela Tech
Repela Tech LLC has developed a novel non-toxic antifoulant that keeps the hulls of marine vessels clear of biofouling without the environmental harm imposed by current antifoulant products.
\nThe company was recently awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II grant totaling $993,788 for research and development on a patent-pending, first-of-a-kind, safe marine coating.
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CEO
Detroit Future City
Anika is the CEO of Detroit Future City (DFC), a think-and-do tank focused on land use and economic development in Detroit. In this role, Anika leads a team of experts to implement the DFC Strategic Framework, a comprehensive 50-year guide to decision making and investment in Detroit. Anika is a leading force and visionary in Detroit’s revitalization, playing a crucial role in Detroit as an advocate for an equitable and sustainable future for the city.
\nSince taking the helm of DFC, Anika has repositioned the organization to be laser-focused on the equitable implementation of its community and economic development and land use and sustainability priorities. These two data- and research-driven priorities are realized through robust programs.
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Partner/Consultant
Catalyst Growth Partners
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Doug, a serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years of prominent economic, societal and technological disruption, complemented with venture capital investment in high technology. Doug is a NYC venture capital investor who identifies companies revolutionizing their industries.
\nPreviously, he started Detroit Technology Ventures, LLC. (DTV, LLC), a private equity/ venture capital firm dedicated to advanced technologies in the automotive industry.
\nPreviously, Doug was economic development director for Detroit Renaissance, Inc., the foremost private Economic Development Agency for the State of Michigan led by the CEO’s of the largest businesses in Michigan. During his 12-year tenure, he led Detroit’s business community to successfully attain federal Empowerment Zone Status for the City of Detroit. Doug raised $1.2 billion in business/foundation commitments towards achieving this award.
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Interim Director
Gilbert Family Foundation
The Gilbert Family Foundation is a private nonprofit foundation founded by philanthropists Dan and Jennifer Gilbert to address their two priorities and passions: accelerating a cure for neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) and transforming the city of Detroit, Michigan. Laura also serves as vice president of strategic investments for the Rocket Community Fund. She is a graduate of Georgetown University.
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Principal Owner and Chair
Detroit Lions
On June 23, 2020, Sheila succeeded her mother, Martha Firestone Ford, as principal owner and chair of the Detroit Lions. From 2014-19, Sheila served as one of the team's vice chairs during her mother's ownership.
\nSheila carries the Ford Family's proud legacy that was first established by her father, William Clay Ford, who passed away on March 9, 2014, after serving as the sole owner of the franchise for 50 seasons (1964-2013). Mr. Ford's ownership grew into a deeply-rooted family tradition that now includes multiple generations of the Ford Family.
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Chair
Detroit Sports Organization Corp.
Mark, the former Michigan State athletic director, has been tapped to help the Detroit Sports Commission put together winning bids to bring more marquee sporting events to the city.
\nHollis currently is Rock Venture's vice president for business development, and plays an instrumental role in the PGA Tour's annual stop in Detroit, the Rocket Mortgage Classic.
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Managing Director, Detroit Program
Kresge Foundation
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Wendy is managing director for the Detroit Program. She leads The Kresge Foundation’s efforts to revitalize Detroit and to strengthen its social and economic fabric. Her work supports organizations providing economic opportunity for low-income people and addresses the needs of vulnerable children and families.
\nPrior to joining Kresge in 2008, Wendy was a program director for Children and Family Initiatives and executive director for education initiatives at the Grand Rapids Community Foundation in Grand Rapids, Mich. She taught at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Mich., and has co-authored and assisted in the publication of several reports and publications that address community needs and problem-solving.
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Broadcaster
Bally Sports Detroit
Following a successful college career as part of MSU's championship basketball team, Greg was drafted by the Pistons in 1979, but was later traded to the Seattle SuperSonics in exchange for Vinnie Johnson in 1981.
\nSince leaving the NBA, Greg has worked extensively as a sports announcer and/or commentator on radio and television. He is a commentator for Pistons games on Bally Sports Detroit with his partner George Blaha and on the Big Ten Network.
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Co-Founder/President
Urban Communities
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Andrew is the co-founder/president of Urban Communities Great Lakes, a privately held real estate investment company that creates strong communities by acquiring, redeveloping and operating value-add institutional sized multi-family apartment communities in the Great Lakes Region - with a primary focus on Metro Detroit. He is currently working on a development in Palmer Park.
\nHe is also the founder/CEO at The Kuhn Investment Group (TKIG) & Sunrise Communities.
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CEO
Downtown Detroit Partnership
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Eric is the chair of the Detroit Homecoming Host Committee.
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\nEric is also the founder, president, and chief executive officer of Larson Realty Group (established in 1999), a privately owned, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan based company engaged in real estate investment, development, asset management and leasing. Eric has over 30 years of experience in real estate and prior to establishing Larson Realty Group, served as vice president of a global real estate company, Hines, and as a partner and senior vice president with Bruce S. Brickman and Associates in New York. During Mr. Larson's career he has developed, financed, owned and managed over $3 billion of real estate.
