Raymond Lozano
Executive Director

Ray Lozano is the Executive Director of the Mexicantown Community Development
Corporation. Formed in 1989, it has been providing business, community development and
cultural activities in Southwest Detroit and in the area known as "Mexicantown".
In 2016, Ray was a Case Manager for the Michigan Veteran's Foundation (MVF) in Detroit
identifying resources to improve the lives of Detroit area homeless veterans. Ray also is a
veteran, having served with the U.S. Army's 1st of the 50th Mechanized Infantry division in
Vietnam as part of the 173rd Airborne Brigade.
Ray served, in 2010 as Division Manager for New Detroit Incorporated, a race equity
organization formed in 1967. He was responsible for programs addressing issues involving race
relations, immigration, and social and economic equity.
In 2005, Ray was the Executive Director of the Michigan Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, a
regional business association supporting the Hispanic community with over 300 small and
corporate business members.
Ray previously worked for 25 years with DTE Energy, a utility serving 3.3 million customers in
Michigan. Ray served as a Market Executive with DTE’s Ethnic Marketing Department and as
state-wide Manager of Community and Local Government Affairs for DTE Gas Company.
Ray has a long history of community service. He serves as chairman of the board of directors
for SER Metro Detroit, the country's largest Latino employment and training organization, with
operations in Michigan, Illinois, and Texas. Ray is also chairman of the Wayne County
Economic Development Corporation and its Brownfield Redevelopment Authority. He also
served a six-year term as a board member with the National Council of La Raza, a Latino
advocacy organization based in Washington, D.C. Ray held an appointment during the Obama
presidency, on the National Advisory Board (NAC) for the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA). Ray was a trustee with Madonna University in Livonia, and he served for two
years as President of the Mexican Consulate’s Centro Mexicano de Michigan, with whom he
continues to volunteer. In 2022, Ray was awarded the Ohtli Award which is the Mexican
government’s highest award for Mexican Americans helping serve Mexicans residing in the U.S.
Ray has received the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Minority Small Business
Champion and the American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE) Lewis H. Latimer Award.
He has also received both the City of Detroit-Outstanding Corporate Advocate Award and the
Wayne County Distinguished Service Award. Ray has also received the Father Kern
Foundation’s Medallion for his Service to the Community.
Ray is a native Detroiter and graduate of Wayne State University’s School of Education. He
and his wife Christie, who holds a doctorate in clinical psychology and works with Oakland
University, are residents of Detroit’s Boston Edison Historic District.