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City Connect Detroit: Bio
Karla Hall
Manager, Corporate Contributions and Community Involvement
DTE Energy
Karla Hall, 48, is manager of corporate contributions & community involvement for DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE), a diversified energy company involved in the development and management of energy-related businesses and services nationwide. Hall also serves as Vice President of the DTE Energy Foundation. She is responsible for overseeing the company’s philanthropic contributions and for planning and managing the company’s charitable contributions programs including: the DTE Energy Foundation and corporate cash contributions; donation of services and surplus materials; matching gift programs; and executive community involvement.
Hall joined Detroit Edison, a subsidiary of DTE Energy, in 1997 as administrator of corporate contributions and secretary of the Detroit Edison Foundation. Prior to Detroit Edison, Hall was manager of corporate contributions for Comerica Inc. She also worked for Ameritech Publishing as supervisor of corporate contributions. Hall’s first position in corporate philanthropy was fund assistant for the Chrysler Corporation Fund. She began her career as an aide in Washington, D.C. to Congressman John Conyers, Jr.
Hall is Chair of the Inforum Board of Directors, Chair of the Michigan Nonprofit Association Board of Trustees, and serves on the cabinet of the Virgil H. Carr Society of the United Way for Southeastern Michigan. She is Vice Chair of the Conference Board Contributions Council and she also serves on the Executive Committee of the Business Contributions Council of Detroit Renaissance and is on the boards of City Connect - Detroit and the Motown Historical Museum. Hall is a member of a number of community improvement task forces and speaks as a subject matter expert at conferences and seminars.
In 2008, Hall was selected at one of The Michigan Chronicle's "50 Women of Excellence". In 2007, she received the "Champion for Children Award" from Communities In Schools. In 2004, she was nominated and chosen as an Anti-Defamation League "Woman of Achievement". She has received numerous additional awards and recognition.
Hall earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism from the University of Michigan. She is a graduate of Leadership Detroit and Leadership Michigan.
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