
Dennis Archer Jr.
President, Archer Corporate Services; Chair, 2016 Mackinac Policy Conference
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President, Archer Corporate Services; Chair, 2016 Mackinac Policy Conference
Owner, Kuzzo’s Chicken & Waffles
President and CEO, Detroit Regional Chamber
Former Mayor, City of Detroit
CEO and Founder, Operation HOPE, Inc.; Founder, Bryant Group Ventures
Vice Chairwoman and Chief Marketing Officer, Capri Investment Group
Lt. Governor, State of Michigan
General Partner, BELLE Michigan Fund LP; President and CEO, Michigan Women’s Foundation; General Partner, BELLE Michigan
Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Comcast
Marketing and Communications Director, FoodLab Detroit
Co-founder, Boots on the Ground
Mayor, City of Detroit
President, The New Common School Foundation
Michigan Market President; Market Executive, Global Commercial Banking, Bank of America
Director of Public Affairs, Detroit Land Bank Authority
Editorial Page Editor, The Detroit News
CEO, Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan
CEO and Co-founder, Motor City Blight Busters Inc.
Executive Director, Grandmont Rosedale Development Corporation
Co-founder, Flash Delivery; President, Infused Public Relations and Events
Deputy Chief, Neighborhood Policing Bureau, Detroit Police Department
President and CEO, Michigan Black Chamber of Commerce Inc.
Co-founder, Detroit Ento
Parent Leader and Education Organizer, 482Forward
Editorial Page Editor, Detroit Free Press
Acting Director, Live6 Alliance-Detroit
Columnist and Associate Business Editor, The Detroit News
Executive Director, Osborn Neighborhood Alliance
Columnist, Detroit Free Press
Partner, Detroit Venture Partners
Executive Director, ARISE Detroit!
Pastor, Northwest Unity Baptist Church; Detroit Practice Leader, Kelley Cawthorne
Co-founder, Detroit Ento
Associate Editor, The Washington Post; Best-selling Author, “Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story”
“MiWeek” Anchor, Detroit Public Television
Vice President, Program and Policy, The Skillman Foundation
Education Policy Advisor to the Governor, State of Michigan
President, Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
Execution Team Manager, Bridges to Homeownership Program
Vice President, Public Affairs, DTE Energy; President, DTE Energy Foundation
Financial Management Counselor, HOPE Inside-Detroit
Community Technology Director, Allied Media Projects
Co-founder and CEO, Loveland Technologies
Founder, Sisters Code
Anchor, WJBK FOX 2 News
Columnist, Detroit Free Press
Executive Director, Advancing Macomb
CEO and Co-founder, Boots on the Ground
Anchor, WDIV-TV 4, NBC
CEO and Co-founder, Pro:Up
Editor, Crain’s Detroit Business
Editorial and Public Affairs Director, WXYZ-TV 7
Chief Community Engagement Officer, Michigan Women’s Foundation
Community Partnerships and Development Director, Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice
Managing Director, Community Development and Detroit, The Kresge Foundation
CEO, Excellent Schools Detroit
Vice President, The Ideal Group Inc.
President, Greenacres Woodward Community Radio Patrol