Evette Hollins is Urban Initiatives manager at the Detroit Regional Chamber where she is responsible for managing the Chamber’s urban strategy. In this role she fosters relationships with Detroit-based organizations and programs with an emphasis on small business and entrepreneurship. She works closely with Detroit government officials on economic development advocacy issues and manages programming for the annual Detroit Policy Conference.
Before joining the Chamber, Hollins was a senior financial analyst at Comerica Bank where she performed analysis on a $50 billion portfolio and took on a range of projects dealing with profit enhancement, risk profiling and strategic planning.
Hollins is also very committed to her involvement in the community. A few of the organizations she works with are the United Way for Southeast Michigan, the Belle Isle Conservancy, and Boys Hope Girls Hope.
In 2013, she was named one of Crain’s Detroit Business “20 in their 20’s.” She earned bachelor’s in Business Administration in finance and corporate strategy from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business. She resides in downtown Detroit and looks forward to being a change agent in the resurgence of Detroit
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