Melanie Williams is a public relations account executive at Uniworld Group, Inc., in their Dearborn location. In this position, she is responsible for multicultural public relations efforts for Ford Lincoln automotive brand. Since being at Uniworld she has worked on several global marketing efforts, including the all new 2013 Fusion ad campaign, and the all new 2013 Escape multicultural creative ad campaign. Among Williams' duties are managing press junkets and securing national media placements. She has previously served as public relations director for the 17th Annual Urban Wheel Awards. Founded in 1969, Uniworld is the longest-existing multicultural agency in the country.
Sharon Williams
Sharon R. Williams is the senior vice president and chief operating officer at the Detroit Area Agency on Aging. Williams comes to the agency with 20 years of experience in the healthcare industry. She most recently served as chief executive office for CareSource Michigan, a multi-product HMO serving publicly-funded healthcare consumers. As CEO, Williams steered the organization through service area expansion, operations efficiency improvement and development of a national business strategy. A graduate of Michigan State University, she holds a managed care executive endorsement from American's Health Insurance Plan's executive leadership program.
Cheryl A. Townsel
Cheryl A. Townsel is vice president of community services at Detroit Area Agency on Aging. Her healthcare career spans more than two decades. An accomplished senior-level professional, she has diverse management consulting, grant writing, national policy and advocacy, governance and trade association management experience. Townsel earned a Master of Science degree in Health Policy and Management from the Harvard School of Public Health and a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology from Oberlin College.
Renee T. Walker
Renee T. Walker recently started Renee Walker & Associates, LLC, a strategy and communications consultancy firm. Prior to starting her company, Walker was associate vice president of university communications at Central Michigan University, where she served as the chief communications officer for one of the nation's 100 largest public universities. She also served as manager of corporate public relations and as a government affairs manager for Kelly Services, and before that as assistant, executive assistant and chief protocol office to former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer.
Reginald M. Turner
Reginald Turner was recently appointed to the Wayne County Airport Authority board by Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano. The board is responsible for the Detroit Metropolitan Airport and the Willow Run Airport. An attorney for Clark Hill, PLC, Turner has served the community in many capacities. He is the past president of the State Bar of Michigan and the National Bar Association and past chairman of the United Way for Southeastern Michigan. Turner was also special assistant to the U.S. secretary of Housing and Urban Development and a member of the Michigan State Board of Education.
James Heath
James Heath was recently appointed by the Detroit City Council to the position of inspector general. Heath will be the city's first inspector general to head a new office - the office of inspector general, or OIG - which was created as part of the 2012 City Charter revision. The OIG is dedicated to uprooting corruption in Detroit city government. Prior to accepting the position, Heath was the former chair of Detroit'sBoard of Ethics and assistant state attorney general. He has been busy starting up the independent agency from scratch, including locating an office, hiring staff and researching best practices.
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