TRANSITION COMMITTEE
Transition Committees organized around the Sheffield Administration’s key governing priorities. These Committees will bring together a diverse group of subject matter experts, community leaders, and civic stakeholders who will contribute their expertise, perspectives, and insights to ensure a rigorous and inclusive process for shaping the Administration’s early policy agenda.
ARTS, CULTURE & ENTERTAINMENT COMMITTEE
Shahida Mausi
Co-Chair
President, The Right Productions, Inc
Lane Coleman
Co-Chair
Chairman, Detroit Institute of Arts; Founder, President and CEO, Strike Group LLC
John Collins
Co-Chair
Chairman, Detroit Entertainment Commission; President, Detroit-Berlin Connection
Ajara Alghali, Director, TeMaTe Institute for Black Dance Culture
Halima Afi Cassells, Interdisciplinary Artist & Founder of Free Market of Detroit
Rashard Dobbins, Founder, Class Act Detroit
Chanel Domonique, CEO, CDM Management
Cornelius Harris, Alter Ego Management, Underground Resistance Label Manager, Design Core
Godwin Ihentuge, CEO and Proprietor of Yum Village
Sydney James, Muralist, Co-founder of BlkOut Walls Festival
De'Sean Jones, Executive Director, Urban Art Orchestra
Andrus McDonald, President, Low Frequency Management, LLC
Jessica Care Moore, Detroit Poet Laureate, Founder Black Women Rock!
Dominique Morisseau, Writer, Filmmaker, Artistic Producer of Detroit Public Theatre
Sabrina Nelson, Arts Administration Director, Center for Creative Studies
Jainelle Robinson, Arts Administrator, ArtOps, Guide
Erik Ronmark, President/CEO, Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Omari Rush, CEO, Culture Source
Dr. Shanthi Senthe, Rodzik Chair in Law & Entrepreneurship. Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Windsor
Adrian Tonon, Former 24-Hour Economy Ambassador, Mayor's Office City of Detroit
Dion Walcott, Founder, MARTKD and Co-Founder of Arts and Belong MARTKT Space
Angela Wright, Owner & Operator of MIX Bricktown (M!X) Bar & Mobile Kitchen, LOCKEROOM Sports Bar & Food Truck, SANDBOX Outdoor Bar & Lounge
EDUCATION & YOUTH AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
Angelique Power
Co-Chair
President and CEO, Skillman Foundation
Ralph
Bland
Co-Chair
President and CEO, New Paradigm for Education
Shawn
Wilson
Co-Chair
President and CEO, Boys and Girls Club of SE Michigan
Alycia Meriweather
Co-Chair
Deputy Superintendent, Detroit Public Schools Community District
Damon
PITT
Co-Chair
Education Achievement Expert
Tonya Adair, Alternatives for Girls
Dr. Daveda Colbert, Superintendent, All Wayne County Schools
Darienne Driver Hudson, United Way SEM + former superintendent
Jack Elsey, Founder & CEO, Michigan Educator Workforce Initiative
Kevin Fife, Founder, Detroit City Chess Club
Imani Foster, Executive Director 482 Forward
Ricky Fountain, Executive Director, Community Education Commission
Dr. Chanel Hampton, Founder & CEO at Strategic Community Partners
Jerjuan Howard, Executive Director, Umoja Debate League
Cyekeia Lee, DCAN
Dr. Curtis Lewis, BMEA (Boldly Moving Education Ahead)
David Meritt, Give Meritt
Suma Rosen, Inside Out Literary Arts
Veronica Sanchez, Ser Metro
Erin Skene-Pratt, Michigan After School Partnership
Khali Sweeney, DBG
Molly Sweeney, Executive Director, 482Forward
Tiffany Taylor, ASU + GSU
ETHICS COMPLIANCE COMMITTEE
Elliot Hall, Esq.
