Note: Titles are those held at the time of being honored.
2024 Honorees
Ashwini Balasubramanian
General Manager, Advanced
Engineering
Harley-Davidson Motor Co.
Catherine Behrenbrinker
President
Symplicity Communications
Donna Bell
EVP, Product Creation,
Engineering & Procurement
Lordstown Motors Corp.
Estrella “Star” Crawford
SVP, Market Executive, Detroit
Bank of America
Darienne Driver Hudson
President & CEO
United Way SE Michigan
Michelle Gardner
VP, Global Hardware Components and Subsystems
General Motors Co.
Elizabeth Krear
VP, Electric Vehicle Practice
JD Power
Brenda McMahon
Employee Experience Leader, Midwest Region
Willis Towers Watson
Christine Moore
Chief Auditor
Comerica Bank
Priscilla Perkins
President & CEO
Accounting Aid Society
Aimeclaire Roche
President
Cranbrook Educational Community
Beth Rose
Chief Compliance, Ethics. and Integrity Officer & Assistant General Counsel Office of the General Counsel
Ford Motor Co.
Catherine Susko
Director, Talent Solutions & Strategy
Henry Ford Health
Rachelle Vartanian
Founder and President
Living & Enriching Center
Marlo Vitous
SVP, Purchasing & Supply Chain, North America
Stellantis
Note: Titles are those held at the time of being honored.
2023 Honorees
Aruna Anand
President and CEO
Continental Automotive North America
Lisa Beck
CFO, global product development, finance
General Motors Co.
Beth Correa
Director of corporate responsibility
Flagstar
Laprisha Berry Daniels
Executive director
Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice
Wafa Dinaro
Executive director
New Economy Initiative
Anika Goss
CEO
Detroit Future City
Janella James
Executive director
Michigan Nurses Association
Tina Kozak
CEO
Franco
Linda Larin
COO Adult Hospitals
UM Health
Alisyn Malek
Founder & CEO
Middle Third
Shatica McDonald
Managing director
Accenture
Kari Shimmel
CEO
Campbell Ewald
Teresa Thiele
VP, Global body & interior aftermarket purchasing & NA operations
Stellantis
Leslie Tom
Chief sustainability officer
The Wright Museum
Shaun Whitehead
Director of manufacturing
Ford Motor Co.
Note: Titles are those held at the time of being honored.
2022 Honorees
Shanita Canady
Senior Director of Computer Science
Detroit Public Schools
Alba Contreras Rodriguez
President & Owner
Focus on Solution LLC
Maureen D’Agostino
Vice President, Accreditation
McLaren Health Care
Karen Folger
Vice President, Comfort and Power Actuators, Electrical Drive Division
Robert Bosch LLC
Sandy Harvey
President & Chief Strategist
Exodus Consulting Group
Lori McColl
CEO
WHIM
Telva McGruder
Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer
General Motors Co.
Hayley Murphy
CEO and Director
Detroit Zoo
Megan Norris
CEO, Principal
Miller Canfield
Cheryl Thompson
Founder
CADIA
Jessica Willis
Founder
PocketNest
Cynthia Williams
Global Director, Sustainability, Homologation and Compliance
Ford Motor Co.
2020 Honorees
Cheryl Bergman
Executive Director
Michigan Women’s Commission
Michelle DuFour Behrman
Market Director, Global Benefits
BorgWarner
Brandy Goolsby
Director, Global Ecosystem & Market Development
Wind River
Joan Hart
Vice President, Global Program Management & Process Excellence
ZF
Yasmeen Jasey
Vice President, Corporate Banking
Fifth Third Bank
Angie Kelly
Detroit Managing Partner
EY
Brenda Meller
Chief Engagement Officer
Meller Marketing
Liz Popwell
Chief Strategy Officer
Ascension Michigan
Trina Scott
Chief Diversity Officer
Rock Holdings Inc.
