Ismael Ahmed, Director, Michigan Department of Human Services
Eugene Applebaum, Founder, CEO, Arbor Drugs, Inc
Akosua Barthwell Evans, CEO, The Barthwell Group
Leland Bassett, CEO, Bassett and Bassett Communications
Tina Bassett, President, Bassett and Bassett Communications
Rob Bava, CEO, Community Choice Credit Union
Graham Beal, Director, Detroit Institute of Arts
Dr. Richard H. Bell, Head Coach, Detroit Boat Club Crew
Dave Bing, Mayor, City of Detroit
Robert Bobb, Emergency Financial Manager, Detroit Public Schools
Grace Lee Boggs, Detroit, City of Hope
Larry Burns, Business and Technology Consultant
Keith Cooley, CEO, NextEnergy
Phillip Cooley, Principal, Slow’s Bar-B-Q
Matt Cullen, Director, Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
Jeff Daniels, Actor, Founder and Director of The Purple Rose Theatre
Bert Dearing Jr., President, Bert’s Entertainment
David Di Chiera, Director, Michigan Opera Theater
Clark Durant, Co-Founder, Cornerstone Schools
Chuck Forbes, Principal, Gem Theater and Century Club
Bill Ford, Jr., Executive Chairman, Ford Motor Company
Rev. Faith Fowler, Executive Director, Cass Community Social Services
Geoffrey George, Filmmaker/Director
Tom George, Owner, Harbortown Markets
Lydia Gutierrez, President, Hacienda Foods
Tyree Guyton, Director, Heidelberg Project
Kevin and Keith Hanson, Principals, Brooks-Hanson Distance Project
John Hantz, CEO, Hantz Group
Sean Harrington, Proprietor, Centaur Bar, The Town Pump Tavern
John Hartig, Refuge Manager, United States Fish and Wildife Service
Ray Holms, CEO, Gentz Industries
Jason Huvaere, Principal, Detroit Movement
Denise Ilitch, Publisher, Ambassador Magazine
Eleanor Josaitis, Founder, Focus: HOPE
Dr. Curtis L. Ivery, Chancellor, Wayne County Community College
Njia Kai, Cultural Arts Event Producer

Honorable Damon Keith, Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 6th District
Mary Kramer, Publisher, Crain’s Detroit Business
Elmore Leonard, Author
Diana Lewis, Anchor, Action News, WXYZ-TV, Channel 7
Jane Linn, Chief Executive Officer, Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Center
Jennifer Litomisky, Executive Director, Ronald McDonald House Detroit
Cheryl Loveday, Executive Director, Angel’s Place
Bob Lutz, Vice Chairman, General Motors Company
Mickye Mathis, Manager, Landmark Education Detroit Center
Bruce Millan, Executive Director, Detroit Repertory Theater
Marsha Miro, Executive Director, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
Larry Mongo, Proprietor, Café d’Mongo’s
Kiyo Morse, Principal, Stepping Stone Schools
Barbara Murray, Executive Director, Aids Partnership Michigan
Hank Millbourne, Associate Executive Director, Aids Partnership Michigan
George N’namdi, Owner, N’namdi Galleries
Dennis Nordmoe, Executive Director, Urban Neighborhoods Initiative
Dominic Pangborn, President, Pangborn Design
Cynthia Pasky, CEO, Strategic Staffing Solutions
Roger Penske, Founder and Chairman, Penske Corporation
Wally Prechter, President, Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Fund
Rick Portwood, President, The Display Group
John Rakolta, Jr., Chairman and CEO, Walbridge Aldinger
Desma Reid Coleman, CEO, Quality Professional Services
Richard Rogers, President, College for Creative Studies
Rebecca Salminen Witt, President, The Greening of Detroit
Nancy Schlicting, Chief Executive Officer, Henry Ford Health Systems
Paul W. Smith, WJR Radio Morning Host
Michael Solaka, Executive Director, Cityfest
Reverend Gerald Stockhausen, President, University of Detroit Mercy
A. Alfred Taubman, Founder, Taubman
Gretchen Valade, Board of Trustees, Detroit International Jazz Festival
April Wagner, Partner, Epiphany Glass
Brother Leo Wollenweber, Vice-Postulator for the Cause of Solanus Casey
Steve Yzerman, Vice President and Alternate Governor, Detroit Red Wings