Kenneth Cockrel Jr.

Ken Cockrel is an American journalist, nonprofit executive, businessman, and former elected official who served on the Detroit City Council for 16 years including one term as Council President, and was the 73rd mayor of Detroit from September 2008 to May 2009. Prior to his city work, Cockrel served as an elected member of the Wayne County Commission for three years representing Detroit’s Southwest Side.

He has also served previously as the director of several non-profit organizations including the Urban Linkage Program at Wayne State University, Detroit Future City, and most recently habitat for Humanity Detroit. Cockrel is the Founder and Principal of Kenneth Cockrel Jr. Consulting Inc, a strategic consulting firm specializing in government relations, communications, strategic partnership, and fund development and lives in Detroit, Michigan.