Ingrid Tighe
Executive Director
Birmingham Downtown Shopping District
2019 Honorees
Michelle Acciavatti
Michigan & Northwest Ohio Market Leader
Willis Towers Watson
Tiffany Albert
CEO
Blue Care Network
Michelle Braun
Executive Director, Program Management
General Motors Co.
Shari Burgess
Vice President & Treasurer
LearCorp.
Linda Cash
Vice President, Quality & New Model Programs
Ford Motor Co.
Jennifer Charters
Chief Information Officer
Flagstar Bank
Komal Doshi
Director of Mobility Programs
Ann Arbor Spark
Dawn Geisert
Senior Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer
Beaumont
Marsha Kelliher
President
Walsh College
Chandra Moore
President
coG Studio
Jenine Parchmon
Senior Vice President, Director of Technology Strategy, Planning and Innovation
Comerica Bank
Barb Pilarski
Head of Business Development
FCA US LLC
Michelle Reaves
Executive Director
DAPCEP
Kristin Supancich
Chief Human Resource Officer
Kelly Services
Linda Taliaferro
Vice President, Global Quality
Meritor
2018 Honorees
Ursula Adams
Founder & Managing Partner
SheHive
Katie Bigelow
Founder
Mettle Ops.
Dr. Betty Chu
Chief Medical Office & Vice President of Medical Affairs
Henry Ford West Bloomfield
Gina Coleman
Vice President, Client & Community Relations Director
PNC Bank
Lynette Dowler
President
DTE Energy Foundation
Kara Grasso
Vice President, Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Sales
DENSO International America, Inc.
Tiffany Gunter
Assistant City Manager
City of Birmingham
Michele Hodges
President
Belle Isle Conservancy
Blaire Miller
Partner
The Hunter Group
Dannis Mitchell
Diversity Manager
Barton-Malow Co.
Portia Roberson
Group Executive, Civil Rights, Inclusion & Opportunity
City of Detroit
Jessica Robinson
Director, City Solutions
Ford Motor Co.
Shelly Sahi
CEO/Founder
SAHI Cosmetics
Linzie Venegas
Vice President
The Ideal Group Inc.
Marlin Williams
Founder
Sisters Code
Christina York
CEO
SpellBound, ALTality
2017 Honorees
Cynthia Canty
Host, “Stateside with Cynthia Canty,”
Michigan Radio
Melanca Clark
President & CEO
Hudson-Webber Foundation
Karen Gordon
Founder
GO Where Meetings Matter
Sabrina Keeley
COO
Business Leaders for Michigan
Gloria Lara
CEO
Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerica
Rachel Lutz
Owner
The Peacock Room
Gina Metrakas
VP, Government Affairs and Urban Revitalization
Quicken Loans & The Family of Companies
Maureen Miller Bronson
Livonia City Council member
Michigan Venture Capital Association
Sue Mosey
Executive Director
Midtown Detroit, Inc.
Lori Mouton
Vice President, Marketing, Communications & Community Relations
DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Van Nguyen
Executive Director
Asian Pacific American Chamber of Commerce
Christine Sitek
COO
OnStar, GM Global Connected Team
Michelle Sourie Robinson
President & CEO
Michigan Minority Development Council
Olga Stella
Executive Director
Detroit Creative Corridor Center
Luanne Thomas Ewald
CEO
Children’s Hospital of Michigan
Kim Trent
Policy Fellow, Michigan Future Member
Wayne State Board of Governors
Mary Zatina
SVP, Government Relations & Community Afffairs
Beaumont Health
2016 Honorees
Camille W. Banks
Executive Director
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses
Linda Blair
Executive Vice President, Chief Business Unit Officer and President
ITC Michigan
Lisa Dancsok
Vice President
Rock Ventures LLC
Kerry Doman
Founder & CEO
After 5 Detroit
Cathy Koch
President and CEO
K-Tec Systems, Inc.
Julie Kozlowski
Director Compensation, Benefits & Global Mobility
FCA US LLC
Ronia Kruse
President and CEO
OpTech
Tonya Matthews
President and CEO
Michigan Science Center
Donna Murray-Brown
President and CEO
Michigan Nonprofit Association
Marlo Rencher Ph. D.
