BOARD CHAIR 

SANDY PIERCE 

Board Chair
Detroit Economic Club

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Michelle Acciavatti
Managing Director, Midwest Region Leader, WTW

Rod Alberts
Executive Director, Detroit Auto Dealers Association 

Jim Anderson
Founder, President & CEO, Urban Science

Linda Apsey
President & CEO, ITC Holdings Corp.

Naveen Awad
Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group

Mary Barra
Chairman & CEO, General Motors

The Honorable Sandy Baruah
President & CEO, Detroit Regional Chamber

The Honorable Jocelyn Benson
Secretary of State, Michigan Department of State

Hussein Berry
Vice President, Delta Air Lines

Michael Bickers
Regional President, Detroit and SE Michigan, PNC Bank

Carolyn Cassin
President & CEO, Michigan Women Forward

Lisa Cawley
Office Managing Director, Accenture

Beth Chappell
Board Member, Detroit Economic Club

Tim Codd
Founder, President & CEO, Masako Consulting LLC

Mary Culler (Vice President)
President, Ford Motor Company Fund
Chair, Michigan Central

David C. Dauch
Chairman & CEO, AAM

Steven Davis
Michigan Market President, Comerica Bank

Tina Freese Decker
President & CEO, Corewell Health

Ric DeVore
President, Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan

The Honorable Debbie Dingell
Congresswoman, Michigan’s 6th District

Mark A. Douglas
President, Avis Ford Inc.

Jeff Donofrio
President & CEO, Business Leaders for Michigan

Jason Drake (Honorary)
Managing Director, Plante Moran

The Honorable Mike Duggan
Mayor, City of Detroit

Kimberly Andrews Espy, Ph.D.
President, Wayne State University

Matthew B. Elliott
Board Member, Detroit Economic Club

Bill Emerson
President, Rocket Companies

John Fikany
President & CEO, The Fikany Group

Steve Finateri
Vice President/Market Manager, WJR Radio

David Fischer Jr.
CEO, Suburban Automotive Services

Jim Fitterling
Chair & CEO, Dow

David Foltyn
Chairman & CEO, Honigman

Bill Ford Jr.
Executive Chairman, Ford Motor Company

Mindi Fynke
Founder & CEO, Ike Investments

Ralph Gerson
Treasurer & Director, William Davidson Foundation

Ambassador Yousif B. Ghafari
Chairman, Ghafari, Inc.

Dan Gilbert
Founder & Chairman, Rocket Companies

Roderick D. Gillum
Principal, Jackson Lewis PC

David Girodat
Regional President, Fifth Third Bank – Eastern Michigan

Sherri Grasak
Michigan Market Leader, Aon

Steve Grigorian
President & CEO, Detroit Economic Club

Peter Gudritz (Vice President)
Director, Office of the CEO & Executive Communications, The Dow Chemical Company

Kevin Guskiewicz, Ph.D.
President, Michigan State University

Richard Hampson
Metro Detroit Market President, Old National Bank

Sandra M. Hermanoff
President & CEO, Hermanoff Public Relations

Rich Homberg
President & CEO, Detroit PBS

Linda Hubbard
President & COO, Carhartt

Christopher Ilitch
President & CEO, Ilitch Holdings, Inc.

Yasmeen Jasey
Michigan Market Executive, Citizens

Hans-Werner Kaas
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

Alan Jay Kaufman
Chairman, President & CEO, H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, Inc.

Angie Kelly
Office Managing Partner, EY

Patrick Killeen
Michigan Office Managing Principal, Baker Tilly

Ronia Kruse
President & CEO, OpTech

Michael Land
Metro Detroit Market President, The Huntington National Bank

David Lewis
President, AT&T Michigan

Daniel Loepp
President & CEO, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Heidi Magyar
Community & Social Impact and Heritage Operations Executive, General Motors

Ben Maibach III
Vice Chairman & Chief Community Officer, Barton Malow Company

Chip McClure
Managing Partner, Michigan Capital Advisors

Mark Mendola 
Vice Chairman – U.S. Managing Partner, PwC

Tony Michaels
President & CEO, The Parade Company

Gary Miles
Editor & Publisher, The Detroit News

Nichole Avery Nichols
Editor & Vice President, Detroit Free Press

James B. Nicholson
Chairman, PVS Chemicals, Inc.

Jerry Norcia
Chairman, President & CEO, DTE Energy

Santa Ono, Ph.D.
President, University of Michigan

David Parent
Michigan Managing Principal, Deloitte

Roger S. Penske
Chairman, Penske Corporation

Ora Hirsch Pescovitz, M.D.
President, Oakland University

Stephen R. Polk
CEO, Highgate LLC

Lori Powe
Chief Client Officer / Principal, NBS Commercial Interiors

Peter Provenzano, Jr.
Chancellor, Oakland Community College

Peter Quigley
President & CEO, Kelly Services, Inc.

John Rakolta Jr.
Chairman, Walbridge

Terry Rhadigan
Chair, Detroit Sports Organizing Corp.

Robert Riney
President & CEO, Henry Ford Health

Andra Rush
Founder, President & CEO, The Rush Group LLC

Dr. Mark Saffer
President, Work-Safe

Ray Scott
President & CEO, Lear Corporation

Dr. Suzy Siegle
President, Walsh College

Dr. Tarek Sobh
President, Lawrence Technological University

Amy Solek
Detroit Office Leader, PwC

Rachel Stewart
CEO, Gardner-White

Herbert J. Strather
President & CEO, Strather & Associates LLC

Arn Tellem
Vice Chairman, Detroit Pistons

Praveen Thadani
President, Priority Health

Jason Tinsley
Vice Chair, J.P. Morgan Private Bank

Jim Tish
Office Managing Partner, Grant Thornton LLP

Kevin Voigt
Michigan Managing Partner, KPMG

Leonard Wolfe
Chairman & CEO, Dykema Gossett