Co-Chair
President, Elliott Hall PLLC; Former City of Detroit Corporation Counsel
Ellen Ha
Co-Chair
Chief of Staff, Wayne County Corporation Counsel; Former Inspector General, City of Detroit
Finance committee
Suzanne Shank
Co-Chair
CEO and Co-Founder of Sibert Williams Shank & Co., LLC
Dave Massaron
Co-Chair
Vice President of Infrastructure and Corporate Citizenship for General Motors
Howard Morris, CPA, CFA (On boards of VIrtus INvestment Partners and Owen's Corning)
Steve Watson, Partner and COO, Watson & Yates, LLC (Former Budget Director, City of Detroit)
Stephan Vitvitsky, Economist, General Motors, Former Acting Director, IMF and US Treasury
HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES, HOMELESSNESS & POVERTY SOLUTIONS COMMITTEE
Denise Brooks-Williams
Co-Chair
Exec. Vice President and COO, Henry Ford Health
Linda Little
Co-Chair
President and CEO, Neighborhood Service Organization – NSO
Harolyn Baker, Chief Operating Officer, Wayne County Department of Health, Human & Veteran Services
Amy Brown, NOAH
Sharlonda Buckman, Assistant Superintendent for Family and Community Engagement, DPSCD
Char Goolsby, L & R Hospitality
Dr. Darienne Driver Hudson, President and CEO, United Way for Southeaster Michigan
Tasha Gray, Executive Director, Homeless Action Network of Detroit
Kianna Harrison, HMIS Manager, Homeless Action Network Detroit
Father Tim McCabe, Pope Francis Center Executive Director
Shama Mounzer, Chief Programs Officer, Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency
Mohammad Muntakim, Wayne State Med Direct Student, Skillman Youth Trustee
Andrea Smith, Director of Innovation and Community Engagement, Detroit Wayne Integrated Health Network
Ahmed Radwan PhD, Dean College of Health Professions, U of D Mercy
Portia Roberson, CEO, Focus: HOPE
Luke Shaefer, Director of Poverty Solutions, University of Michigan
Courtney Smith, Founder and CEO, Detroit Phoenix Center
Kenyatta Stephens, CEO, Black Family Development
Matthew Tommelin, CHS, Coordinated Entry Manager
Jennifer Pressley, WSU School of Social Work Development Director
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT & PLANNING COMMITTEE
Donna Givens Davidson
Co-Chair
President and CEO, Eastside Community Network
Rob
Lockett
Co-Chair
Executive Director, LISC Detroit
Darnell Adams, VP, Gilbert Family Foundation
David Alade, President and CEO, Century Partners
Daryl Carter, Founder, Chairman and CEO, Avanth Capital Management
Chase Cantrell, Building Community Value
Melinda Clemons, VP and Central Midwest Market Leader, Enterprise Communities
Mark Crain, Executive Director, Dream of Detroit
Roger Ehrenberg, Managing Partner, Game Changers Ventures
Byna Elliott, CEO, Opportunity Resource Fund
Aaron Hall, VP, Detroit Housing Network
Rod Hardamon, CEO and Chief Strategist, Urge Impact
Jennifer Hayes, Senior VP Public Policy, Invest Detroit
Joe Heaphy, President, Ethos Development Partners
Brandon Hodges, Principal, Tribe Development
Richard Hosey, Owner, Hosey Development
Lisa Johanon, Executive Director, Central Detroit Christian CDC
David Palmer, CEO, Kite and Key Partners
KaTrice Perry, Executive Director, Bridging Communities
Anna Shires, VP, Associate Director, Community Investment Outreach - FHLBank Indianapolis
