John A. Latessa, Jr. is President, Midwest Division with CBRE, Inc., and provides executive oversight for 11 offices, including the region’s flagship operations in Chicago. Prior to his promotion to this position in January 2017, Mr. Latessa directly managed the company’s Michigan operations and oversaw its operations in several markets including Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Louisville, St. Louis and Kansas City.

Mr. Latessa has extensive experience in real estate acquisitions, leasing, construction, financing, dispositions and building operations management. Prior to joining CBRE, Mr. Latessa was a Principal/Managing Director of JFK Investment Company, L.L.C. and a Project Manager/Director of Marketing with Hines Interest Limited Partnership (“Hines”). His past responsibilities include office, retail, hotel and strategic land and building acquisitions, development, leasing and new business procurement for the region.

Preceding Hines, Mr. Latessa was the manager of corporate real estate for Kelly Services, Inc. and was responsible for a portfolio in excess of six million square feet. Additionally, Mr. Latessa worked as a broker for Grubb & Ellis specializing in the acquisition, disposition and leasing of office and industrial properties.

Matthew B. Lester graduated from the University of Michigan in 1987 with a bachelor degree in history and from the University of Southern California in 1990 with a law degree. After graduation, Mr. Lester joined the law firm of Jaffe, Raitt, Heuer & Weiss, P.C. and developed a successful litigation and real estate practice. While engaged in the practice of law, Mr. Lester initiated his real estate investment career and made his first successful acquisition. In 1994, Mr. Lester founded Princeton Enterprises, L.L.C., a privately held real estate investment company that owns and operates a portfolio of commercial, medical and multifamily assets located in several states throughout the Midwest. Mr. Lester and his various partners have acquired over 100 properties, specializing in adding value to multi-family communities that have been poorly operated or managed. As chief executive officer of Princeton, Mr. Lester oversees the entire company and is responsible for the fiscal operation of each property in the portfolio. Mr. Lester is involved in every aspect of the daily operation of property management and employs an experienced and talented staff responsible for executing his strategic vision for the company.

eff is the CEO of Oxford Companies and serves as managing member to several investment partnerships with hundreds of investors. Under his leadership, the Oxford family of companies has grown from a one-person investment holding company founded in 1998 to a multi-division real estate investment services firm. Oxford now has assets under management exceeding one third of a billion dollars, as well as one of the largest portfolios of student housing.

Over that time, Jeff has been involved in millions of square feet of leases and hundreds of millions in financing. Along with a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Development from The University of Michigan, he is a Certified Commercial-Investment Member (CCIM), Licensed Real Estate Broker and Licensed Builder.

Community Involvement:

Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation, Trustee

Main Street BIZ, Board member

Honorary Chair of the Cancer Support Center’s 2016 campaign

Martial Arts Instructor at the Japanese Martial Arts Center

Lead the creation of a 4000 sq ft. Mural at 210 South Fifth Ave, the largest piece of art in Ann Arbor

Awards and Recognitions:

50 Names to Know in Real Estate, Crain’s Detroit Business – 2016

Small Business Person of the Year, A2Y Chamber – 2015

Executive of the Year by Mlive – 2015

Soaring Eagle award, Vistage International, Michigan Chapter – 2012

40 Under 40 award winner, Crain’s Detroit Business – 2005

Jeff is married to Catherine, and has four children: Charlotte, Jack, Thomas and Gigi.

Ms. Galbraith Kohn is a Senior Vice President within CBRE’s Investment Properties/Institutional Properties. With over 25 years of commercial real estate experience, Ms. Galbraith Kohn is widely recognized as one of the area’s leading investment professionals.

Focusing her efforts on advising clients on the acquisition and disposition of office, retail and industrial properties, Ms. Galbraith Kohn’s extensive client base includes insurance companies, advisors, REITs, developers, private equity groups, lenders, special services and major corporations. Throughout her career, Ms. Galbraith Kohn has successfully sold over 16.0 million square feet valued in excess of $3.5 billion.

Prior to joining CBRE, Ms. Galbraith Kohn was a Director with Cushman & Wakefield. Ms. Galbraith Kohn received her B.A. from Michigan State University and M.B.A. from the University of Michigan. She is an active member with Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) and the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC).