Executive Director
Cleary University’s Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Regina Staudacher
Member, Tax Partner
Howard & Howard Attorneys
Sharon Wenzl
Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications & Community Affairs
Cooper Standard
Alexis Wiley
Chief of Staff
City of Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan Executive Office
2015 Honorees
Annette Benson
Founder
Annette Benson Law
Marianne Fey
Senior Director
DWH
Susan Hawkins
SVP, Quality & Patient Safety and Chief Quality Officer
Detroit Medical Center (DMC)
Kimberly Keaton Williams
Senior Director of the Central Sourcing Group
Kelly Services
Tricia Keith
Vice President, Corporate Secretary and Services
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Carolyn Krieger-Cohen
Founder
CKC Agency
Jeannie Parent
Publisher, Michigan Region
Digital First Media
Melissa Roy
Executive Director
Advancing Macomb
Sandra Shecter, CPA, CGMA
Principal
Rehmann
Michelle Srbinovich
General Manager
WDETFM 101.9 Detroit
Linda Watson
Lawyer
Clark Hill PLC
Alexis Wiley
Chief of Staff
City of Detroit, Mayor Mike Duggan Executive Office
2014 Honorees
Angel Gambino
Founder
Alchemists Collective
Smiti Gupta
Professor Department of Nutrition & Food Science
Wayne State
Lisa Howze
Chief of Staff
City of Detroit, Mayor Mike Duggan Executive Office
Sharon Madison
CEO & Chairman
Madison Madison International
Amy Peterson
Co-Founder
Rebel Nell
Lisa Sampson
Senior Vice President
PNC
Stephanie Schliffski
German Customer Director and Marketing Director, NA
Valeo
Rebecca Schmitt
Global Delivery Network, HR Lead
Accenture
Jillian Slyfield
Senior Vice President & Detroit Growth Leader
Marsh Detroit
Denise Starr
Executive Vice President, Chief Administration Officer
Compuware
Victoria Targosz
Attorney
Targosz Legal Group
2013 Honorees
Tonya Allen
President and CEO
The Skillman Foundation
Eileen Ashley
Michigan Managing Director if Wealth Management Division
Comerica Bank
Stephanie Bergeron
President and CEO
Walsh College
Joann Chavez
Vice President and Chief Tax Officer
DTE Energy
Janice Cosby
Chief Marketing Officer
St John Providence Health System
Beth Gotthelf
Director of innovation and external relations
Butzel Long
Rhonda Laurencelle
Executive Vice President of Talent Management
Right Management
Victoria McInnis
Chief Tax Officer
General Motors
Barbara Novak
Vice President and Corporate Secretary
Meritor, Inc.
Elizabeth Parkinson
Senior Vice President of Marketing and Partnership
Detroit Lions
Sonya Sepahban
Senior Vice President for Engineering Development and Technology
General Dynamics
Melissa Spickler
Founder
The Spickler Group, A Merrill Lynch Advisory Team
Pam Turkin
Founder
Just Baked
Marla Wise
Associate Publisher
Crain’s Detroit Business
2011 Honorees
Barbara Byrd-Bennett
Chief Academic and Accountability Auditor
Detroit Public Schools
Sarah Earley
Founder/president
Belle Isle Women’s Committee
Julie Fershtman
Counselwoman
Zausmer, Kaufman, August, Caldwell & Taylor
Carol Goss
President
Skillman Foundation
Lydia Gutierrez
President
Hacienda Foods
Colleen Haley
President, General Motors Business Unit
Yazaki
Kim Horn
CEO
Priority Health
Donna Inch
Chairman and CEO
Ford Land
Saunteel Jenkins
Detroit City Councilwoman
Detroit City Council
Maureen Krauss
Director of Economic Development and Community Affairs
Oakland County
Kelly Major Green
Executive Vice President
United Way for Southeastern Michigan
Barbara McQuade
U.S. Attorney
Eastern District of Michigan
Valerie Parisi
Dean
Wayne State University School of Medicine
Francine Parker
Executive Director
UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust
Marjorie Simmons
Managing Principal and Chairman of the Board
SHW Group
2010 Honorees
Eileen Ashley
Senior Vice President and S. Michigan Regional Managing Director
Comerica Bank
Shari Burgess
Treasurer and VP
Lear Corporation
Susie Ellwood
President and CEO
Detroit Media Partnership
Michelle Goff
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
R. L. Polk
Colleen Haley
President, General Motors Business Unit
Yazaki
Mary Lehmann
Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, and Treasurer
Arvin Meritor
Cynthia Pasky
Founder, President & Chief Executive Officer
Strategic Staffing Solutions, Inc.
