2013 until december 10, 2014, you served as emergency manager of detroit. Kevyn yes. Brian why did you take the job . Kevyn i have been asked that a lot of times. I was a restructuring professional. Detroit is 83 africanamerican, a city that had gone through several decades of decline. It was a city that needed restructuring. I initially was a little reluctant to take the job. I thought it would be difficult and i was comfortable in my corporate attorney life, my family and i. My managing partner steve and my wife said, look, this could be a call to action. It is important. It is outside your comfort zone, but we have people making the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of their country. This is temporary. And you will still be in an Airconditioned Office in the summer and heated in the winter. Sometimes you have to give back. After some reflection, it seemed like the right thing to do. Brian you are based in washington and a graduate of michigan law school. Do not have anything to do with w
And i was comfortable in my corporate attorney life, my family and i. My managing partner steve and my wife said, look, this could be a call to action. It is important. It is outside your comfort zone, but we have people making the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of their country. This is temporary. And you will still be in an Airconditioned Office in the summer and heated in the winter. Sometimes you have to give back. After some reflection, it seemed like the right thing to do. Brian you are based in washington and a graduate of michigan law school. Did that have anything to do with why they asked you . Kevyn i think it did. I was an undergraduate at the law school at university of michigan. From 1976 to 1983, i lived in michigan. The 1980s were pretty good years. The class of 1982 was rick snyder. 1983 was me. Mike duggan, we all came up in that era. Having a connection to the city and understanding what it was in its heyday, as well as having participated in other cases, the chrysler
Took a decade, and now the first African American and former professional player to lead the National Governing body is busy setting the agenda for her twoyear term. Accountability, behavior, and communication. As the youngest person to hold the post, adams wants to use tennis to transform lives. Its about providing kids an opportunity to be better individuals not just better tennis players but better citizens. She is also hard at work trying to expand the game. Part of my goals, are making sure that we grow our hispanic base here in the u. S. The fastestgrowing population. Katrina who grew up on the west side of chicago reflects on her introduction to tennis, and first playing in the nationals. I was such a cocky little kid not saying that much is changed, but it was fun. And of course we played the name game. Johnny mac. Wild, a. Talented witty. I spoke to Katrina Adams recently at the usta, where she showed me shes the boss on the court. So let me just say this to you youre not supp
Took a decade, and now the first African American and former professional player to lead the National Governing body is busy setting the agenda for her twoyear term. Accountability, behavior, and communication. As the youngest person to hold the post, adams wants to use tennis to transform lives. Its about providing kids an opportunity to be better individuals not just better tennis players but better citizens. She is also hard at work trying to expand the game. Part of my goals, are making sure that we grow our hispanic base here in the u. S. The fastestgrowing population. Katrina who grew up on the west side of chicago reflects on her introduction to tennis, and first playing in the nationals. I was such a cocky little kid not saying that much is changed, but it was fun. And of course we played the name game. Johnny mac. Wild, a. Talented witty. I spoke to Katrina Adams recently at the usta, where she showed me shes the boss on the court. So let me just say this to you youre not supp
Took a decade, and now the first African American and former professional player to lead the National Governing body is busy setting the agenda for her twoyear term. Accountability, behavior, and communication. As the youngest person to hold the post, adams wants to use tennis to transform lives. Its about providing kids an opportunity to be better individuals not just better tennis players but better citizens. She is also hard at work trying to expand the game. Part of my goals, are making sure that we grow our hispanic base here in the u. S. The fastestgrowing population. Katrina who grew up on the west side of chicago reflects on her introduction to tennis, and first playing in the nationals. I was such a cocky little kid not saying that much is changed, but it was fun. And of course we played the name game. Johnny mac. Wild, a. Talented witty. I spoke to Katrina Adams recently at the usta, where she showed me shes the boss on the court. So let me just say this to you youre not supp