Linda Smith, President and CEO, U Snap Bac
Branden Snyder, Michigan State Director, Working Families Party
Eric Williams, Managing Director Economic Equity Practice, Detroit Justice Center
HR & LABOR RELATIONS COMMITTEE
Mikyia Aaron
Co-Chair
Secretary-Treasurer, Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 1191
Brandice Mullen
Co-Chair
Vice President, SEIU Michigan
Marloshawn Franklin, Former Political Director; SEIU Local 1
Terrell George, President, UniteHere
William Miller
Byron Obsern, Business Representative, IBEWLocal 58
John Perkins
Brandon Snyder, Michigan State Director, Working Family Party
INFRASTRUCTURE, SUSTAINABILITY & CLIMATE CHANGE COMMITTEE
Tony Reames
Co-Chair
Tishman Professor of Environmental Justice, University of Michigan
Nate Ford
Co-Chair
Assoc. Vice President, HNTB
Natalie King
Co-Chair
President, Dunamis Clean Energy
John Baldauf, Associate Vice President, HNTB
Tammy Black, Founder/CEO, Community Treehouse
Dr. Brandy Brown, Founder, Sadberry Singer
Cory Connolly, Former Michigan Chief Climate Officer
Bennie Fowler, COO, Dunamis Charge, Inc
Alex Hill, Food Policy & Demographic Mapping Expert
Ricardo Jackson, DLZ
Kevin Kalczynski, General Council, Maroun
Jøn Kent, Co-Founder, Sanctuary Farms
Vickie Lewis, CEO, VMX International
Jeremy Orr, Environmental Law Professor, MSU & UD Mercy
Muritadah Oshinuga, Environmental Scientist PhD Candidate WSU
Carla Walker Miller, CEO, Walker Miller Energy
Adam Wayne, Michigan DOT
Donele Wilkins, Green Door
INNOVATION & EMERGING INDUSTRIES COMMITTEE
Dug Song
Co-Chair
Co-Founder, Michigan Founders Fund & CEO, Song United
Lisa Lunsford
Co-Chair
Co-Founder and CEO, GS3 Global
Johnnie Turnage
Co-Chair
CEO and Co-Founder, Black Tech Saturdays
Anthony Askew, City on the Rise Development, Former Director Motor City Match
Crystal Brown, CEO and Co-Founder of CircNova
Rumia Burbank, CEO VMS 365
Mark De La Verne, Director, Economic Innovation and Policy, Michigan Central
Jose Flores, CEO, Ancor
Niles Heron, Senior Director, Tech-Based Entrepreneurship, TechTown Detroit
Pete Martin, Director, Portfolio Management, Michigan Rise
Darren Riley, CEO and Co-Founder, JustAir
Chris Rizik, Founder and Managing Partner, Renaissance Venture Capital
Greg Schwartz, CEO and Co-Founder, StockX
Scott Shireman, Director, UMCI
Glenn Stevens, Executive Director, MichAuto
Carla Walker-Miller, Founder and CEO, Walker-Miller Energy
INTERNAL ADMINISTRATION & OPERATIONS COMMITTEE
Hakim Berry
Co-Chair
Executive Consultant, former Chief of Staff, Mayor of Detroit
Sharon Madison
Co-Chair
Owner, Madison Madison International;
Chair, Detroit Wayne Joint Building Authority
Racheal Allen, Founder & CEO, Operations School
Clarence Gayles, Director of Strategic Relationships Activate Detroit, Detroit Building Authority Board Member
Sheritha Rayford MPH, Founder, Research & Evaluation Consultant, Rizora Consulting, LLC
Kim Rudolf, Political Administrator Local, State and Federal Levels
Jim Stapleton
Daralynn Walker, Author and Human Services Professional
Dr. Geneva Williams, Organizational Strategist and Leadership Coach
LAW & CIVIL RIGHTS COMMITTEE
Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony
Co-Chair
President, Detroit Branch NAACP
Cinnamon A. Plonka
Co-Chair
Executive Shareholder, Zausmer, P.C.
