Detroit Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield’s transition team, Rise Higher Detroit, announced Thursday it will identify best practices through more than a dozen policy committees chaired by local leaders.

Nearly four dozen business, community and philanthropic leaders are part of Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield's effort to shape and guide policy that she vows will spread Detroit's rebounding fortunes citywide.

Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield has assembled prominent leaders in business, philanthropy, community organizing, public safety and other key sectors to craft her plan for the first 100 days in office.

Mayor-elect Mary Sheffield ran on several promises: creating job opportunities for young people, improving schools, and investing in neighborhoods.

On Nov. 4, Mary Sheffield became the first woman ― the first Black woman ― to be elected mayor of Detroit. It's a milestone nearly 50 years in the making.

Mary Sheffield’s 12-year Detroit City Council career reached a new plateau on Tuesday after the city elected her as the first woman mayor in the city’s history.

In her first 100 days as mayor, Sheffield plans to shake up city government. Here’s what she has in mind