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Our Leadership

The City Year Detroit Board includes the following dedicated corporate, government, nonprofit, and community leaders: 

Daniel Little, Chair*
Chancellor
University of Michigan - Dearborn

N. Charles Anderson,Vice Chair*
President/CEO
Detroit Urban League, Inc.

Tony Armada 
President & CEO
Henry Ford Hospital

Lloyd Banks, III
Community Director
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

Tim Bannister
Presidetn/CEO
Bannister & Co. Public Relations

Linda Forte 
Senior Vice President
Comerica Incorporated

Larry Givens
President
Blackmond Givens Group, Inc.

Chris Hackem
President - Higher Education   
Aramark - North America

Elliott Hall
Partner
Dykema Gossett, PLLC

Mary Beth Halprin
V.P. Public Relations & Community Affairs                   
Comcast

Michael R. Montijo
President/CEO
Wireless Now, Inc.

Albert Taylor Nelson, Jr.
Attorney at Law
Berry Moorman, PLLC

David K. Page*
Partner
Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn

Paul Riser Jr.
Founder and President
Legacy Associates Foundation

Ralph R. (Randy) Sanford 
Safford & Baker, PLLC

Karen Sosnick Schoenberg
Principal
Redico LLC

Jennifer Shroeger 
Vice President and Regional Director
UPS

Rick Sperling 
Founder/CEO
Mosaic Youth Theatre

Samuel H. Thomas, Jr. 
President & CEO
Star Development & Financial Corp.

Bishop Edgar Vann 
Pastor
Second Ebenezer Baptist Church

Alicia Villarreal
Executive Director
Latino Family Services 

Gail Warden*
President Emeritus
Henry Ford Health System

Rebecca Salminen Witt* 
Executive Director
The Greening of Detroit

* Executive Committee

Founding Board Members Emeritus
  • Gail Warden, Chair
  • Walter C. Watkins, Jr., Co-Chair
  • Penny Bailer
  • Marcie Brogan
  • Joseph J. Buttigieg, III
  • C. David Campbell
  • Virgil Carr*
  • Tarik S. Daoud
  • Maggie DeSantis
  • W. Frank Fountain
  • Alan Frank
  • Liz Kanter Groskind

     

 

  • Diana Jones
  • N. Noreen Keating
  • Mary Kramer
  • John E. Marshall, III
  • Heath Meriwether
  • Robert Naftaly
  • Rex Nelson
  • Paul Piper, Jr.
  • Scott Romney
  • David Smydra
  • Martha Smydra

* Deceased

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