Nabih Ayad
Co-Chair
Founder, Arab-American Civil Rights League
Nasser Beydoun, Chairman, Arab American Civil Rights League
Cayden Brown, Founder, Trespass Project
Marvis Cofield, Director, Alkebulan Village
Attorney Tanisha Davis
Attorney Taylor Ester
Cindy Gamboa, Founder, Trespass Project
Attorney James Heath, Corporate Counsel, Wayne County
Attorney Erin Keith, Esq., Transforming Criminal Justice Program Officer, The Navigation Fund
Loren Khogali, Executive Director, ACLU of Michigan
Kamilia Landrum, Executive Director, Detroit NAACP
Attorney Kristine Longstreet, Managing Director, Neighborhood Defender Service
Attorney Nancy Parker, Detroit Justice Center
Byron Pitts, Pitts Law
NEIGHBORHOOD REVITALIZATION committee
Anika Goss
Co-Chair
President and CEO, Detroit Future City
teferi brent
Co-Chair
Dignity4Detroit- Co-Founder, Urban Peace and Justice Activist/Organizer/Leader & Policy Advisor
Kenyetta Campbell
Co-Chair
Exec. Director, Cody Rouge Community Action Alliance
Eva Garza Dewaelsche
Co-Chair
President and CEO, SER Metro-Detroit
ZeEK Williams
Co-Chair
Founder, New Era Detroit
Anthony Benevides, Executive Director Clark Park Coalition
Ujijji Davis Williams, Principal JIMA Studio Architecture and Planning Firm
Maggie DeSantis, Independent Consultant
Monica Edmonds, Executive Director Vanguard CDC
Cindy Eggleton, CEO, Brilliant Detroit
John George, Blight Busters
Dr. Chanel Hampton, Founder & CEO at Strategic Community Partners
Quincy Jones, Executive Director Osborne Neighborhood Alliance
Madhvi Reddy, Executive Director CDAD
Maria Salinas, Executive Director, Congress of Communities
Diallo Smith, President and COO, Life Remodeled
Sarida Scott, Skillman Foundation, Former Director CDAD
Daniel Washington, Founder and Executive Director, NW Goldberg Cares
PHILANTHROPIC SERVICES COMMITTEE
Donald
Rencher
Co-Chair
President and CEO, Hudson Webber Foundation
Laura Grannemann
Co-Chair
Executive Director, Gilbert Family Foundation
Leslie Andrews, CEO and Lead Philanthropic Consultant, Daisy Ventures LLC
Khalilah Burt Gaston, Executive Director, Song Foundation
Dave Egner, President & CEO, Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation
Natalie Fotias, VP of Communications, Skillman
Vance Jackson, NEXX Consulting Group
Wendy Jackson, Managing Director, Kresge Foundation
Kelley Kuhn, President & CEO, Michigan Nonprofit Association
Kate Levin, President, McGregor Fund
Darin McKeever, President & CEO, William Davidson Foundation
Yazeed Moore, Director of Michigan Programs, WK Kellogg Foundation
Madhavi Reddy, Executive Director, CDAD
Jermaine Ruffin, Vice President, Neighborhoods
Kevin Ryan, Senior Program Officer, Ford Foundation
PUBLIC POLICY COMMITTEE
Angela Baldwin
Co-Chair
Partner, The Miller Law Firm
Regional Governor, The National Hispanic Bar Association
Samuel “Buzz” Thomas
Co-Chair
President and Principal, Activate Detroit
Alondra Carter Alvizo, Associate Director of Michigan Central Network - Youth Representative
Regina Bell, Chief Policy Officer, Council of Michigan Foundations
Stacie Clayton, Director of Government and Community Affairs, Wayne State University
China Cochran
Sheila Cockrel, Citizen Detroit CEO, Former Councilperson
Cindy Gamboa, Immigration, Policy, & Voting Rights
Michael Griffie, VP, AWECOM
Sarah Jacobs, IRM Research Officer, Open Government Partnership
Chris Kolb, Government Relationship, University of Michigan (Former State Representative and Michigan Budget Director)
Bill McConico, Chief Judge, 36th District Court, Former State Representative
Mike McLauchlan, Government Relations, Illitch Holdings, Olympia Development
Angela Rogensues, Founder, Principal Consultants; City Council Member at Large
Jason Sheppard, Partner, Kelly Cawthorne
Monique Stanton, Michigan League for Public Policy
Bill Wortz, Co-Managing Partner, Public Affairs Associates
PUBLIC SAFETY & EMERGENCY SERVICES COMMITTEE
James E. White
Co-Chair
CEO, Detroit Wayne Integrated Network; Former Chief of Police, Detroit Police Department
Dawn N. Ison, Esq.
Co-Chair
Former United States Attorney, Eastern District of Michigan
Darryl Woods
Co-Chair
Chair, Detroit Board of Police Commissioners
Thomas Abt, Founding Director of the Center for the Study and Practice of Violence Reduction
Gregory Anderson, Vice President of Workforce Development, Goodwill Industries
Drake Johnson, Detroit Edison Public Academy High School
Attorney Erin Keith, The Navigation Fund
Dujuan “Zoe” Kennedy, Executive Director, Force Detroit, National CVI Leader
Chris Melde, Professor of Criminal Justice, One Detroit Research Partner, Michigan State University
Samantha Perry, Vice President of Juvenile Justice Services- Centers for Family Development, Inc.
