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Ms. Shirley Stancato, President & CEO, New Detroit, Inc; Mr. N. Charles Anderson, President & CEO, Detroit Urban League; Mr. Frank Lopez, Co-Chairman, SEMCA Workforce Development Board; Walter Middlebrook, Director Community Affairs, the Detroit News
Mr. W. Frank Fountain, Chrysler, LLC; Commissioner Jewel Ware and Melvin Representative; the Honorable Robert Ficano, Wayne County Executive; and, Mr. Orlando Padilla, Director of the Public Policy Center, General Motors
Ms. Linda Forte, Senior Vice-President Business Affairs, Comerica, Inc; Mr. Melvin Gupton, Interim Director, Detroit Workforce Development Department; Brother Francis Boylan, President & CEO, Holy Cross Children’s Services; and, Mr. Frank D. Stella, Amigos de SER Chairman
Mr. Melvin Gupton, Detroit Workforce Development Department; Ms. Blanca Almanza, Vice-President P & D, SER Metro Detroit; Ms. Rocky Eguisquiza, Director of Community Development & International Strategy, Ford Motor Company Fund; and, SER Metro Detroit Chairman, Mr. Agoberto Benavides, Allstate Inurance
Ms. Jane C. Garcia (Amigos de SER); Brother Francis Boylan, President & CEO, Holy Cross Children’s Services; Philip Martens Gupton, Interim Director, Detroit Workforce Development
SER President & CEO, Ms. Eva Garza Dewaelsche, pictured with
Honorary Co-Chairs the Honorable Mayor Kenneth V. Cockrel, Jr.,
and the Honorable Robert Ficano, Wayne County Executive
Walter Middlebrook, Director Community Affairs, the Detroit News
Likewise, we thank the 2008 Amigos de SER Recognition Luncheon Honorary Co-Chairs for their on-going support of SER and for all they do in meeting our mutual goals.
Title Sponsor
Platinum Amigos
Bronze Amigos
Silver Amigos
Gold Amigos