Daniel Krichbaum

Raised in Salem, Ohio, Krichbaum got a bachelor's degree in sociology from the College of Wooster and a masters of divinity degree from Union Theological Seminary at Columbia University. He arrived in Detroit at the start of the 1967 riot, a coincidence that helped shape his views. He got a masters of philosophy of education degree from Wayne State University, according to the Michigan Department of Civil Rights. In 1976, he got a PhD in philosophy of education from Wayne State University. Krichbaum became president and CEO of the Detroit office of the National Conference for Community Justice, which later became the Michigan Roundtable He was Gov. Jennifer Granholm's chief operating officer and former director of the Michigan Department of Civil Rights.