Endorsements
Last revised 27 August 2010
Elected Officials
Detroit City Council
Charles Pugh, Council President
Detroit Public Schools
Robert C. Bobb, Emergency Financial Manager
Detroit Board of Education
Annie Carter
Joyce Hayes-Giles, former Vice President
Otis Mathis, former President
Michigan Legislature
Irma Clark-Coleman, State Senator, 3rd District
Ellen Cogen Lipton, State Representative, 27th District
Vincent Gregory, State Representative, 35th District
Gilda Jacobs, State Senator, 14th District
Oakland County
L. Brooks Patterson, County Executive
Eric Coleman, County Commissioner
Marcia Gershenson, County Commissioner
Jim Nash, County Commissioner
David Woodward, County Commissioner
Helaine Zack, County Commissioner
Wayne County Board of Commissioners
Keith Williams, Vice-Chair
Other
Judge Wade McCree, Wayne County Circuit Court - Criminal Division
Sharon McPhail, former Council Member, City of Detroit
Stuart Sherman, Mayor of Birmingham
Businesses / Nonprofits
American Federation of Teachers Michigan
The Detroit Public Schools Foundation
Dykema
Jewish Community Relations Council of Metropolitan Detroit
Quicken Loans
United Way for Southeastern Michigan
Clergy
Dr. Patricia A. Butler, St. Luke Tabernacle Community Church, Detroit
Rabbi Daniel Syme, Temple Beth El, Bloomfield Hills
Individuals
Preston Burke
Warren E. Goodell
Keith Johnson, President, Detroit Federation of Teachers
Luther Keith, Executive Director of ARISE Detroit
Gail Perry-Mason, Author
Michael Tenbusch, United Way for Southeastern Michigan