Michael Shaw, Hudson Webber Foundation
Beverly Smith, Assistant Deputy Director, Michigan Department of Corrections
Mike Turner, Former Chief of Staff to Bennie Napoleon
Charles Wilson, Security Director, Rock Financial, Former DOD Commander
TRANSIT IMPROVEMENT & MOBILITY INNOVATION COMMITTEE
Tiffany Gunter
Co-Chair
General Manager, CEO, SMART
Megan Owens
Co-Chair
Executive Director, Transportation Riders United
Dessa Cosma
Co-Chair
Founder, Exec. Director, Detroit Disability Power
Clarinda Barnett-Harrison, Head of Talent Development and Programming, Michigan Central
Brother Michael Cunningham, Transit Advocate
Jared Fleisher, CEO, Bedrock
Nat Ford, CEO, Jacksonville Transit Authority
Alan Hejl, Founder and Lead Consultant, Spark Access
Ruth Johnson, Legislative Director for MI State Rep. Tonya Myers Phillips
Jorel Joseph, Commercial Director/U.S. Transit, Keolis
Jeff Miles, Vice President of Community Impact / United Way of Southeast Michigan
Renard Monczunski, Transit Organizer, Detroit People’s Platform
Amy O’Leary, Executive Director, SEMCOG
Jean Ruestman, Administrator, MDOT Office of Passenger Transportation
Kristin Shaw, Program Manager, Smart Cities
Ben Stupka, Executive Director, Regional Transit Authority
Ronald Taylor, Detroit Area Agency on Aging 1A
Aaron Walter, Director of Transportation, Detroit Public School District
TOURISM, BRANDING & SPECIAL EVENTS COMMITTEE
Arn Tellem
Co-Chair
Vice Chairman, Detroit Pistons
Claude Molinari
Co-Chair
President and CEO, Visit Detroit
Tamekia Ashford-Nixon, Principal and Chief Communications Officer, West Media Group
Erica Banks, Bankable Marketing Strategies
Meagan Elliot, President & CEO, Belle Isle Conservancy
Sam Fotias, Paxahau (Movement Festival)
Joe Miller, IATSE Local 38
Marc Nassif, BBG Real Estate Services
Marc Nassif, BBG Real Estate Services
Stan Smith, Visit Detroit
Nate Wallace, Head of Civic Partnerships, Michigan Central
LaTasha Washington, Founder & Principal Consultant, Customize Service Group
WORKFORCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT & SMALL BUSINESS COMMITTEE
Gary Torgow
Co-Chair
Chairman, Huntington National Bank
Dwan Dandrige
Co-Chair
CEO, Black Leaders Detroit
Nicole Sherard-Freeman
Co-Chair
President and CEO, Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
Dave Blakiewicz, Invest Detroit
Clement (Fame) Brown, Owner, ThreeThirteen Detroit
Charity Dean, President and CEO, Michigan Black Business Alliance
Jeff Donofrio, President and CEO, Business Leaders for Michigan
Ken Dobson, Vice President, Detroit International Bridge Company
Ron Hall, Jr., CEO, Bridgewater Interiors
Ken Harris, President, National Business League
Deba Harper, CEO, CHAMP Nation
Dr. Chanel Hampton, Founder & CEO at Strategic Community Partners
Hector Hernandez, Executive Director, MiSide Wealth
Sylvester Hester, President and CEO, LM Manufacturing
Nya Marshall, CEO DIOMO + Ivy Kitchen & Cocktails
Chioke Mose-Telesford, Economic Mobility and Workforce Development Consultant
Tanya Saldivar-Ali, Co-founder and Business Development Director AGI Construction Solutions
Carolina Pluszcynski, Interim CEO, NewLab
Jonathan Quarles, Founder and CEO, The BTL Group
Benjamin Smith, Principal, Summit Commercial
Terence Thomas, Activate Detroit
Erik Tungate, Oak Park City Manager
Jesse Venegas, Founder and CEO, The BTL Group