A 13-member steering committee for the long-term planning from the Detroit Works Project:

• George W. Jackson, Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, Steering Committee Chair
• Bishop Charles Ellis, Greater Grace Temple, Chair Mayor’s Advisory Task Force
• Lydia Gutierrez, Hacienda Mexican Products, Chair Mayor’s Advisory Task Force
• Heaster Wheeler, Wayne County, Chair Mayor’s Advisory Task Force
• Alice Thompson, Black Family Development, Chair Mayor’s Advisory Task Force
• Phillip Cooley, Slows Bar BQ, Chair Mayor’s Advisory Task Force
• Rod Rickman, Rickman Enterprises
• Dr. George Swan, COO, Wayne County Community College
• Tyrone Davenport, CEO, Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
• Laura Trudeau, Kresge Foundation
• Don Chen, Ford Foundation
• Marja Winters, City of Detroit Planning & Development Department
• Marcell Todd, City of Detroit City Planning Commission