Gretchen Gonzales Davidson

Birmingham, MI

Gretchen Gonzales Davidson is the chair for the Michigan Arts and Culture Council, the state's lead agency charged with developing arts and culture policy and grantmaking. In addition to chairing the council, Gonzales Davidson is an artist and activist pushing musical and civic boundaries through her sound sculptures and musical collaborations in bands, including Infinite River, Seedsmen to the World, and decades of various projects. She serves on numerous boards, including Cranbrook Academy of Art, BasBlue, MELA Foundation, Henry Ford Health Systems Foundation, and REBOOT. She and her husband Ethan Daniel Davidson reside in Birmingham, Michigan, with their three boys.