vision
To see Detroit be the most civically engaged city in the nation.
MISsion
Educate residents to be fully engaged in the democratic life of the city;
Provide residents reputable information to make informed policy/political decisions;
Encourage resident participation in the renaissance of neighborhoods/businesses
meet the team
Sheila cockrel
ceo
MISHA Stallworth
deputy ceo/cpo
ingrid white
engaged and facilitation director
debra walker
civic exchange director
diana flora
CHiEF research officer & policy lab director
VASSILIS JACOBS
SENIOR POLICY Analyst & detroit documenters manager
esmat Ishag-Osman
senior policy analyst
Kelly Larson
chief administrative officer
Drew Esslinger
Operations director
dominique campbell
MILLENNIAL engagement director
Melinda Billingsley
Office and Events Assistant
Sabrina stennis-jefferson
events & logistics
kelsey hubbell
social media coordinator
board of directors
Dennis Archer, Jr., Founding Principal & President, Archer Corporate Services; CEO, Ignition Media Group
Ronald Brown, Associate Professor of Political Science, Wayne State University
Tammy Carnrike, COO, Detroit Regional Chamber
Kathleen (Lisa) Cawley, Managing Director - Health and Public Service, Accenture
Katy Cockrel, Vice President - Public Relations, StockX / Co-Founder, Detroit Blows
Awenate Cobbina, Director of Business Affairs & Associate Counsel, Palace Sports Entertainment and Detroit Pistons
Jehan Crump-Gibson, Co-founder & Managing Partner, Great Lakes Legal Group
Nicole de Beaufort, President, EarlyWorks, LLC
Kathryn B. Harrison, Partner, Harrison Bryant, LLC
Stephen Henderson, Host of Detroit Today (WDET), American Black Journal
Katie Katz, Executive Director of Wealth Advisory, JP Morgan Private Bank
Katy Locker
Juan Jose Martinez, PhD, Principal, Cesar Chavez Academy
Hon. Sonya Mays, President & CEO, Develop Detroit, DPSCD Board Treasurer
Debra Pospiech, Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel, Detroit Water & Sewerage Department
Tony Saunders, Partner, Invictus Equity Partners
Shannon Smith, Global Philanthropy Associate, JP Morgan Chase & Co.
Dale Thomson, Chair, Department of Social Sciences, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Michigan - Dearborn
Ingrid White, Ingrid White Consulting
Dr. Geneva Williams, CEO, Dr. Geneva Speaks, CEO & Founder, New Seasons Consultants & Collaborators
Special Advisor to the Board and Co-founder, CitizenDetroit
Dr. Irvin D. Reid, President Emeritus of Wayne State University
funders/Supporters
Knight Foundation
Past funders include:
Applebaum Family Foundation
Kresge Foundation
Skillman Foundation
Wayne State University FOCIS