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Our Leadership

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

Current  Board Members

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
Manager, Community Affairs
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan

C. David Campbell
President
McGregor Fund

Robert (Bob) Charles
Chief Executive Officer
North Star Advisors, LLC

Linda Forte 
Senior Vice President
Comerica Incorporated

Larry Givens
President
Blackmond Givens Group, Inc.

Elliott Hall 
Partner
Dykema Gossett, PLLC

Sarah McClelland* 
Sr. Vice President
Chase

Reuben Munday
Shareholder
Lewis & Munday, PC

 

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

David Page* 
Partner
Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn

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

Jennifer Shroeger 
Vice President and Regional Director
UPS

Karen Sosnick Schoenberg
Principal
Redico LLC

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

Laura Trudeau* 
Senior Program Officer
The Kresge Foundation

Reverend 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

Read more about our City Year, Inc. Board of Trustees