Mark Crain

Mark is the Deputy Director of Economic Development for Wayne County, Michigan. There, he’s a leader in business attraction, community development, and environmental justice and sustainability, serving all 43 of Wayne County’s communities.

Mark has also served for several years as the executive director at Dream of Detroit, a Muslim-led initiative combining community development and organizing to revitalize a neighborhood and build a thriving community on the Westside of Detroit. DREAM is providing affordable housing, developing an economic corridor, and organizing local residents with folks from throughout Detroit’s metro-area Muslim community in the fight for racial and economic justice in the city.