Diane McCloskey is a third term at-large board member residing in the city of Detroit and representing the whole state.

What is the history/purpose of your work, in one sentence?

I specialize in supporting the unique residential housing needs of urban and distressed housing markets.

What do you do? 

My focus is creating public and private partnerships throughout Michigan that support the individual needs of each market. I do this by providing strategic, operations and administrative support for single-family residential housing specializing in renovation, adaptive reuse of buildings and neighborhood revitalization strategies.

Is there anything special we should know about you? 

I have worked statewide with private industry, utility providers, community action agencies, housing counselors and community development corporations for the past twenty-five years and understand many of the unique assets and challenges faced in communities across the state.