Vivian Pickard
President, General Motors Foundation, and
Director, Corporate Relations, General Motors Company
Nancy Rae
Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Communications
Chrysler LLC
Sharon Rothwell
Vice President – Corporate Affairs
Masco
Mary Zuckerman
Executive Vice President and Chief of Business Operations
Detroit Medical Center
2009 Honorees
Barbara Allushuski
Executive Vice President, Great Lakes Region
Right Management
Elise Benedict
Chairman and CEO
University Moving & Storage
Esther R. Blum
Sr VP, Controller & CAO
Taubman Centers
Denise Christy
President
Humana Michigan
Sue Cischke
Group Vice President, Environmental & Safety Engineering
Ford Motor Company
Jennie Cook
Senior Vice President
Comerica Bank
Leslie J. Cummings
Vice President-Finance; Treasurer
Knape & Vogt Manufacturing
Gloria Danna Brooks
President & CEO
Arbor Hospice
Marla Drutz
vice president and general manager
WDIV
Sue Ellen Eisenberg
Owner / Attorney
Eisenberg Law Firm
Dr. Haifa Fakhouri
President and CEO
Arab American and Chaldean Council
Nancy Gioia
Director Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Vehicle Programs
Ford Motor Co.
Rose Glenn
SVP Marketing & Comm
Henry Ford Health Systems
Colleen Haley
President, General Motors Business Unit
Yazaki
Kouhaila (Ki) Hammer
CEO
Ghafari Associates L.L.C.
Joyce Hayes-Giles
Senior Vice President
Detroit Edison and Michigan Consolidated Gas
Susan Kornfield
Partner and chair
Bodman LLP
Mary Kramer
Publisher
Crain’s Detroit Business
Ronia Kruse
President and CEO
OpTech LLC
Maureen LaFontaine
Owner
LaFontaine Automotive Group
Mary Ann Lievois
CEO
ISCG
Cheryl Lippert
Partner, Advisory Services
KPMG
Elizabeth Lowery
former Vice President, Environment & Energy
General Motors
Alyssa R. Martina
Publisher and President
Metro Parent Publishing
Patricia Maryland
President
St John Health
Dr. Mildred Matlock
COO
Rehab Institute of Michigan
Juliette Okotie-Eboh
Senior Vice President of Community Affairs and Administration
MGM Grand Detroit
Sue Perlin
Managing Partner Non Profit
Plante and Moran
Nancy Rae
Executive Vice President of Human Resources and Communications
Chrysler LLC
Pamela Rodgers
Owner/President
Rodgers Chevrolet Inc
Nettie Seabrooks
COO
DIA
Shirley Stancato
President and CEO
New Detroit Inc
Lisa Vallee-Smith
CEO & Founder
Airfoil Public Relations Inc.
