2016 Speakers - Detroit Regional Chamber

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Dennis Archer Jr.

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

Owner, Kuzzo’s Chicken & Waffles
Sandy Baruah

President and CEO, Detroit Regional Chamber
Dave Bing

Former Mayor, City of Detroit
John Hope Bryant

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

Vice Chairwoman and Chief Marketing Officer, Capri Investment Group
Brian Calley

Lt. Governor, State of Michigan
Carolyn Cassin

General Partner, BELLE Michigan Fund LP; President and CEO, Michigan Women’s Foundation; General Partner, BELLE Michigan
Craig D’Agostini

Vice President, Government and Regulatory Affairs, Comcast
Devita Davison

Marketing and Communications Director, FoodLab Detroit
Joe DeBose

Co-founder, Boots on the Ground
Mike Duggan

Mayor, City of Detroit
Clark Durant

President, The New Common School Foundation
Matthew Elliott

Michigan Market President; Market Executive, Global Commercial Banking, Bank of America
Craig Fahle

Director of Public Affairs, Detroit Land Bank Authority
Nolan Finley

Editorial Page Editor, The Detroit News
Michael Ford

CEO, Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan
John George

CEO and Co-founder, Motor City Blight Busters Inc.
Tom Goddeeris

Executive Director, Grandmont Rosedale Development Corporation
Tatiana Grant

Co-founder, Flash Delivery; President, Infused Public Relations and Events
U. Renee Hall

Deputy Chief, Neighborhood Policing Bureau, Detroit Police Department
Ken Harris

President and CEO, Michigan Black Chamber of Commerce Inc.
Anthony Hatinger

Co-founder, Detroit Ento
Arlyssa Heard

Parent Leader and Education Organizer, 482Forward
Stephen Henderson

Editorial Page Editor, Detroit Free Press
Lauren Hood

Acting Director, Live6 Alliance-Detroit
Daniel Howes

Columnist and Associate Business Editor, The Detroit News
Quincy Jones

Executive Director, Osborn Neighborhood Alliance
Nancy Kaffer

Columnist, Detroit Free Press
Gabe Karp

Partner, Detroit Venture Partners
Luther Keith

Executive Director, ARISE Detroit!
Rev. Oscar King III

Pastor, Northwest Unity Baptist Church; Detroit Practice Leader, Kelley Cawthorne
Theodore Kozerski

Co-founder, Detroit Ento
David Maraniss

Associate Editor, The Washington Post; Best-selling Author, “Once in a Great City: A Detroit Story”
Christy McDonald

“MiWeek” Anchor, Detroit Public Television
Kristen McDonald

Vice President, Program and Policy, The Skillman Foundation
Karen McPhee

Education Policy Advisor to the Governor, State of Michigan
Rodrick Miller

President, Detroit Economic Growth Corporation
Andrew Munro

Execution Team Manager, Bridges to Homeownership Program
Faye Nelson

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

Financial Management Counselor, HOPE Inside-Detroit
Diana Nucera

Community Technology Director, Allied Media Projects
Jerry Paffendorf

Co-founder and CEO, Loveland Technologies
Marlin Page

Founder, Sisters Code
Huel Perkins

Anchor, WJBK FOX 2 News
Rochelle Riley

Columnist, Detroit Free Press
Melissa Roy

Executive Director, Advancing Macomb
Jarret Schlaff

CEO and Co-founder, Boots on the Ground
Devin Scillian

Anchor, WDIV-TV 4, NBC
Justine Sheu

CEO and Co-founder, Pro:Up
Jennette Smith

Editor, Crain’s Detroit Business
Chuck Stokes

Editorial and Public Affairs Director, WXYZ-TV 7
Margaret Tallet

Chief Community Engagement Officer, Michigan Women’s Foundation
Rashida Tlaib

Community Partnerships and Development Director, Sugar Law Center for Economic & Social Justice
Laura Trudeau

Managing Director, Community Development and Detroit, The Kresge Foundation
Dan Varner

CEO, Excellent Schools Detroit
Linzie Venegas

Vice President, The Ideal Group Inc.
James Ward Jr.

President, Greenacres Woodward Community Radio Patrol