SHERIN AMINOSSEHE PETER BISHOP SAMANTHA BRASH

MARJA M. WINTERSA proud Detroit native, Marja M. Winters grew up on Detroit’s west side ina family that instilled the values of civic engagement, social responsibility,love of God, and determination to achieve any goal. On May 14, 2009,Mayor Dave Bing reappointed Marja Deputy Director of the City of DetroitPlanning and Development Department. In this capacity, she oversees theoperations of nearly 200 employees who staff the department’s sixdivisions. She is also a member of the Board of Directors of the DetroitEconomic Development Corporation and Co-Director of The Detroit WorksProject. Appointed Director of the Mayor’s Office of NeighborhoodCommercial Revitalization (ONCR) in March 2006, Marja worked withcommunity development organizations, volunteers, entrepreneurs and localmerchants to revitalize older neighborhood commercial districts in targetedareas and encouraged small business creation and growth throughout theCity of Detroit. Marja is a current student of The Urban Ministry Institute, agraduate of the University of Michigan and holds a B.A. in Political Scienceand a Master of Urban Planning.JESS ZIMBABWEJess Zimbabwe serves as the Executive Director of the Urban Land InstituteDaniel Rose Center for Public Leadership in Land Use. Previously, shedirected the Mayors’ Institute on City Design, helping 125 American mayorsbetter understand their impact on the fabric of their cities. She also servedas the Community Design Director at Urban Ecology in San Francisco,providing pro bono community planning and design assistance to lowincomeneighbourhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is a licensedarchitect, certified city planner, and a LEED-Accredited professional.