Susan T. Mosey has been the Executive Director of Midtown Detroit, Inc. (MDI) in Detroit, Michigan

for twenty nine years. This non-profit organization is responsible for community development,

marketing, real estate, small business development and arts programming within Detroit’s University

Cultural Center and New Center districts – an area now known as Midtown. MDI also manages public

space maintenance and security initiatives for the district. Projects that have been undertaken by the

organization under her direction include public improvements such as new streetscapes and park

development, greenway planning and construction, and residential and commercial real estate

development and management. MDI’s newest initiative is the Live Midtown Residential Incentive

Program that encourages employees of the anchors to move to Midtown. The organization also

produces a number of signature arts events, including Art X Detroit, DLECTRICITY and Noel Night.

Donald Rencher serves as the Group Executive of Housing, Planning and Development.

Donald is responsible for expanding, coordinating and increasing collaboration among key City departments and agencies, including Planning & Development, Housing & Revitalization, and Arts & Culture. He will lead the City’s efforts to coordinate with the Bridging Neighborhoods program and independent agencies with which the City works most closely, including the Detroit Housing Commission. He also will oversee the Strategic Neighborhood Fund, and will continue to oversee the Affordable Housing Leverage Fund, which focuses on investing in the preservation and creation of affordable housing in neighborhoods across the city.

Rencher has been with the City since 2015, and worked to develop inclusive housing and neighborhood redevelopment strategies, as well as led key programs such as eviction defense, homelessness response and more. He also developed strategy and guided investment of funding from HUD for community investment and housing and economic development. He has overseen more than $500 million in investments in mixed-income housing projects in the City. Before becoming HRD director in 2018, Rencher served as the department’s deputy director.

While deputy HRD director, Rencher and HRD staff helped drive the creation of the units Jemison worked to produce. Since 2018, Rencher helped the City win 19 highly competitive Low-Income Tax Credit (LITC) awards for low-income and affordable housing and oversaw the creation of an additional approximately 4,100 total units (1,000 affordable) and the preservation of over 4,100 more. Together, since 2015, over 5,100 units have been preserved; and 6,900 new units have been produced of which 1,600 are affordable.

Last year alone, despite the COVID-19 crisis, he oversaw the preservation of 683 units of affordable housing in Detroit and the start of construction on 732 additional units, either through preservation or new construction.

During the pandemic, his department helped provide 2,400 Detroit households with eviction prevention rental assistance, and the eviction prevention helpline received 18,000 calls. HRD also coordinated 4,274 COVID tests at homeless shelters, and brought online 174 additional beds and established a 125-bed COVID shelter for those afflicted.

Before arriving in Detroit, Rencher worked as a senior attorney for the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA), where he served as lead counsel over the agency’s single-family housing portfolio. He was also responsible for housing discrimination-related cases and oversaw more than 50 large-scale multifamily real estate finance transactions. Rencher has his J.D. from Western Michigan University Law School and also is a graduate of the University of Michigan.

Michael Poris, AIA, is founding principal of McIntosh Poris Architects, a full-service architecture, interior and urban design practice in Birmingham, MI. Since returning to Detroit in 1994, Michael has been working to implement change in his hometown preserving many of Detroit’s 20th-century landmark buildings, historic districts, and iconic neighborhoods. Michaels design leadership has helped transform Detroit with projects such as the Foundation Hotel, and the East Riverfront framework plan. His work has won over 160 design awards including 30 AIA Honor awards, over 80 Detroit Design Awards and been published in over 100 publications worldwide including Dwell, Urban Land, Architectural Record, and Interior Design. Michael is currently working on an adaptive reuse of the 600,000sf Fisher Body plant in Detroit, and a 600 prefabricated home community in Colorado.

Michael was recently awarded the AIA Detroit Charles Blessing Award recognizing an individual who shows leadership in planning and civic issues and exemplifies the vision, commitment and the accomplishments of Charles A. Blessing, the visionary Detroit city planner, who committed himself to the pursuit of a higher quality of life for all. McIntosh Poris Architects has recently earned the prestigious title of Firm of the Year for 2024 from the American Institute of Architects, Michigan.

Jed Howbert is a Partner with Greatwater Opportunity Capital, a development firm and real estate

private equity manager focused on emerging urban markets in the United States. From 2014 to

2018 Jed served in the Administration of Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, most recently as the Group

Executive for Planning, Housing and Development, where he oversaw the City’s Planning and

Housing Departments, the Office of Mobility Innovation, and led the City’s work with the Detroit

Economic Growth Corporation.

Jed’s career has focused on real estate and urban development across the private and public

sector, including as an SVP at Tisman/AECOM, a VP in the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment

Group, and as a Senior Policy Advisor to the Deputy Mayor for Economic Development in the

Bloomberg Administration in New York City. Earlier in his career, Jed was a Consultant with the

Boston Consulting Group.

Jed has an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, an MA from the

School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, and a BA from Harvard

College.

Like his brothers, Quinn became exposed to the family business in his early teens, working summers in a variety of capacities within KIRCO’s construction, property management, and development services. Since officially joining the company in 2003, Quinn has played an integral role in KIRCO’s corporate real estate and healthcare-related initiatives.

Quinn continues to grow KIRCO’s corporate real estate initiatives and strategic partnerships and his primary responsibilities revolve around KIRCO’s corporate services division, pursuing and managing national build-to-suit, construction, and property management solutions for its large corporate clients. As CMO, Quinn champions the planning, development, and execution of KIRCO’s internal and external branding and marketing initiatives.

He has been honored as a DBusiness’ “30 in their Thirties” selection as well as chosen for Crain’s Detroit Business “40 Under 40” list.

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.