The annual Detroit Regional Chamber’s confab, held hours away from Lansing on idyllic Mackinac Island, is a swanky playground for business execs, lobbyists, lawmakers, media and assorted hangers-on.

Sandy Baruah & Peter Quigley on who attends #mpc25. Watch live May 27–29 on Detroit PBS or online. Sandy Baruah, President & CEO of the Detroit Regional Chamber & Peter Quigley, Conference Chair on ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo will speak at the ...

MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. — Some of the most significant figures in Michigan politics have descended on Mackinac Island for the Mackinac Policy Conference, kicking off the week-long conference focused on ...

The 2025 Mackinac Policy Conference, a book on civility, a bike ride for equity, and weekend events. Preview the 2025 Mackinac Policy Conference with Detroit Regional Chamber CEO Sandy Baruah and this ...

(CBS DETROIT) — The halls of the Michigan Legislature are much quieter this week, as many lawmakers are on Mackinac Island for their annual policy conference. This year's agenda for the conference ...

MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich. (WOOD) — The Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual Mackinac Policy Conference kicked off Tuesday. The conference, which runs through Friday, will focus on “the power of &,” as the ...

Suzanne Shank, president and CEO of Siebert Williams Shank & Co. LLC, has been chosen as chair of the 2024 Mackinac Policy Conference, the Detroit Regional Chamber announced Thursday. Joined by ...

Business and political leaders will gather next week on Michigan's Mackinac Island for an annual conference aimed at generating new policy ideas to address a range of challenges from child care to ...

Gift Article 10 Remaining As a subscriber, you have 10 articles to gift each month. Gifting allows recipients to access the article for free. Matt Elliott, president of Bank of America Michigan, will ...

The smell of molten fudge, horses and lake breezes smacked me in the face when I stepped off the ferry for my first Mackinac Policy Conference 12 years ago. Emerging onto Main Street and among the ...