Team Kiva Detroit

Kiva Detroit is a community-led effort by leaders from across Detroit. The efforts of the individuals below are inspiring and truly embody partnership. We are honored to be working with this tremendous group of passionate individuals.

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Doug Adams
Vice President - SBA Lending
Comerica Bank

Suzanne Adatto
Account Strategist
Google

Ken Agacinski
Executive Director
The More Program

Aubrey C. Agee, II
Senior Program Administrator
Blackstone LaunchPad WSU

Faris Alami
Entrepreneurial Partner Champion
TechTown

Tania B. Allen
Wayne State University Law School
Disability, Small Business
Enterprises and Asylum/Immigration Law Clinics

Michelle Andonian
Michelle Andonian Photography

Brian Balasia
Chief Executive Officer
Digerati

Margarita Barry
Founder
I Am Young Detroit & 71 POP

Scott Benson
Small Business Manager
Midtown Detroit

Bethany Betzler
Associate Director of Client Services
Detroit Creative Corridor Center

Latifa Bradwell
Certified Business Consultant
EMU-MISBTDC

April Boyle
Detroit Artist Market 

Brian Boyle
Publisher
Issue Media Group

Matt Clayson
Director
Detroit Creative Corridor Center

Phillip Cooley
Owner
Slows BBQ

Susanne Cordes-Hoelterhoff
Professional Business Coach
Intercultural Trainer

Scott Allen Davis
Executive Director
Vanguard CDC

Marguerite Dillard
Michigan International Professional Association

Randall Fogelman
Vice President of Business Development
Eastern Market Corporation

Mike Forbis
University of Michigan, IRLEE
MB:S2T Program | Sr. Project Manager

Lyndon Ford
Director
Tax Trouble Help

Joe Gaglio
Senior Manager
Deloitte

Michelle M. Gallardo
Assistant General Counsel
Automotive Components Holdings, LLC

Nick Gorga
Partner
Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn

Jeanett Griffin
President
JgBrilliance Lifestyle Management Services

Tracy Hall

Marcus Harris
Managing Director
Urban Strategy L.L.C.

Mumtaz Haque
Producer/Host, Manoranjan Radio Show
President, International Institute of Metropolitan Detroit
Commissioner, Michigan Asian and Pacific American Affairs Commission

Nicole Huffman
Principal
LifeLine Business Consulting Services 

Brian Hurttienne
Executive Director
The Villages of Detroit

Roland Hwang
Council Member
Governor's Advisory Council on Asian Pacific American Affairs

Alina Ispas

Anuja Jaitly
Executive Director
Michigan Corps

Rishi Jaitly
Program Director, Detroit
John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Jennifer Jaramillo
Net Impact and Revitalization and Business
Ross Business School
University of Michigan

Steve Jameson
Director of Sales and Marketing
Dealer Resources

Shakil Khan
President
Multicultural Council of America

Robin Kinnie
Business Development Manager
Center for Empowerment and Economic Development

Maria Lalonde
Recruiting and Development Leader
Bizdom U

Crystal Lecoy
Owner
Detroit Brunch

Saundra Little
AIA - Architect, COO, LEED AP, NOMA
Centric Design Studio

Bill Mayer
Director - Business Accelerator
Ann Arbor Spark

Kathryn Metzger
NW Area Business Development Leader
Huntington Bank

Kirk Mayes
Executive Director
Brightmoor Alliance

Curt MacRae
Business Development
National Equipment Leasing Corporation

Ryan Michael
Project Associate, Connection Point
Detroit Regional Chamber

Anita Miko

Jack Miner
Entrepreneurial Capital Champion
TechTown

Sarida Scott Montgomery
Principal
Good People Popcorn

Susan Mosey
President
Midtown Detroit

Stephen Nose
Principal
SYN Associates

James Pawlak
Director
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit

Steve Palackdharry
Communications Manager
Southwest Solutions

Bill Pulte
Principal
Pulte Capital

Erica Raleigh
Research Analyst
Data Driven Detroit

Mahendra Ramsinghani
Managing Director - First Step Fund
Invest Detroit

Darryl Redmond
Pastor
True Rock Church

Mike Sarafa
President
Bank of Michigan

Kory Scheiber
Business Development Representative
Detroit Micro-Enterprise Loan Fund

John Schoeniger
Loan Fund Manager
Enterprise Detroit

Myrna Segura
Director of Business District Development
Southwest Detroit Business Association

Virginia Skrzyniarz
Executive Vice President
Piast Institute

Delphia Simmons, MSBA
Program Manager, Coalition On Temporary Shelter (COTS)
Founder of Thrive Detroit Street Newspaper

Brendan Snyder
Adwords Account Manager
Google

Dug Song
Chief Executive Officer
Duo Security

Catrina Stackpoole
Hamtramck City Council
Mayor Pro-term

Emily Thornhill
Founder/Designer
Homeslice Clothing

Lorenzo Thurman
Executive Director
Detroit Micro-Enterprise Loan Fund

Nick Tobier
Founder
Brightmoor Bikes

Steve Tobocman
Director
Global Detroit

Tamika Tyson
Owner
I Like Cake

Chris Uhl
Vice President
Comerica Bank

Adrian Walker
Writer/Producer
First Element Entertainment

Mark Wallace
Project Manager
Hines Interests LP

Ray Waters
President
Enterprise Detroit

Linda West
Director
Center for Working Families
Southwest Solutions

Aaron C. Wilkerson