Former Erb foundation executive Jodee Fishman Raines named COO
Will oversee strategic planning of projects, programs as New Detroit focuses on systemic change, improving relationships
Melissa Damaschke named vice president of programs and senior program officer, Great Lakes at Erb foundation
David Deutsch
Racial Justice nonprofit New Detroit Inc. has named Jodee Fishman Raines as its first-ever COO.
Fishman Raines, 57, joins New Detroit after 12 years with the Fred A. and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation, most recently serving as executive vice president of programs. In that role, she oversaw a $12 million annual grants budget.
Among other accomplishments during her tenure, Fishman Raines initiated a new model for collaborative arts funding between Erb and the Kresge Foundation, with a shared application and professional peer review process now used by four foundations. She also led efforts to convene government, nonprofits and universities to advance green stormwater infrastru
by Alan Stamm It s kind of custom to our culture, says the owner of Armando s, site of these first lantern-style dining chalets. (Photo: Southwest Detroit Business Association) These stylish workarounds for dining in a time of Covid are likely to outlast the pandemic, and not just because prices start at $6,000 each. They re also cozy, romantic and culturally apt for Southwest Detroit, the first area getting locally made restaurant luminarias. The steel huts with plexiglass windows and roofs are 12-foot-tall versions of paper lanterns that line walkways, churches, and homes around Christmas in Mexican culture. Fifteen are being erected outside eateries in Mexicantown and nearby, thanks to a $50,000 grant from the Hudson Webber Foundation.
MDHHS started a review of the prisoners’ cases, and as of late December, officials were seeking a partnership with the CDC, Sutfin said.
Dr. Amish Talwar, a medical officer at the CDC, said his agency learned about Michigan’s potential reinfection cases in correctional facilities the first week of January.
“Given the current evidence relating to these possible reinfection cases, it is challenging to establish whether these are reinfections and what are the viral transmission chains, if any, among prisoners and staff,” Talwar said.
The CDC “is now exploring additional ways by which it can support [MDHHS’s] ongoing investigations into similar cases moving forward,” Talwar said.