People

Michelle Srbinovich

Nina Ignaczak Monday, October 13, 2014

Michelle Srbinovich is the Interim General Manager and Digital Director at WDET and co-founder of Girl Develop it Detroit. Girl Develop It empowers women of diverse backgrounds to learn how to develop software. GDI Detroit offers classes and events for female developers and women in the Metro Detroit region who want to learn code.

Education, Technology

Detroit, Downtown Detroit

Joe Gaglio

Danny Fenster Monday, October 13, 2014

Joe Gaglio is a principal in risk advisory practice for Deloitte, as well as a passionate social activist closely involved with at leads half a dozen area nonprofits working together for a better Detroit. If you're looking for the line that connects all the various dots of Detroit innovation, it's Joe Gaglio.

Leadership, Philanthropy, Volunteerism

Detroit, Downtown Detroit

Rashida Tlaib

Amy Kuras Monday, October 13, 2014

Rashida Tlaib is a departing State Representative for Michigan's 6th Congressional District, the first Muslim woman to be elected to the state Legislature in Michigan, and only the second to have done so nationally. Recently she also helped secure funding for the Southwest Detroit Community Justice Center.

Leadership, Multiculturalism, Public Policy

Southwest Detroit

Veronika Scott

Tunde Wey Monday, September 22, 2014

Veronika Scott is the founder of The Empowerment Plan, a humanitarian project to make and deliver coats that are self-heated, waterproof, and transform into sleeping bags at night for people living on the streets.

Community Engagement, Design, Entrepreneurship, Human Services, Jobs, Leadership

Detroit, Midtown

Devita Davison

MJ Galbraith Monday, September 22, 2014

Devita Davison is the Community Kitchen Coordinator of Detroit Kitchen Connect, a network of co-working spaces for the city's food entrepreneurs.

Entrepreneurship, Food, Leadership

Detroit, Eastern Market, Southwest Detroit

Clement Brown, Jr.

Matthew Lewis Monday, September 22, 2014

Clement Brown, Jr. is the owner of FAME Shop, a community impact workshop that offers personal branding courses in the areas of fashion, art, music, and entertainment.

Arts & Culture, Community Engagement, Entrepreneurship, Kids, Outdoor Recreation, Placemaking

Northwest Detroit

Ryan Myers-Johnson

Walter Wasacz Monday, September 22, 2014

Ryan Myers-Johnson is the founder of Sidewalk Festival of Performing Arts, an annual platform that allowed emerging experimental and alternative artists in Detroit to showcase their work in full view of the public.

Arts & Culture, Community Engagement, Leadership, Outdoor Recreation, Placemaking

Northwest Detroit, Grandmont Rosedale

Michael Evans

MJ Galbraith Monday, September 22, 2014

Michael Evans developed the 'blexting' app for Loveland Technologies and their Motor City Mapping project. He also teaches programming courses at Grand Circus and has his web-based technology show PishPosh.TV.

Education, Technology

Downtown Detroit, Corktown

Mark Covington

Matthew Lewis Monday, September 15, 2014

Mark Covington is the Founder and President of the Georgia Street Community Collective, a nonprofit organization located on Detroit's Eastside that reduces blight, addresses food security issues, and builds community through urban farming.

Agriculture, Community Engagement, Development, Food, Health & Wellness, Kids, Leadership, Parks & Greenspace, Placemaking, Sustainability

Detroit

Sebastian Jackson

Amy Kuras Monday, September 15, 2014

Sebastian Jackson is the owner of Social Club Grooming Co., which provides environmentally friendly grooming services as well as health and beauty education to the metropolitan Detroit community through socially responsible practices.

Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Multiculturalism, Sustainability

Midtown

Melinda Anderson

Amy Kuras Monday, September 15, 2014

Melinda Anderson is the program manager at Detroit Design Festival and Detroit Creative Corridor Center.

Arts & Culture, Design, Outdoor Recreation, Placemaking

Detroit, Eastern Market, Midtown, Downtown Detroit, Woodward Corridor

Amy Elliott Bragg

MJ Galbraith Monday, September 15, 2014

Amy Elliott Bragg is president of Preservation Detroit, co-founder of the Detroit Drunken Historical Society, author of the book Hidden History of Detroit, founder of the Night Train (a local history blog), tour guide and all-around Detroit history aficionado.

Arts & Culture, Community Engagement, Design, Education, Rehab/Renovation

Detroit

Mitch Cope and Gina Reichert

Walter Wasacz Friday, August 29, 2014

Mitch Cope and Gina Reichert are the founders of Power House Productions, what started as a somewhat experimental community-development-slash-art project and has evolved into a catalyst for neighborhood development and a cornerstone of the burgeoning "Banglatown" arts community of national renown.

Arts & Culture, Community Engagement, Design, Development, Placemaking

Hamtramck

Jeff Aronoff

Danny Fenster Friday, August 29, 2014

Jeff Aronoff is the Executive Director of D:hive, a nonproft that has served as a sort of all-encompassing welcome point for anyone looking to live, work, learn about or do business in Detroit.

Community Engagement, Development, Education, Entrepreneurship

Detroit, Downtown Detroit