Named Parties
in FOIAs*

*The following 48 names and 20 organizations are compiled from email addresses, signatures, and titles in the October 30, 2023 FOIA document from the City of Ann Arbor.

City Of Ann Arbor: 🏛️

  • Milton Dohoney Jr.: A2 City Administrator

  • John Fournier: A2 Deputy City Administrator

  • Sara Higgins: Director of Operations, A2 City Administrator's Office

  • Marti Praschan: A2 City Chief Financial Officer

  • Atleen Kaur: A2 City Attorney

  • Kevin McDonald : A2 City Deputy Attorney

    • Specializes in Economic Development

  • Derek Delacourt: A2 City Community Services Area Administrator

    • Leads Community Development

  • Brett Lenart : A2 City Planning Manager

  • Matthew Kowalski: A2 City Planner

  • Mike Kennedy: A2 City Fire Chief

  • Brian Steglitz: A2 City Public Services Area Administrator

  • Skye Stewart: A2 City Chief of Staff, Public Services Administration

  • Troy Baughman: A2 City Senior Project Engineer

  • Amy Ponsock: A2 City Civil Engineer

  • Alison Heatley: A2 City Private Development Coordinator, DOM Program Mgr

  • Raymond Hess: A2 City Transportation Man​ager

  • Guest Services: A2 City Hall

Washtenaw County: 🏢💼

City of A2 Economic Dev Corp: 🏛️💸

  • Peter A. Long: Legal Counsel

  • Statutory purpose is to help lower financing costs by issuing tax-exempt revenue bonds.

Destination Ann Arbor: 🏢🗺️

A2 Downtown Dev Authority: 🏛️🏙

  • Maura Thomson: Interim Director

    • Board Member: Destination Ann Arbor

    • Board Member: Main Street Area Association

Ann Arbor SPARK: 🏛️💥

University of Michigan: 🏫🏟️

  • Chris Kolb: Vice President for Government Relations

    • Responsible for providing university-wide leadership, strategic vision and effective management of U-M’s government relations programs at the local, state and federal levels, as well as the Economic Growth Institute and U-M’s participation in the University Research Corridor.

    • Served as State of Michigan’s Budget Director for two years

      • Following his appointment by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2019

    • Served three terms as a Michigan House of Representative

    • Served as a Ann Arbor City Council Member and Mayor Pro-tem

    • Served 10 years as the president and CEO of the Michigan Environmental Council

  • Mike Rein: Director of Community Relations

    • Coordination of campus planning and construction with local officials

    • Mediation of parking, transportation, neighborhood, and housing concerns

    • Communication and resolution of public and campus safety concerns

    • Assistance to local and state businesses and economic development interests

    • Board Member: Destination Ann Arbor

  • Juwan Howard: Head Coach of the Men’s Basketball Team

CSL International: 👔

  • Bill Krueger: Principal, Minneapolis, MN

  • Leads studies and advisory engagements for a variety of projects related to convention, sports and hospitality facilities, as well as projects involving issues pertaining to tourism, destination development, public/private partnership (P3) transactions, and mixed-use developments.

    1. Consultant: Destination Ann Arbor

Cobblestone Development: 🏨👔

  • Odis Jones: Co-Founder & CEO, Sugarland, TX

    • Ex-Employee of Milton Dohoney Jr. for 3 years

      • Ex-Economic Development Director, Cincinnati, OH

  • Da’Mario Jones: Vice President of Land Acquisitions, Sugarland, TX

    • University of Michigan School Bachelor, LSA

    • Ex-University of Michigan Wide Receiver, Transferred from Team

  • Derrick Pryor: Vice President of Credit & Underwriting, Sugarland, TX

  • Khimberli Jones: Executive Administrative Assistant, Sugarland, TX

  • Edena Atmore: Ex-Managing Director, Financial Services, City of Duncanville, TX

Experiential Ventures Hospitality: 🏨
Sports Hospitality Ventures: 🏈
SI Resorts: 🏨🏈

  • Mark Korros:

    • President, Experiential Ventures Hospitality, Clearwater, FL

  • Chris Schroeder:

    • CEO: Experiential Ventures Hospitality, Clearwater, FL

    • CEO: Sports Hospitality Ventures, Clearwater, FL

    • Chairman & CEO: SI Resorts, Clearwater, FL

The Sports Facilities Companies: 🏨🤝

Kituwah, LLC / Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians 🏨💰

Lamar Johnson Collaborative: 🏨📐

  • Lamar Johnson, FAIA,: CEO, Executive Chairman, Chicago, IL

  • Patricia Rotondo, IIDA: Senior Principal, Chicago, IL

  • Elias Vavaroutsos: Principal, Chicago, IL

  • Mike Emerson, RLA: Principal focusing on Institutional Design Strategies, Capital Planning & Facilities Management Support, Chicago, IL

  • Lina Chiu, AIA: Principal, Chicago, IL

    • University of Michigan School Bachelor of Science, Architecture, Chicago, IL

  • Tashio Martinez: Senior Associate, Chicago, IL

Miller Canfield: 🏨👔

  • Joseph M. Fazio: Principal Real Estate Deputy Group Leader, Ann Arbor, MI

    • Helped a client obtain approval of a site plan for a 10-story student housing project in the face of significant community opposition. In a stunning reversal of fortune, the city council unanimously approved the project after it had been unanimously rejected by the city planning commission.

Frost Brown Todd Law: 🏨👔

  • David A. Rogers: Partner, Columbus, OH

    • Experience includes acting as bond counsel for national, state and local issuers; and representation of borrowers, underwriters, placement agents, and bond purchasers, in traditional infrastructure finance, P3 and structured finance, economic development finance, health care finance, and energy and PACE (property assessed clean energy) finance transactions. He also represents and advises issuers and bankers in transactions using securitizations and derivatives to enhance, market and remarket municipal bond issues.

  • Blake C. Bars: Senior Associate, Nashville, TN

    • Represents developers, owners, investors, borrowers, and managers in the purchase, sale, development, financing, leasing and management of commercial and residential real estate properties. Blake’s real estate practice involves all aspects of ownership and capital structures, including joint ventures relationships, preferred equity and mezzanine financing structures, and conventional and program financing.

    • Blake earned his law degree from Notre Dame Law School and his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, where he also played Division I football.

Other People & Companies: 👋

What is a FOIA?

A Freedom of Information Act document is a public disclosure of information which improves government oversight and accountability. It ensures that the public is fully informed about government activities. The FOIA document from the City of Ann Arbor is 981 pages and contains threaded email conversations, redundant information, gaps in time, missing information, and is out of chronological order.

To make the document more accessible and user friendly, this site has been created to reorganize, format, de-thread, and lower the context with the addition of milestone events. Also incorporated are notable public documents, news articles, animated graphics, bold text, and emojis for emphasis. 🌳🎉

  • You can download the original 981 page FOIA from October 30, 2023 by: clicking here

  • Yes! Download:
    FOIA 2250 here
    FOIA 2280 here
    FOIA 2230 here
    FOIA 2377 here

  • You can request your own FOIA from the City of Ann Arbor by: clicking here

  • You can see them on the City of Ann Arbor website by: clicking here

  • Expenses are made publicly available on the City of Ann Arbor’s OpenBook page

  • The State of Michigan has information available here