David Di Rita is a founder and principal of the Roxbury Group. He has over 30 years of corporate, legal and transactional experience. David is actively involved in the firm's real estate development and advisory work, typically involving challenging and complex projects, utilizing public and private financing. Prior to the Roxbury Group, David was a corporate and transaction attorney and real estate executive including senior positions at Tower Automotive, Visteon Corporation and Johnson Controls, as well as associate and of-counsel positions at both Dickinson Wright and Foley & Lardner. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and Juris Doctor from the University of Michigan. David serves on the Board of Directors for the downtown Detroit Business Improvement Zone and is the President of the Detroit Entertainment District Association.

Ellis Carr has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services and mortgage industries. Mr. Carr served as Capital Impact’s Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from July 2012 until his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer in May 2016.

Prior to joining Capital Impact, he held various positions in the investments, capital markets, strategy and corporate finance areas within Freddie Mac and in fixed income fund management both domestically and abroad at Deutsche Bank.

Mr. Carr is an Aspen Institute Finance Leader Fellow; serves on Morgan Stanley’s Community Development Advisory Board; is the Board Chair for Martha’s Table; and Board Treasurer for HPN (the Housing Partnership Network). In 2015, he was recognized as one of the “Top 40 under 40” business executives by the Washington Business Journal. Mr. Carr graduated from Towson University with an undergraduate degree in accounting, and from Georgetown University with a master’s degree in real estate with a concentration in finance.

Ms. Stacy Fox is co-founder and principal of the Roxbury Group. Stacy is extremely active in the efforts to revitalize downtown Detroit. In addition to Roxbury's development activities in the city, in 2013, she was appointed by Governor Rick Snyder to serve as Deputy Emergency Manager of the City of Detroit, where she played an instrumental role in guiding the City through the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history. She also serves as a member of the executive committee of Downtown Detroit Partnership, and chair of its Stakeholders Committee. She is the founder and donor advisor of the Detroit of Tomorrow Fund (formerly Collins & Aikman Foundation), a 501c3 foundation dedicated to strengthening downtown Detroit and promoting opportunities for living and working in the city. Ms. Fox was also a gubernatorial appointee to the board of directors of Michigan Fast Track Land Bank Authority (and served as it initial chairperson). She's a past recipient of Automotive News 100 leading women in the automotive industry award and is admitted to practice law in Michigan, Massachusetts and Delaware.

Stacy has 30 years experience as a corporate and restructuring attorney and executive advisor to CEO's and boards of directors. She is currently the Executive Vice President and General Counsel of DuPont Corporation. Prior to this, she has served as the top legal officer for three major public companies. Most recently, Ms. Fox was senior vice-president of strategy and general counsel of Sunoco, Inc., a Philadelphia-based refining and distribution company, which ranked as a Fortune 50 company during Ms. Fox's tenure.

Prior to Sunoco, Ms. Fox served as executive vice-president, chief administrative officer and general counsel at Collins & Aikman Corporation (C&A), a global publicly-traded tier one automotive supplier, and prior to that, served as senior vice-president, corporate transactions and legal affairs and general counsel for Visteon Corporation, another major tier one automotive supplier listed on the NYSE. Ms. Fox also spent 11 years as an executive at Johnson Controls

She graduated from the University of Michigan Law School and also received her Bachelor of Science undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan.

Debra Homic Hoge is the global director of real estate at GM and is responsible for the acquisition, disposition and redevelopment of corporate real estate throughout the world. GM’s portfolio consists of over 335 million square feet. She maintains a State of Michigan Brokers License, and has also received a Master of Corporate Real Estate (MCR) designation from CoreNet, a global real estate consortium where she now serves on the Global Board of Directors.

Capital Impact Partners (formerly NCB Capital Impact) is a non-profit Community Development Financial Institution that maintains the highest financial strength and impact ratings from CARS. It assists underserved communities in attaining high-quality health care, education, foods and housing.

Fund manager for the $30MM Woodward Corridor Investment Fund (WCIF), the fund was created by bank and social investors to bring financing to developers interested in revitalizing the Detroit Woodward Corridor. Also, Fund Manager for the $30MM Detroit Neighborhood Fund created to bring additional housing and economic development to Detroit neighborhoods.

