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2021 Mackinac Policy Conference
Rick Albin
Political Reporter, WOOD-TV 8
Dennis W. Archer Jr.
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Sixteen42 Ventures
Alize Asberry Payne
Racial Equity Officer, Washtenaw County
Sandy K. Baruah
President and Chief Executive Officer, Detroit Regional Chamber
Jocelyn Benson
Secretary of State, State of Michigan
Hussein Berry
Vice President, Airport Operations DTW, Delta Air Lines
Rosalind (Roz) Brewer
Chief Executive Officer, Walgreens Boots Alliance
Douglas Brinkley
Best-Selling Author; CNN Presidential Historian; Rocket CompaniesKatherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History, Rice University
Antoine Bryant
Director, Planning and Development Department, City of Detroit
Kyle Caldwell
President and Chief Executive Officer, Council of Michigan Foundations
Tammy J. Carnrike
Chief Operating Officer, Detroit Regional Chamber; President, National Commerce Group; Civilian Aide to the Secretary of the Army
Raj Chetty
William A. Ackman Professor of Public Economics, Harvard University
Nicholas A. Christakis
Social Scientist and Physician; Director, Human Nature Lab, Yale University; Co-director, Yale Institute for Network Science
Zoe Clark
Political Director, Michigan Public
Kristine Coogan
Managing Director, Strategy, KPMG
Stephan Currie
Executive Director, Michigan Association of Counties
Mark de la Vergne
Vice President, Project Development Cavnue
Ric DeVore
President, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
Claudia Douglass
Principal, Health Services Provider, PwC
Todd Dubner
Principal, Global Strategy Group, KPMG
Mike Duggan
Mayor, City of Detroit
Carladenise Edwards
Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Henry Ford Health System
David Egner
President and Chief Executive Officer, Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation
Matt Elliott
Founder, Blue Lake Ideas; Past Chair, Board of Directors, Detroit Regional Chamber
Jay Farner
Vice Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Rocket Companies
Nolan Finley
Editorial Page Editor, The Detroit News; Contributor, One Detroit, Detroit PBS
Richard Florida
Founder, Creative Class Group
Harold Ford Jr.
Former Congressional Representative; Regional President, PNC Bank New York
Stephen Henderson
Executive Advisor, BridgeDetroit; Host, Detroit PBS
Bridget Hurd
Vice President, Inclusion and Diversity, and Chief Diversity Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Russell Kavalhuna
President, Henry Ford College
Steven Kiefer
Chairman, The Kiefer Foundation;President, General Motors International, General Motors Co.
Ronia Kruse
President and Chief Executive Officer, OpTech LLC
Wright L. Lassiter III
Chairman, 2021 Mackinac Policy Conference; President and Chief Executive Officer, Henry Ford Health System
Daniel J. Loepp
President and Chief Executive Officer, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Lisa Lunsford
Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, GS3
Ryan Maibach
President and Chief Executive Officer, Barton Malow Holdings
Christy McDonald
Chief Executive Officer, Sammac Communications Inc.
Marjace Miles
Consumer Marketing Manager, Autonomous Vehicles, Ford Motor Company
Mariam Noland
President, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
Robert C. O’Brien
Former United States National Security Advisor, Trump Administration
Richard Pappas
President, Davenport University
Sandy Pierce
Corporate Board Executive, CEO Advisor, and Community Strategist
Rick Pluta
Senior Capitol Correspondent, Michigan Public Radio Network
Jason Pontin
Partner, DCVC
Angelique Power
President and Chief Executive Officer, The Skillman Foundation
Michael Pricer
U.S. Consulting Industry Leader, Industrial Manufacturing, KPMG
Mark Reuss
President, General Motors Co.
Michael Robinet
Executive Director, Consulting, S&P Global Mobility Consulting
Alec Ross
New York Times Best-Selling Author; Huntington Michigan Former Senior Advisor for Innovation, State Department
Suzanne Shank
President and Chief Executive Officer, Siebert Williams Shank & Co.; Chair, Board of Directors, Detroit Regional Chamber
Nicole Sherard-Freeman
President and Chief Executive Officer, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
Marc Siry
Vice President, Strategic Development, Complex Solutions, Comcast Business
Paul W. Smith
Host, WJR NewsTalk 760 AM
Michael Steele
Former Chairman, Republican National Committee; Former Lieutenant Governor, State of Maryland; Political Analyst, MSNBC
Vickie Thomas
Communications Director, City of Detroit; Black Business Minute Reporter, WWJ Newsradio 950
Trine Tsouderos
Health Research Institute Leader, PwC
John Tuttle
Vice Chairman and Chief Commercial Officer, New York Stock Exchange
Carla Walker-Miller
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Walker-Miller Energy Services, LLC
Madison Weston
Marketing Specialist, HELLA
Joe White
Global Auto Industry Editor, Reuters
Arn Tellem
Vice Chairman, Pistons Sports and Entertainment; Past Chair, Board of Directors, Detroit Regional Chamber
Gretchen Whitmer
Governor, State of Michigan
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