Amanda Van Dusen
Principal Attorney
Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone
Lynn Weaver
Vice President, Human Resources and General Affairs
Yazaki
2008 Honorees
Barbara Allushuski
Executive Vice President, Great Lakes Region
Right Management
Susan Anderson
T-Systems North America, Inc
Vernice Anthony
Executive Director
Greater Detroit Area Health Council
Lizabeth Ardisana
Chief Executive Officer
ASG Renaissance
Eileen Ashley
Senior Vice President and S. Michigan Regional Managing Director
Comerica Bank
Leslie Banas
Attorney/Partner
Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP
Kathleen Barclay
FORMER VP, Global Human Resources
General Motors
Kay Benesh
Regional Audit Managing Partner
Deloitte & Touche
JoAnne Berryman
Senior Vice President
National City
Jan A Bertsch
Vice President & Chief Information Officer
Chrysler Group & Mercedes-Benz Sales in North America
Margaret Blohm
Margaux & Associates, LLC
Carole Brumm
Huntington Bank
Shari Burgess
Treasurer and VP
Lear Corporation
Jann Cantelon
Vice President, Auto/National Operations
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Jeanne Carlson
President and CEO
Blue Care Network
Rhonda Cohen
CEO
Motor City Casino
Karen Cullen
Vice President of Corporate Communications
Ilitch Holdings, Inc.
Lauren Eisbrenner
Executive Vice President
Eisbrenner Public Relations
Irma Elder
CEO & Pres
Elder Automotive Group
Lynne Ellyn
Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer
DTE Energy
Marianne Fey
Executive Vice President
McCann Erickson
Linda Forte
Senior Vice President, Business Affairs
Comerica Bank
Mary Fowlie
Compliance Results Associates
Christina George
Owner
Lovio-George, Inc.
Michelle Goff
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
R. L. Polk
Carol Goss
President
Skillman Foundation
Kim Green-Kerr
Area Vice President Michigan/NW Ohio
Sprint Nextel
Karla Hall
Vice President, DTE Energy Foundation
DTE Energy
Beverly Hall Burns
Principal
Miller Canfield
Michele Hodges
MaryBeth Howe
SVP and Managing Dir
Wells Fargo
Sue Kluge
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
Blue Care Network
Denise Knobblock Starr
Sr VP
Compuware
Nicole Lamb Hale
Managing Partner
Foley & Lardner
Mary Lehmann
Senior Vice President, Strategic Initiatives, and Treasurer
Arvin Meritor
Joan LeMahieu
Chief Executive Officer & President
Parade Company
Maria Leonhauser
President & Co-Owner
Franco Public Relations Group
Florine Mark
President & Chairman
Weight Watchers
Kathleen McCann
Senior Vice President
Soave Enterprises
LeAnne McCorry
Residential Mgr
Aon Group
Elaine McMahon
Senior Vice President, Small Business Banking
Comerica Bank
Terry Merritt
Senior Vice President
Walbridge Aldinger
Patricia Mooradian
President
The Henry Ford
Joan Moore
The Arbor Consulting Group, Inc.
Leslie Murphy
Managing Partner
Plante Moran
Faye Nelson
CEO/President
Detroit Riverfront Consv
Patricia Nemeth
Attorney/Owner
Nemeth Burwell, P.C.
Cindy Niekamp
BorgWarner Inc.
Mariam Noland
President
Community Foundation of SE MI
Linda Orlans
Owner
Orlans & Assc
Kathy Oswald
Henry Ford Health System
Francine Parker
Executive Director
UAW Retiree Medical Benefits Trust
Mary Petrovich
CEO
AxleTech International
Vivian Pickard
Director, Corporate Relations
General Motors Corporation
Judy Rinkus
National City
Barbara Rom
Managing Partner
Pepper Hamilton
Barbara Rossman
President & CEO
Henry Ford Macomb Hospital
Nancy Schlichting
Pres & CEO
Henry Ford Health Systems
Jennifer Schroeger
Vice President
UPS Metro Detroit
Iris Taylor
President
Detroit Receiving Hospital
Mary Templeton
Vice President
RL Polk
Mary Ann Victor
Vice President of Communications
Somanetics
Carolynn Walton
Vice President and Treasurer
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
Michelle Weil
Vice President of Tax
MAG Industrial Automation Systems
Mary Zuckerman
executive vice president and chief of business operations
Detroit Medical Center
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