DONALD COLEMAN:
Chairman and CEO, GlobalHue in Southfield. Coleman started his own advertising and marketing agency in 1988. In 2002, his firm united with two others to form GlobalHue, which is the country’s largest minority-owned, full-service marketing communications agency. With its expertise in several cultures, the company addresses multicultural consumers in the African-American, Hispanic, Asian American, urban, and youth markets. A graduate of the University of Michigan, Coleman continued his illustrious football career with the New Orleans Saints and New York Jets. He earned an MBA from Hofstra University and joined Campbell-Ewald after retiring from football. Recently, he received OverTime Magazine’s Most Valuable Player Award, which recognizes former professional athletes who build outstanding careers as entrepreneurs. He is co-chair of the Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History’s capital campaign and a member of the A.C. Nielsen Center Marketing Research Business School External Advisory Board.
