Come have a fireside chat with Dr. William Pickard, the chairman and CEO of Global Automotive Alliance LLC, who will share his humble beginning from the start of his business to a successful businessman.

Pickard is passionate about helping minority businesses achieve their potential. He has a long history of business ownership and investment that now is centered on joint-venture automotive suppliers. He is one of the partners of the MGM Grand Detroit, has been an investor in the Michigan Chronicle and is the owner of McDonald’s restaurants locations and a related management company, Minority Plas Inc.