BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dr. Irvin D. Reid (Chair)
President
Wayne State University

Hon. Richard Bernstein
Governor, Board of Governors
Wayne State University

Mr. John Blanchard
Director – Portfolio Strategies
General Motors Corporation

Mr. David Blaszkiewicz
President
Detroit Investment Fund

Mr. Richard E. Blouse, Jr.
President and CEO
Detroit Regional Chamber

Mr. James Connelly
Chief Financial Officer
Henry Ford Health System

Mr. Matt Cullen
General Manager
Economic Development and Enterprise Services
General Motors Corporation

Mr. John Davis
Senior Vice President of Finance and Administration
Wayne State University

Mr. Dave Egner
President
Hudson-Webber Foundation

Dr. Ralph Kummler
Dean, College of Engineering
Wayne State University

Hon. Kwame Kenyatta
Councilman
Detroit City Council

Mr. Michael Klass
Co-Founder & Vice President of Business Development
MD Synergy

Mr. Derrick Miller
Chief Information Officer
City of Detroit

Ms. Faye Nelson
President and CEO
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy

Mr. Fred Reinhart
Assistant Vice President for Research & Technology Commercialization
Wayne State University

Mr. Doug Rothwell
Executive Director – Worldwide Real Estate
General Motors Corporation

Dr. Robert Thomas
Dean, College of Science
Wayne State University

Mr. Paul Trulik
Director of Finance
Detroit Renaissance

Rev. Edgar Vann, Jr.
Pastor
Second Ebenezer Baptist Church

Ms. Roselyn Zator
University Commercialization Director
Michigan Economic Development Corporation