Team
Stakeholder Advisory Group
The Stakeholder Advisory Group is a dedicated group of small and mid-sized Detroit business owners charged with utilizing their experience to inform the work of DMB and help the coalition keep business owner perspectives at the core of what we do. This group has been carefully selected to reflect the rich diversity of Detroit’s small business community, and to bring solutions-oriented owners together to support one another as well as business owners at large.
Ashley Carpenter-Logan
Klassic Mobile Gardens
Danielle North
Kidz Kingdom
Lester Gouvia
Norma G's
Juan Carlos Dueweke-Perez
Featherstone Agency
Nefertiti Harris
Textures by Nefertiti
Dawn Sanford
Shears and Shaves
Ping Ho
The Royce, Marrow
Latricia Wilder
Vibe Ride
DMB Staff
Pierre Batton
Executive Director
Keyra Cokley
BuyDetroit
Program Manager
MD-Abdul Muhit
District 3 Business Liaison
Brianna Walker
District 7 Business Liaison
Andrew Lucco
Director Of Motor City Match
Lily Hamburger
Senior Director
Denise Colona
Development Manager
M. Bivings
District 4 Business Liaison
Gregoire Eugene-Louis
Motor City Re-Store Program Manager
Ja Lisia Melendez
Small Business Services Coordinator
Margarita Barry
Marketing & Communications Manager
Tenecia Johnson
District 1 Business Liaison
Mikki Godfrey
District 5 Business Liaison
Latosha Franklin
Interim Technical Assistance Manager
Kristen Morris
Small Business Associate
Alondra Alvizo
Detroit Means Business Coordinator
Lashawna Manigault
Director Of Small Business Retention & Expansion/ District 2 Business Liaison
Perla Hernandez
District 6 Business Liaison
Medvis Jackson
Motor City Match Classes & Workshops Coordinator
Madison Schillig
Design Coordinator For Motor City Match
Exec Committee
Dave Blaszkiewicz
Invest Detroit
Tim Carter
McKinsey
Nicole Sherard-Freeman
City of Detroit
David Hamilton
McKinsey
September Hargrove
JPM Chase Bank
Kevin D. Johnson
DEGC
Pamela Lewis
New Economy Initiative
Conrad Mallett
City of Detroit
David E Meador
DTE
Carla Walker-Miller, Chair
Walker-Miller Energy Services
Chuck Nolen, Vice Chair
Cutter's Bar & Grill
Funders
Coalition Partners
DMB is a coalition of more than 60 public, private and philanthropic leaders, Detroit-based business support organizations and civic minded small-business entrepreneurs. Its goal is to identify and remove systemic barriers to small-business success by working collectively and leveraging its significant influence to provide resources and improve Detroit’s small business ecosystem.