ADDENDUM: It is apparent that the members of the Executive Committee are not the same as the DESC leadership. I have not found a listing of the members of the Executive Committee.
This concludes my coverage of the Mar. 2, 2026 Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation Executive Committee meeting. For more meeting coverage, check out www.documenters.org
The next Detroit Employment Solutions Corporation Executive Committee meeting is scheduled for Monday, May. 11, 2026 at 1:00 p.m. It will be held at the DESC Offices, 115 Erskine St., Detroit, MI 48201. Please see descmiworks.org/about-us/pub... for further information.
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Meeting adjourned at 1:33 p.m.
With that, there is a motion to adjourn. It is seconded and passed.
There are no public comments.
Alice Thompson is the Committee Chair.
The suggestion of working under Robert's Rules of Order is made. There will be training on it.
By the time I know enough to write, they've moved on to another topic which I miss completely.
I'm used to having more documentation in front of me to help with these skeets; it's much more difficult when I have to split between listening and skeeting. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
President's Report
There are currently nine board members. There should be eleven. The mayor is to appoint new members. The suggestion is made that they should focus on gaps in their expertise for new appointments. Compliance experience, media, and fundraising are mentioned.
Audit/Finance Committee report begins. Working down the deficit to about $1,000,000.
They suggest reviewing the bylaws annually. They may not need changing, but since the previous mayor signed off on them, they should be reviewed.
They want to see 100% participation in board donations. Just don't give only $1.
They're glad to see confidence from the Mayor in the people she reappointed.
Now I can hear them. Some setting in Zoom I missed.
I checked my settings! Where is the sound?
Why aren't I getting sound?
It looks like the DESC Executive Committee does not consist of the DESC leadership. Don't know if I'll know who all the members are.
For previous meetings of any DESC committees, you can find documentation at detroit.documenters.org/reporting/?a...
More information about them can be found at descmiworks.org/about-us/exe...
Members of the DESC Executive Committee:
Dana L. Williams, President and CEO
Stephanie Nixon, Chief Program Services Officer
Madelyne Bernard-Diab, Chief Policy Officer
Calethia Binion, Chief People Operations Officer
Carmen Bender, Chief Strategy Officer
DESC is the lead agency for “Detroit at Work” which provided job placement, search, training, career advisement and other supportive services to tens of thousands of Detroiters every year.
From their website (descmiworks.org/about-us/), DESC is a non profit organization organized to carry out the Detroit workforce area’s strategic plan, goals and objectives of the Mayors [sic] Workforce Development Board as the fiscal and administrative agent for workforce.
To join remotely, visit www.descmiworks.com/about-us/pub... and click on the March 2 meeting link under the DESC Executive Committee 2026 Meetings. Then click on the Zoom link included in the PDF downloaded.
To join by phone, the PDF has numbers.
There will be time allotted for public comment.
Meeting will be held at the DESC Offices, 115 Erskine St., Detroit, MI 48201.
The public is invited to join via Zoom or phone.
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