Dr. Todd is the Frances and Victor Ginsberg Professor of Hematology/Oncology and chief of the Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School. He also serves as Associate Vice President for Research (Health Affairs), Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR), University of Michigan. He is an M.D. and Ph.D. (immunology) graduate of Duke University, and completed internal medicine and medical oncology training at Harvard Medical School, Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and the Sidney Farber Cancer Institute, respectively. He was appointed to the medicine faculty of Harvard in 1981 before moving to the University of Michigan in 1984 as Associate Professor of Internal Medicine. The focus of Dr. Todd's scientific efforts at Harvard and Michigan was the identification and characterization of human leukocyte receptors involved in the acute inflammatory response, and he has authored over 150 peer-reviewed reports in this field. In addition to his administrative roles on behalf of the Department of Internal Medicine (directing a subspecialty division of 60 faculty) and the U of M Central Campus, he is a practicing medical oncologist with expertise in lung and gastrointestinal oncology.

Former Lansing Mayor Davis Hollister joins the Granholm Administration to direct a new agency that will combine the Department of Consume and Industry Services with the Department of Career Development in a yet-to-be-named department. Hollister, a former high school teacher, County Commissioner and State Representative, ran a successful campaign for Mayor of the City of Lansing in 1993 and was re-elected to his third term in a landslide victory in 2001. As Mayor, Hollister has overseen tremendous economic successes in Michigan's capitol city. He created a vision that Lansing become a "World-Class City" and to achieve this goal he developed a three-part strategy of economic development, neighborhood improvement, and infrastructure investment. The State Senate voted unanimously in support of his confirmation as department director of Granholm's initiative, which emphasized their confidence in Mayor Hollister to take the City of Lansing model to the statewide level to encourage investment, build partnerships and stimulate growth throughout the State.