Coalition and Board
Chair
Cheryl P. Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
COTS
Vice Chairs
Reginald G. Dozier
President & CEO; Lewis & Munday, PC
Kevin Prokop
Partner; Rockbridge Growth Equity, LLC
President & CEO
Michael S. Rafferty
Secretary
Peter M. Kellett
Member & Chair Emeritus; Dykema
Treasurer
Andrew Stein
President & CEO, The Children’s Foundation
New Detroit: The Coalition
Chair
Reginald G. Dozier
President & CEO
Lewis & Munday, PC
Coalition Members
Coalition Members Serving On Board So Noted
N. Charles Anderson
President & CEO; Urban League of Detroit & Southeastern Michigan
The Rev. Dr. Wendell Anthony, Board Member
President; Detroit Branch, NAACP
Daniel Artone, Board Member
Vice President & General Manager, Enterprise Holdings – Michigan Group
Nabih H. Ayad
Founder; Arab American Civil Rights League
Angela Wang Beasinger
President; WeAct, Inc.
Charles M. Beckham
Retired – City of Detroit
Fay Beydoun
Executive Director; American Arab Chamber of Commerce
Adam Blanck
Chief of Staff; Wallside Windows
Denise Brooks-Williams, Board Member
Sr. Vice President & CEO, North Market – Henry Ford Health System
Marvis Cofield
Chief Executive Officer; Alkebu-Lan Village
Dwan Dandridge
CEO, Black Leaders Detroit
Eva Garza Dewaelsche, Board Member
President & CEO, SER Metro-Detroit
Reginald G. Dozier, Board Member
President & CEO, Lewis & Munday, PC
Marla Drutz
Retired; WDIV TV
Latrina Edwards, Board Member
VP, General Counsel, Corporate
Secretary & Chief Compliance Officer, AAA Life
Benjamin F. Felton, Board Member
Senior Vice President, Energy Supply, DTE Energy
Maha Freij
Executive Director; ACCESS
David F. Girodat
President & CEO; Fifth Third Bank-Eastern Michigan
Domenico Grasso, PhD, Board Member
Chancellor, University of Michigan Dearborn
Dierk L. Hall
President & CEO; City Connect Detroit
David Hecker
President; American Federation of Teachers-Michigan
Shonda Issac
Area General Manager: Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center
Cheryl P. Johnson, Board Member
President, COTS
Peter M. Kellett, Board Member
Member & Chair Emeritus, Dykema
Laura Reyes Kopack
President; LA SED
Gordon Krater, Board Member
Partner; Plante Moran
Anand Kumar
Founder & President; Miindia Foundation & miindia.com
Chris Lambert
CEO, Life Remodeled
Rabbi Asher Z. Lopatin
Executive Director, JCRA/AJC of Detroit
Kirk Mayes, Board Member
CEO, KBM Ventures, LLC
Patricia A. McCann, Board Member
CDP | Vice President, Social Impact Practices, Comerica Bank
Sandra Pierce
Chairman – Huntington Bank Michigan, Private Client Group & Regional Banking Director
Kevin Prokop, Board Member
Partner, Rockbridge Growth Equity, LLC
Daniel L. Quisenberry
President; MAPSA – Michigan Association of Public School Academies
Michael S. Rafferty, Board Member
President & CEO, New Detroit
Todd Sachse
CEO; Sachse Construction Company
Freda G. Sampson, Board Member
CEO & Lead DEI Consultant, Freda G. Sampson, LLC
Reverend Larry L. Simmons, Sr., Board Member
Executive Director, Brightmoor Alliance
Michael Sosin
Attorney at Law
Thomas F. Stallworth, III
President, Stallworth Consulting Group
Monique Stanton
President & CEO; Michigan League for Public Policy
Andrew Stein, Board Member
President & CEO, The Children’s Foundation
William S. Taubman, Board Member
Chief Operating Officer, Taubman
Maureen D. Taylor, Board Member
State Chair; Michigan Welfare Rights
Eric Thomas
Brand Strategist & Senior Partner; SAGA Marketing
Alice G. Thompson
CEO, Black Family Development Educational Services, Inc.
Carla Walker-Miller
Founder & CEO, Walker-Miller Energy Services
M. Roy Wilson, M.D., M.S.
President, Wayne State University
Ronald T. Wong
Chairman; Lakefront Capital, LLC
Director Emeriti
Penny Bailer
Walter E. Douglas
Roderick Gillum
Paul L. Hubbard
John D. Lewis
Bernard Parker
The Rev. V. Lonnie Peek, Jr.
John Rakolta, Jr.
Shirley R. Stancato
S. Martin Taylor