In 2015, Barry joined Colliers International to

expand the Colliers Detroit market with his

investment sales experience.

Barry has been an active investment sales

agent for the last 20 years, transacted on

over 20,000 apartment units and more than

15M SF of commercial assets.

Through his activity with the valuation and

disposition of value-add and stabilized

income producing properties, he has

successfully worked through periods of

economic growth and contraction. He has an

extensive history of producing sale results

with outside of the box solutions to maximize

value.

Over the years, Barry has transacted on

hundreds of complicated dispositions, that

included receivership, lender debt, REO and

stabilized assets. He operates exclusively as

a sell-side broker, with transactions

spreading across all major investment

commercial real estate property types. He

has navigated through multitudes of unique

and complex scenarios.

Barry is regarded as a highly trusted and

well-connected industry expert. He is called

upon by financial institutions, private clients

and peers alike, for his candid market insight

and ability to create effective asset

management plans for disposition to aid

clients with their ongoing business planning.

The results maximize value, regardless of

the quality of the asset.

Jeffrey Schostak- Jeffrey Schostak received his Bachelor’s degree from Indiana University in 2005.

Jeffrey worked for Urban Retail Properties, a commercial real estate development and management

firm headquartered in Chicago, from 2005 through 2010.  Jeff focused on retail leasing and acquisitions;

where he was responsible for securing a portfolio of retail real estate for the company valued at nearly

$200MM.  Jeffrey returned to Michigan in the fall of 2010, and became the first member of the 4 th

generation of his family to join Schostak Brothers & Company Inc, where he is currently the President of

Schostak Development. Jeffrey was recently responsible for sourcing a 93,000 square foot Build-to-Suit

HQ building for the MASCO Corporation in Livonia, MI. Jeffrey’s responsibilities include overseeing all

new ground-up development projects, redevelopment of existing assets, and value-add acquisitions for

the company. As well as, leading the efforts to secure retail, office, industrial, and health care users for

Schostak Brothers 1,000 acres of vacant land in Southeastern Michigan. Jeffrey was named one of L.

Brooks Patterson Elite 40 Under 40 in 2012 and Crain’s 40 Under 40 in 2016.

Bruce Brickman is co-owner of General Development Company, LLC. Mr. Brickman is responsible for real estate development/acquisition, financing, equity and debt placement, construction management activities, and client real estate consulting needs. With over 30 years experience in the commercial/industrial real estate and construction business, Mr. Brickman has been responsible for the development and acquisition of over 100 industrial and commercial projects ranging in size from 10,000 sq. ft. to 1,000,000+ square feet.

Bruce has a Bachelors Degree in Architecture from Lawrence Technological University, and is active in a number of local causes.

RJ Wolney is Bedrock’s Vice President of Finance

managing investment and finance aspects of Bedrock's

current and prospective real estate projects. Wolney leads

evaluation of real estate investment opportunities including;

market and strategic analysis, project underwriting, new

development pursuit, financial due diligence and financing

capital structure execution.

Wolney has more than 15 years of experience working with publicly and privately-held

businesses in various areas of finance including mergers and acquisitions, equity capital

raising, and debt financing. Previously, Wolney worked in the corporate finance

department of William Blair & Company, a global investment banking and asset

management firm based in Chicago, working with consumer and retail businesses

primarily offering mergers and acquisitions as well as capital raising advisory services.

Wolney moved back to the Detroit area with his wife and son in 2012 to join the exciting

efforts underway at Rock Ventures and to help revitalize his hometown. Wolney is a

member of the Board of Directors for Hatch Detroit, Jefferson East Inc., and the Grosse

Pointe War Memorial. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame and

Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management.

Dennis Bernard is the founder and President of Bernard Financial Group (“BFG”) and Bernard Financial Servicing Group

(“BFSG”). Founded in 1991, BFG has grown into the largest commercial mortgage banking firm in Michigan financing

on average over $1 billion each year of Michigan Commercial Real Estate. BFG became a member of the Strategic

Alliance Mortgage (SAM) network in 2003 (www.samalliance.com). SAM is a national network of the largest

independently owned commercial mortgage banking firm and the third largest lending platform in the country. Mr.

