John D Lewis

John D. Lewis is head of the investment committee at the investment banking firm Donnelly Penman & Partners and an advisory board member of the Donnelly Penman Fund, LLC, which invests in small community start-up banks across the U.S. He joined Donnelly Penman from Comerica Bank, where he had a 36-year career. While at Comerica he served as vice chairman, director of Comerica Incorporated and Comerica Bank, and as a member of the management policy committee and management council. Lewis joined Flagstar in 2012 as nonexecutive chairman of the boards of the company and the bank. Lewis is active in leadership positions in many civic and community organizations, serving as nonexecutive chairman of Beaumont Health System and the University of Detroit Mercy. He also is a trustee of the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, and past chairman of the Greater Detroit Area Health Council and New Detroit, Inc. Lewis is the past vice-chairman of the DIA Board and former chair of the DIA’s Human Resources and Development committees.