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Author
August Snow
Stephen is a published poet, an award-winning playwright, and a recipient of the prestigious Kresge Arts in Detroit Literary Fellowship. He was born in Lansing, Mich., and currently lives in Farmington Hills, outside of Detroit. He worked in advertising and marketing communications for a number of years before turning to fiction.
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President & Ceo
Develop Detroit
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Sonya is president and CEO of Develop Detroit - a newly formed real estate and housing development company focused on the revitalization of Detroit neighborhoods. She previously served as senior advisor to the Emergency Manager of Detroit, Michigan. In her role as Senior Advisor, Mays played a key role in guiding the city through the largest municipal bankruptcy in U.S. history. She was responsible for a diverse range of legal, financial, operational and economic development activities across Detroit's restructuring efforts.
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Telva McGruder
Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer
General Motors
Telva leads global strategies for inclusion, equity and diversity, focused on weaving DEI into the fabric of General Motors. She captures and acts on insights to create a culture of learning and creativity and works in partnership with leaders inside and outside of the company to ensure that the unique capabilities of people and partners are recognized, developed and valued. Telva holds a B.S. and M.S. in electrical engineering from Purdue University.
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Author/Playwright
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Dominique is the author of The Detroit Project (A 3-Play Cycle) which includes the following plays: Skeleton Crew (Atlantic Theater Company), Paradise Blue (Signature Theatre), and Detroit ’67 (Public Theater, Classical Theatre of Harlem and NBT).
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Michigan Director
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
As Michigan Director of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Faye oversees strategy, operations, and grantmaking throughout the state of Michigan which includes offices and priority funding locations in Detroit, Grand Rapids, and Battle Creek. Prior to joining the Kellogg Foundation, Faye served as the 2018 Sojourner Truth Fellow at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor where she taught a graduate level course on placemaking and public space development in urban communities. Before joining University of Michigan's faculty, Faye served as vice president of DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE); additionally, she was board chair and president of the DTE Energy Foundation
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Founder & CEO
PlayVS
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Delane is currently the Founder and CEO of PlayVS, the venture-backed startup building the infrastructure for amateur esports. He is also a partner with Detroit Venture Partners.
\nPrior to starting PlayVS, Delane worked at IncWell Venture Capital where he became the youngest black venture capitalist in The United States. Delane was then part of the early team at Rocket Fiber that raised$31M and focused on retail strategy directly with the CEO. While at Rocket Fiber, Delane founded Rush Esports, an esports team that was acquired by Team Solomid.
\nA lifelong entrepreneur, Delane started his first job at 13, working 40 plus hours a week during the school year. At 17, Delane used the money he saved to purchase three cell phone stores and joined the founding team of Executive Car Rental that now has 16 locations across Michigan.
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Chief Mobility Officer
State of Michigan
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Trevor was named to his current post in July 2020. The Office of Future Mobility and Electrification works across state government, academia and private industry to enhance Michigan’s mobility ecosystem, including developing dynamic mobility and electrification policies and supporting the startup and scale up of emerging technologies and businesses.
\nTrevor previously served as senior vice president of Business Innovation at the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) where he led the State of Michigan’s economic development programs focused on the future of mobility (PlanetM), supply chain (Pure Michigan Business Connect), entrepreneurship and international trade.
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Author
Know Your Price
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Andre is the author of \"Know Your Price: Valuing Black Lives and Property in America’s Black Cities.\" He is a Fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution, a scholar-in-residence at American University, and a columnist for the Hechinger Report.
\nA nationally known and respected commentator on race, structural inequality, and education, Andre is a regular contributor to MSNBC and has been published by The New York Times, The Nation, Washington Post, The Root and CNN. He has also made appearances on CNN, PBS, National Public Radio, NBC and ABC.
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Founder
PrivacyCheck
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\nPreviously, Mykolas was general manager of Equifax’s marketing services division, a business unit engaged with thousands of clients ranging from Fortune 25 to SMB’s, providing IXI data exchange, digital, and highly regulated credit marketing data and insights.
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President & CEO
The Kresge Foundation
Rip is president and CEO of The Kresge Foundation, a private, national foundation founded in 1924, which is dedicated to expanding opportunities in America’s cities through grantmaking and social investing.
\nSince his appointment in 2006, Rip has led the foundation to adopt an array of grantmaking and investing tools to improve the economic, social, cultural and environmental conditions of urban life through grantmaking and social investing in arts and culture, education, environment, health, human services and community development in Kresge’s hometown of Detroit.
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Deputy Commissioner, Chief Sports Officer
Big Ten Conference
Diana oversees the administration of all 28 Big Ten Conference sponsored sports, which includes managing affiliate memberships, competition, scheduling, championships, sportsmanship, officiating, and awards. The role was created in 2021, making her the first Big Ten Conference chief sports officer in the 125-year history of the conference.
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Director
Detroit Institute of Arts
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Salvador joined the Detroit Institute of Arts’ (DIA) curatorial division in 2008. He was appointed the Elizabeth and Allan Shelden Curator of European Paintings and Head of the European Art Department in 2011. Two years later, he added the role of Executive Director of Collection Strategies and Information, overseeing one of the largest divisions in the museum, including the departments of Registration, Collections Management, Conservation, Publications and Information as well as Library and Archives.
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