Bernard is its current national President.

Mr. Bernard specializes in both debt and equity placement with commercial lenders and institutional joint venture

participants. Bernard Financial Group has also been involved in commercial mortgage servicing on construction and

permanent loan portfolios. Mr. Bernard has been involved with over 1,200 commercial real estate financial transactions

totaling over $18,600,000,000. Mr. Bernard has been engaged as both a consultant and a correspondent by over twenty

five national lenders. Bernard Financial Group’s client list reads like Michigan’s Who’s Who of owners and developers.

These transactions have included multi and single tenant office, industrial, hi-tech, retail, multi-family, manufactured

housing communities, self-storage, hotel and senior housing.

Bernard Financial Group has closed over $16,100,000,000 in financing since its inception. These included forward

commitments and immediate fundings on multi-family, retail, industrial and high-tech properties. The lenders were Life

Companies, pension funds, structured lenders, securitized lenders and quasi-government agencies. Bernard Financial

Servicing Group currently provides full cashiering servicing for over $3,800,000,000 for Life Companies and CMBS

Lenders. Bernard Financial Servicing Group is now actively sub Special Servicing for many national firms.

Mr. Bernard's educational background includes a Bachelor's Degree in Finance from Miami University along with a MBA

specializing in Finance and Strategic Planning from Case Western Reserve University. Mr. Bernard has been a lecturer on

real estate finance at the University of Michigan's Graduate School of Business. Mr. Bernard has also appeared as an

expert witness on real estate interest rates and financings in Michigan, New York and Texas. Mr. Bernard has been an

editorial contributor to The Wall Street Journal, Commercial, Inc., Crain’s Detroit Business, Michigan Real Estate

Journal, Midwest Real Estate News, National Real Estate Investors, Heartland Properties, Real Estate Forum, among

others.

Mr. Bernard has received numerous awards for his community and business involvements. Most recently, he was elected

to the Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) CRE Board of Governors. Additionally, he has been recognized by Crain’s

Detroit Business as a “40 under 40”, by Midwest Real Estate News as a “40 over 40” Most Influential Real Estate

Professional and Midwest CRE Hall of Fame, and by Commercial Inc. as an Elite Eight winner. He has been bestowed the

honor of the 2006 Governors Service Award for Volunteering and Community Leadership. He has also received Crain’s

Detroit Business, University of Michigan and ULI’s “Real Estate Excellence” award. Mr. Bernard was recently honored

by being awarded the International Association of Jewish Vocational Services Greenberg Leadership Award. He has also

received the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit’s Young Leadership Award, the Jewish Community Council

Activist of the Year Award, the American Jewish Committee “Outstanding Humanitarian Award”, and was deemed

“Home Town Hero” for Oakland County for his activities and involvements on behalf of local charities. Mr. Bernard

currently sits on nine different charitable organizations Board of Trustees. Mr. Bernard has been the Vice Chair of

Michigan’s Venture Michigan Fund and currently serves as gubernatorial appointments to two other State of Michigan

Boards or Task Forces. Mr. Bernard enjoys his mentoring in the Detroit Public Schools.

Most importantly, Mr. Bernard goes home for dinner every night and spends the weekends with his family.

Dietrich A. Knoer is a principal of the Platform, a development company dedicated to the rebuilding of Detroit. He is responsible for developing new business, setting strategic direction, and running the day-to-day business of the Platform. Dietrich has 20 years of domestic and international development and investment experience. He is passionate about the resurgence of Detroit and the opportunities that are derived from the urbanization of American cities. He is the formerchief investment officer for Redico LLC, Southfield, a real estate development and investment company in Detroit. He earned an MBA from the Amos Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, and a bachelor’s in economics from the Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, Germany. He is involved in several non-profit organizations that are making a difference in the life of inner city Detroit residents, and is a communicant at Christ Church Cranbrook in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.

