Board and Staff

  • Board members

  • Kerrie M. Mitchell
    President & CEO
    Detroit Public Schools Foundation

  • Rian E. Barnhill
    Vice President,
    Government & Community Affairs
    Olympia Development of Michigan

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    Charles Briggs
    Senior Vice President | Marsh-Advisory – Claims Solutions
    Marsh, USA

  • Gina Coleman
    Chief Diversity Officer
    The PNC Financial Services Group

  • Darienne D. Hudson, Ph.D.
    President and CEO
    United Way for Southeastern Michigan

  • Laura R. Kopack
    Director of Government Affairs & Community Relations
    MCA Detroit

  • Patrick O. Lindsey
    Vice President of Government Affairs & Community Relations
    Wayne State University

  • Alycia Meriweather
    Deputy Superintendent External Partnerships, Enrollment & Specialty Programming
    Detroit Public Schools Community District

  • Staff

  • Lakeshia Dickinson
    Grants Accounting Specialist

  • Lauren Evans
    Executive Assistant

  • Whitney Griffin
    Director of Donor Relations

  • Annemarie Harris
    Grant Writer
    Contract

  • Michelle Minter
    Chief Financial Officer
    Contract

  • Kerrie M. Mitchell
    President & CEO
    Detroit Public Schools Foundation

  • Yesenia Roman-Murphy
    Chief Administrative Officer

  • Rachael Williams-Welch
    Chief Development Officer