Membership

Chair:
Walter Watkins, City of Detroit

Members:
Rod Alberts, Detroit Auto Dealers Association
Larry Alexander, Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau
Linda Bade, Downtown Detroit Inc.
Richard Blouse, Detroit Regional Chamber                                                            Stephen Cassin, Macomb County
Matthew Cullen, General Motors
Robert Daddow, Oakland County
Joan Gehrke, Consultant
Thomas Guastello, Comfort Inn
Derrick Miller, City of Detroit                                                                                 Don Morandini, Macomb County
Bill Ninivaggi, Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center
Gerald Poisson, Oakland County
Doug Rothwell, General Motors
Larry Simmons, Wayne County                                                                          Howard Sims, SDG Design                                                                               Leonard Williams, Jr., Hotel Baronette                                                               George Zimmerman, Travel Michigan 

Resource Persons:
Bruce Babiarz, Barton Malow Co.                                                                        Alex Ivanikiw, Barton Malow Co.                                                                           James F. Haddon, Citigroup Global Markets Inc.                                                   Charles H. Johnson, C. H. Johnson Consulting, Inc.                                              Bella Marshal, Wayne County                                                                              Susan Sieger, KPMG                                                                                          HNTB                                                                                                                Jim Townsend, Tourism Economic Development Council
Jane Bertsch, Tourism Economic Development Council
Brandy Lincoln, Tourism Economic Development Council