Fernando Palazuelo was born in Madrid in 1955. The CEO of Arte Express, he has over thirty-five years of experience as an international developer for historic renovations around the globe. Most recently converting a large potion of the historic downtown core of Lima Peru, (21 buildings) and previously spurring historic development in Palma de Mallorca (36 buildings), Bhaktapur in Nepal, Barcelona (62 buildings) and Madrid, converting in total over one hundred and twenty buildings. In Lima, Arte Express has converted over 1.5 million square feet and brought over 15,000 jobs to the area through the process.

Arte Express Detroit, LLC purchased the Packard Plant property in the Wayne County Auction in 2013 and is working with his team to develop a master plan to historically restore this site. Mr. Palazuelo has a vision to bring back opportunity, jobs and commerce to the east side of Detroit through the Packard redevelopment.

Dan Mullen is President and Chief Marketing Officer of Bedrock. In this role, he is responsible for creating and implementing the company’s vision for Detroit’s downtown. He has played a crucial role in locating and attracting unique, innovative companies and retail tenants to the city’s Central Business District. Mullen also serves on the board of the Empowerment Plan, a Detroit non-profit that hires previously homeless women to make sleeping bag coats for the homeless. He has been recognized as one of Detroit’s top young business leaders, receiving a “30 in Their Thirties” award from DBusiness magazine and a “40 Under 40” award from Crain’s Detroit Business. Mullen began his career with Dan Gilbert’s Family of Companies in 2003 as a mortgage banker for Quicken Loans.

As Managing Director of Gensler Detroit, John oversees office initiatives related to design, client development and strategic growth. With expertise in the “business of design thinking,” he is driven by a passion for helping clients align their most valuable assets – people and place – through the creation of award-winning spaces that support organizational mission and position them to grow and embrace future opportunities. Leveraging design as a tool, John leads diverse teams to attain clients’ larger organizational goals and has earned the respect of colleagues and clients as a trusted guide and strategist. He holds a Master of Architecture from the University of Kansas and a Bachelor of General Studies and a certification in Environmental Studies from the University of Missouri.

Jason Raznick is the founder of Benzinga, a media and data technology startup empowering a new generation of investors. Raznick launched Benzinga.com in 2010, and it has since grown to become a hub for actionable information on the capital markets with approximately 2 million readers a month. Benzinga.com is supported by a high-speed newswire, Benzinga Pro, which is home to exclusive market-moving news.

Raznick is a graduate of the University of Michigan, where he started multiple companies. He has been quoted in a variety of financial news publications, such as CNBC, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post. Raznick has been named to the Crain's Detroit Business 40 Under 40 list as well as the DBusiness 30 in Their 30s list. Benzinga is based in Detroit, and Raznick is dedicated to helping rebuild Detroit as a hub of technology and finance.

Maurice Cox is the planning director for the city of Detroit. He most recently served as associate dean for community engagement at Tulane University’s School of Architecture and director of the Tulane City Center, a university-affiliated practice operating at the intersection of design, urban research and civic engagement throughout New Orleans.

Cox previously taught at Syracuse University, the University of Virginia and Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. He also served as design director of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) from 2007-2010, where he led the NEA’s Your Town Rural Institute, the Governors’ Institute on Community Design, the Mayors’ Institute on City Design, and oversaw grants to the design community across the United States.

He was named one of “20 Masters of Design” in 2004 by Fast Company magazine for his experience merging architecture, politics and design education. In 2013, Cox was named one of the “Most Admired Design Educators in America” in the annual ranking of Design Intelligence.

Randall Book joined Colliers International’s

Occupier Services Group in 2011 as part of

the national steering committee. Throughout

his 25-year career he has concentrated his

practice on Tenant and Owner representation

around the world. As Executive Vice

President he has completed transactions that

included office space, building sales, land

leasing, purchases and build to suit projects.

Notable completed deals by Randall include

Masco Corporation; Eberspaecher, Allstate,

ITC International, A123, TSC of Michigan, St.

John Hospital, Oakland County Development,

Kennametal, UBS, New York Life Insurance,

Hewlett Packard, DTE Energy, Siemen’s

Automotive, and Giarmarco Mullins & Horton,

to name a few. Randy’s focus over the last

several years has been to bring new

businesses to the state of Michigan and has

traveled to Europe, Korea, Dubai, Indonesia

and China to procure and develop these

relationships.

