National Advisory Board
Mr. Gemini Agaloos
DevSecOps Software Engineer
GE Aviation
Atty. David Anderson
Founder and CEO
​Great Lakes Regional Center, LLC
Mr. Karl Bell
Managing Director
GAA New Ventures
Mr. Daryl Carter
Founder, Chairman, and CEO
Avanath Capital Management, LLC
Mr. Frank Clark
Former President
Chicago Board of Education
Mayor Henry Cotton
Mayor, Louisiana, GA
President, Sage Group
Atty. John Daniels
Chairman Emeritus
Quarles and Brady LLP
Ms. Christine Doby
Program Officer
Fred A. And Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation
Dr. Brenda Grover
Teacher and Department Head
Richwood High School
Elder John Henderson
President and CEO
AEL-Span, LLC
Mr. Adrian Hunter
Founder
Ivy League Tutoring
Dr. Conway Jeffress
Former President
Schoolcraft College
Pastor Gerald Johnson
Senior Pastor, The Gathering Church
EVP for Global Manufacturing, General Motors
Mrs. Joyce Johnson-Miller
Chairman and CIO
Pacific Gate Capital Management
Mr. Wright Lassiter III
President and CEO
Henry Ford Health System
Mr. Glenn McIntosh
VP for Student Affairs & Chief Diversity Officer
Oakland University
Bishop Andrew Merritt
Senior Pastor
Straight Gate International Church
Mrs. Terri Moon
Executive VP, Admin & Strategic Planning
GAA Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management
Bishop Simon Monda
Founder
Overcomers Caring Ministries
Rabbi Yechiel Morris
Rabbi
Young Israel of Southfield
Sheriff Benny Napoleon
Board Member Emeritus
Mrs. Lisa Nassardeen-Buckley
CEO
American Automation, Inc.
Dr. Clarence Nixon, Jr.
Founder
t.Lab and AcquireOne
Mr. Kendall Norris
CEO
The Global Leadership Forum
Mr. Tobi Olaitan
Lead Consultant
Crownfield Development Consult
Atty. Pamela Parrish
Chief Legal Counsel
Transactions and Economic Development
City of Detroit
Mr. LaVal Perry
President
All American Management Group
Dr. William Pickard
Chairman
GAA Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management
Atty. Orriel Richardson
US Congress Health Counsel
Committee on Ways and Means
US Congress
Mr. George Schlott
Senior Account Executive
ACT Client Relations Accounts Management
Mr. Robert Scott
Vice President and Dean
Global Institute for Professional Development
IT Senior Management Forum
Bishop J. Drew Sheard
Pastor
Greater Emmanuel Institutional C.O.G.I.C.
Mr. Jim Skogsbergh
President and CEO
Advocate Aurora Health
Mr. Kelvin Squires
CEO
Center Line Electric, Inc.
Dr. Charisse Staine
Lead Pastor
Detroit Worship Center
Mr. David Steward
Chairman of the Board
Worldwide Technology
Mr. John Tribble
Vice President – Chief Administrative Officer
CM Regent Insurance Company
Mrs. Kimberly Tyle
Chief Development Officer
Ascension Providence Foundation
Dr. Bill Winston
Senior Pastor
Living Word Christian Center