BridgeDetroit has formed a Community Advisory Committee to provide input and guidance on BridgeDetroit journalism, engagement, and collaboration strategies. The Community Advisory Committee will issue an annual assessment of BridgeDetroit management and collaborate with the BridgeDetroit team on an annual public report to the community assessing the project’s overall performance, with particular attention on key success metrics of audience reach and growth, community engagement, trust and satisfaction, and media collaborations.

  • Biba Adams, Freelance Journalist
  • Bryan Barnhill, manager, Ford Motor Co.
  • Regina Bell, Chief Policy Officer, Council of Michigan Foundations
  • Chase Cantrell, Executive Director of Building Community Value
  • Donna Givens Davidson, President & CEO, Eastside Community Network
  • Khary Frazier, Founder, Detroit Is Different
  • Anika Goss, Chief Executive Officer of Detroit Future City
  • Joel “Fluent” Greene, Detroit Poet
  • Catherine Kelly, Head of Communications and Editorial, Michigan Central
  • Natasha T. Miller, Poet/Activist, founder of the “Artists Inn Detroit.”
  • Alia Harvey Quinn, Executive Director, FORCE Detroit
  • Michael Rafferty, President & CEO, New Detroit Inc.
  • Erica Raleigh, Co-Executive Director, Data Driven Detroit
  • Barry Randolph, Pastor, Church of the Messiah Detroit
  • Madhavi Reddy, Executive Director, Community Development Advocates of Detroit
  • Angela Reyes, Executive Director & Founder, Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation
  • Kevin Ryan, Senior Program Officer for Civic Engagement & Government, Ford Foundation
  • Yusef Shakur, co-Executive Director, Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion
  • Nathaniel Wallace, Head of Civic Partnerships at Michigan Central 
  • Tara J. Young, External Coordinator, SEIU Local 1