Jared Friedman is the Manager of Acquisitions & Opportunities for Friedman. Prior to joining Friedman, Jared served as Senior Associate at Origin Investments in Chicago where he was responsible for underwriting, due diligence and closing of commercial real estate investments located in Denver, Dallas, Charlotte and Chicago. Prior to joining Origin, Jared worked as a Financial Analyst at Equity Office Properties where he prepared property valuation models for over six million square feet of office space and maintained investment-level performance models relating to $21B in office investments made by Blackstone. Prior to Equity Office, Jared served as a summer analyst at BMO Capital Markets in their Real Estate Investment Banking Group.

Andrew is responsible for all aspects of property management accounting, corporate accounting, construction accounting, financial services, asset management, information technologies, and human resources. Mr. Gutman's focus is on internal and external client services and the provision of timely and accurate client-required information and maximizing asset value. He has been responsible for direct oversight of over $100,000,000 in debt and equity vehicles for the organization and for clients.

Thomas S. “Tom” Wilson was named President and Chief Executive Officer of Olympia Entertainment, Detroit’s premier marketer of sports and entertainment events, on February 23, 2010. Olympia Entertainment also handles business operations for the Detroit Red Wings, an Original Six member of the National Hockey League, and collaborates with the Detroit Tigers baseball franchise and other Ilitch companies.

As president and CEO of Olympia Entertainment, Wilson has identified opportunities for innovative ways to package and promote the substantial assets of the organization through multi-venue offerings and creative promotions. As one of the most diverse and leading sports and entertainment organizations in the country, Olympia owns and operates Detroit’s Fox Theatre, the intimate City Theatre, and also books and operates Joe Louis Arena and books Comerica Park. Wilson is also responsible for guiding and growing these venues as well as looking for opportunities to expand the portfolio.

In addition, Wilson collaborates with leaders of the other Ilitch companies to find synergies that ultimately deliver more memorable experiences at a greater value for customers, sponsors and other stakeholders. One of his initial strategic priorities was to leverage the natural business opportunities among Olympia Entertainment, the Detroit Red Wings and the Detroit Tigers – while also aggressively looking for new areas of collaboration to grow these businesses as well as other companies within the Ilitch enterprise.

Wilson had an illustrious 32-year career with the Detroit Pistons, including the last 22 years as president and CEO of Palace Sports & Entertainment, Inc. (PS&E). Wilson oversaw the Detroit Pistons and the organization’s three venues: The Palace, DTE Energy Music Theatre and Meadow Brook Music Festival. The Palace of Auburn Hills is home to the Detroit Pistons, members of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

The organization reached unprecedented success in 2004 when the Detroit Pistons won the NBA World Championship, the Tampa Bay Lightning – then owned by PS&E – earned the NHL’s Stanley Cup and the previously PS&E-owned Detroit Shock began defense of the WNBA title it earned the previous season. It marked the first time in pro sports history an ownership held three trophies simultaneously.

The Palace was designed largely around Wilson's input and he was responsible for staffing and developing the operational philosophies of the new arena. Under his direction, The Palace earned Arena of the Year awards nine times by Performance magazine, beginning with New Venue of the Year in 1988. His direction was instrumental in the renovation of DTE Energy Music Theatre. The facility was named the nation’s busiest, top grossing or highest attended outdoor venue in year-end lists of entertainment in trade publications in each of its 19 seasons under Wilson’s guidance. It was named Best Outdoor Concert Venue in Pollstar’s 2000 Readers’ Poll and was nominated Amphitheatre of the Year each summer of PS&E ownership. In 1994, PS&E assumed management of Meadow Brook Music Festival on the grounds of Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan.

A native of Detroit, Wilson joined the Pistons in 1978 and was promoted to Chief Executive Officer the following year. In 1993, Wilson was named President and CEO of the Pistons. During his tenure, the Pistons were recognized as one of the best-marketed and most highly valued teams in the NBA.

Wilson, a graduate of Cass Technical High School and Wayne State University, began his career working for the Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Kings and The Forum.

