2024 Class Members

William Aldridge Jr.

Wixom

Joe Bamberger

Bloomfield Hills

Jared Barnett

Auburn Hills

Community Health Worker, Honor Community Health

TeQuion M. Brookins

Southfield

Founder & CEO, TeQuionBrookins LLC

Myka S. Burley

Southfield

Associate Director, Skills, Michigan Central

Ernesto Chavez

Waterford

CEO & Co-Founder, Bright Loritos

Dr. Jun Chen

Novi

Assistant Professor, Oakland University

Jessica Cortez

Bloomfield Hills

Founder, Bloomfield Child & Family Counseling

Mike Cousins

Farmington Hills

Partner & GIS Practice Leader, OHM Advisors

Dr. Caress A. Dean

Clinton Township

Associate Professor/MPH Program Director/Chair of the Department of Public and Environmental Wellness, Oakland University

Peggy Du

Farmington Hills

Executive Director/Accounting Manager, Association of Chinese Americans, Inc.

NaÕJeray Elam

Pontiac

Lead 4th Grade Teacher, University Prep Academy - Ellen Thompson

Jose Flores

Rochester Hills

CEO, Ancor Automotive

Michelle Foster

Ferndale

Executive Director, NASLEF

Sairy Garcia

Business Forward Consultant, Oakland Thrive

Angela Gill

Oxford

Emergency Food Programs Manager, Lighthouse

Eric W. Gregory

Troy

Member (Partner), Dickinson Wright PLLC

Kyra Harris Bolden

Farmington Hills

Michigan Supreme Court Justice, State of Michigan

Alan Hejl

Ferndale

Founder, Spark Access

Ashley Hinton

Southfield

Eligibility Coordinator, Oakland County - Neighborhood Housing & Development

Donovan Jackson

Oak Park

Director of Parks & Recreation, Charter Township of Royal Oak

Emily Karlichek

Farmington Hills

Senior Product Marketing Manager, Snap One

Joshua Lumsden

Waterford

Federal Investigator, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Dr. Yuliya Malayev, DO, MPH

West Bloomfield

Physician, Metro OB-GYN

Randall Mansour

Troy

Partner, Disability Law Group

Mike McKinstry

West Bloomfield

Executive Producer/Host, Bassquatch Productions LLC

Lydia Michael

West Bloomfield

Founder and Owner, Blended Collective

Jon Ong

Bloomfield

Director of Transportation Operations, RXO

Dr. Dev M. Oza

West Bloomfield

Associate Dentist, Royal Dental Center

Tim Paré

CEO/Artistic Director, Michigan Stage

Jeffrey Polkowski

Waterford

Director of Development Services, Charter Township of Waterford

Erin Quetell

Farmington Hills

Chief Sustainability Officer, Oakland County

Ashley Sansom, LMSW

Waterford Township

Youth Mental Health Liaison, Oakland Community Health Network

Brooke Scott

Oxford

Analyst/Compliance and Economic Development - Tax Focus, Magna

Christopher Sim

Auburn Hills

Program Manager/Diversity Supplier Development/Stellantis Purchasing, Stellantis

Jaclyn Sivers

Clarkston

Senior Assistant Prosecuting Attorney - Juvenile Justice Division, Oakland County Prosecutor's Office

Daniel Snyder

Royal Oak

Senior Strategic Buyer, AGC Automotive Americas

Hemanth Tadepalli

Troy

Cybersecurity Compliance Engineer, May Mobility

Marissa Antonio Wiesen

Birmingham

Assistant Attorney General, Michigan Department of Attorney General

Christian J. Williams

Farmington Hills

Professional Development Consultant, CJW Consulting Group LLC Supplier Diversity Consultant, Henry Ford Health