This week, Governor-elect Jocelyn Benson announced the members of her transition team. Through the end of 2026, the team will help set her office up for success, ensuring the Benson administration can hit the ground running once she takes the oath of office on January 1, 2027.
The team will be chaired by:
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- Dan Kildee, former Congressman
- Cindy Pasky, Business executive
- Gary Torgow, Huntington Bank Chair
- Kym Worth, Wayne County Prosecutor
The co-chairs are:
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- Jim Ananich, President and CEO of the Greater Flint Health Coalition and former state Senator
- Jeff Donofrio, President of the Business Leaders for Michigan
- Nicole Sherard-Freeman, President and CEO of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan
The additional members of the team are:
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- Rosalynn Bliss, Assistant Dean and Chief External Relations Officer of Michigan State University’s College of Human Medicine
- Laura Dickerson, Executive Board Vice President of the United Auto Workers International
- Fadwa Hammoud, Managing member of the Miller Johnson law firm’s Detroit office and former Michigan Solicitor General
- Austin Lowes, Chair of the Sault Tribe of Chippewa Indians
- Chandra Madafferi, President of the Michigan Education Association
- Terrence Martin, Michigan President of the American Federation of Teachers
- Marcus Muhammad, Mayor of Benton Harbor
- Mary Sheffield, Mayor of Detroit
- Linh Song, Chair of the Song Foundation
- Brent Pilarski, Michigan Laborers’ District Council business manager
- Elissa Slotkin, United States Senator