Mr. Wilson has been active in the community throughout his career. He has served as President of the Pistons Palace Foundation, has been a board member of Boys Hope/Girls Hope, The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan and the Boy Scouts, and Director of The Parks Program. He has been an honorary chair for the Salvation Army and Forgotten Harvest, active with the Boys Club and with March of Dimes, and is on the Board of Trustees for CATCH.

Wilson and his wife Linda reside in Oakland Township.

Stacy advances and oversees the day-to-day management operations for General Development Company,LLC’s real estate holdings. Stacy also administers marketing and public relations relative to Tenants, Real Estate Brokers and new business development. Stacy is the lead leasing coordinator for General Development Company, LLC and the development of strategic partnerships throughout the industry.

Prior to joining the General Development team, Stacy served as an Industrial Real Estate Broker for eleven years. Stacy has over 20 years experience in Commercial Real Estate and property management.

Stacy received a B.B.A in Finance and Merchandising. Stacy also holds a Real Estate Brokers License.

David has been with VG for 12 years. He started with the company as a Manager in Training and now leads all of the regional and corporate teams responsible for apartment management and related services. He directs all practices and initiatives geared toward property management operating systems, new technologies and services. David is also the Executive Mentor for Village Green’s Manager in Training program and in 2015 was named to Real Estate Forums Top 50 under 40. “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” - Michael Jordan

Wright L. Lassiter III is the President and CEO of Henry Ford Health System, overseeing the $5.5 billion health

system comprised of six hospitals, a health plan and a wide range of ambulatory and retail health services

consisting of more than 60 clinical locations and 28,000 employees.

Lassiter joined Henry Ford in December 2014 as president. In his first year, he led the Board and senior

management team through a comprehensive strategic planning effort to position Henry Ford for the future. In

addition, he oversaw two successful mergers, one with Allegiance Health in Jackson, Michigan, and the other

with HealthPlus of Michigan, a health plan based in Flint, expanding the geographic footprint of the System and

generating an additional $1 billion in revenue.

A seasoned health care executive, Lassiter has more than 25 years of experience working in large, complex

health systems, including Methodist Health System in Dallas and JPS Health Network in Fort Worth, Texas.

Prior to joining Henry Ford, Lassiter was CEO of Alameda Health System in Oakland, California, where he was

credited with leading the expansion and turnaround of the $865 million public health system, achieving eight

years of positive financial performance, The Joint Commission Top Performer status, significant increases in

patient engagement and reductions in patient harm.

Lassiter’s work has received many national accolades, most notably “100 Most Influential People in Healthcare

in 2016” by Modern Healthcare; 2016/2012 “Top 25 Minority Healthcare Executives in U.S. Healthcare” by

Modern Healthcare; 2014 “Top Blacks in U.S. Healthcare” by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Disparities

Solutions; and 2011 “20 People Who Make Healthcare Better” in the U.S by HealthLeaders. Fast Company

prominently featured Lassiter’s work to rebuild Alameda.

An avid community leader, Lassiter has held volunteer positions at the United Way, Salvation Army and YMCA.

Currently, he serves on the boards of the American Hospital Association, America’s Essential Hospitals, Federal

Reserve Bank of Chicago – Detroit Branch, Detroit Regional Chamber, LeMoyne College, City Year Detroit, and

YMCA-USA National Board of Directors.

Lassiter received his master’s degree in Healthcare Administration from Indiana University where he graduated

number one in his class, and completed his bachelor’s degree with honors in Chemistry from LeMoyne College

in Syracuse.

Aaron Seybert is a social investment officer at The Kresge Foundation. He supports the Social

Investment Practice and the Detroit Program at Kresge. He joined the foundation in 2016.

Previously, he served as executive director at JPMorgan Chase Bank, where he was involved

with community development banking focused on New Markets Tax Credits and Historic Tax

Credit investing.

He started his career in impact investing at Cinnaire (formerly the Great Lakes Capital

Fund) addressing affordable housing, and previously worked with Legal Aid of Central

Michigan. He has served on the board of directors for the Michigan Magnet Fund, Lake

Trust Credit Union and the Core Cities Strategic Fund advisory board.

A native of Michigan, Aaron earned a bachelor in business administration in corporate

finance and accounting from Central Michigan University in Mt. Pleasant, Mich., and a

juris doctorate from the Michigan State University College of Law.