Brian Derey

The reason I joined the Detroit Regional LGBT Chamber of Commerce was to strengthen my involvement in my own community.. After the recent disappointing presidential election, I realized that I needed to get involved and to make my community a better place to live. The Detroit Regional LGBT Chamber of Commerce provides me the opportunity to network with fellow Business owners, LGBT Employee Resource Groups, and suppliers. In this post-election landscape, I believe it’s important to advertise the strengths of supplier diversity and spend our time and resources with the like-minded organizations.  My communications background (from Eastern Michigan University) and technical background (at General Motors) will help the chamber increase its membership goals and involvement in the Metropolitan Detroit area.