August
August 19
Eugene Robinson
Pulitzer Prize-winning Columnist, The Washington Post; Political Analyst, MSNBC
Devin Scillian
Anchor, WDIV-TV4, NBC
August 26
Courtney Cogburn
Associate Professor and Co-director, Justice, Equity, Technology Lab, Columbia University School of Social Work
Garlin Gilchrist II
Lieutenant Governor, State of Michigan
Kenneth Kelly
Chairman and CEO, First Independence Bank
Patti K. Poppe
President and CEO, CMS Energy and Consumers Energy
September
September 2
Dr. Joneigh S. Khaldun
Chief Medical Executive and Chief Deputy Director for Health, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services
Wright L. Lassiter III
President and CEO, Henry Ford health System
September 9
Gretchen Whitmer
Governor, State of Michigan
Dan Loepp
President and CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
September 16
John James
President, James Group International
Gary Peters
US Senator (MI-D)
Stephen Henderson
Contributor, One Detroit and DPTV; Host, WDET 101.9 FM
Nolan Finley
Contributor, One Detroit and DPTV; Editorial Page Editor, The Detroit News
September 23
Tawanna Black
CEO, Center for Economic Inclusion
Anika Goss
Executive Director, Detroit Future City
September Hargrove
Vice President and Detroit Program Officer, JP Morgan Chase
September 30
Andrew Yang
Former Presidential Candidate and Entrepreneur; Founder, Venture for America; Political Commenator, CNN
Margaret Hoover
Political Contributor, CNN; Best-selling Author
Harold Ford Jr.
Former U.S. Representative; Political Pundit
October
October 14
Mike Duggan
Mayor, City of Detroit
October 21
Carla Walker-Miller
Founder & CEO Walker-Miller Energy Services
Andi Owen
President and CEO, Herman Miller
October 28
Carol Cain
Senior Producer and Host, CBS 62 Michigan Matters; Columnist, Detroit Free Press
October 30
Kevin Johnson
President and CEO, Detroit Economic Growth Corp.
Mark Burton
Presient and CEO, Michigan Economic Development Corp.

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