Leaders from around the state collaborated to release this call to action.


Lizabeth Ardisana

Sandy K. Baruah

Mindy Bradish-Orta

Melanca Clark

David O. Egner

Marty Fittante

Lou Glazer

Anika Goss

Paul Hillegonds

Hassan Jaber

James Jacobs 

Nick A. Khouri

Birgit Klohs

Andy LaBarre

Tony Lentych

Pamela Lewis

Matt McCauley

David Meador

Nancy Moody

Faye Alexander Nelson

Jennifer Owens

Ned Staebler

Robert L. Trezise, Jr.

CEO, ASG Renaissance

President & CEO, Detroit Regional Chamber

President, Jackson Anchor Initiative

President & CEO, Hudson-Webber Foundation

President & CEO, Ralph C. Wilson, Jr. Foundation

CEO, InvestUP

President, Michigan Future Inc.

Executive Director, Detroit Future City

Board Member, Michigan Future Inc.

President & CEO, ACCESS

President Emeritus, Macomb Community College

Board Member, Michigan Future Inc.

President & CEO, The Right Place, Inc.

Exec. V.P. & Dir. of Gov. Relations, Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Regional Chamber

Executive Director, Traverse City Housing Commission

Director, New Economy Initiative for Southeast Michigan

CEO, Networks Northwest

Vice Chairman and Chief Administrative Officer, DTE Energy

Vice President of Public Affairs, DTE Energy

Michigan Director, W.K. Kellogg Foundation

President, Lakeshore Advantage

President and CEO, TechTown Detroit

President & CEO, LEAP, Inc.