Process leaders of the Detroit Works Project are ambassadors to different constituencies. From the DWP: "The duties of the Process Leaders include directing the design of the engagement process; and helping to recruit a larger group of ambassadors who will serve as champions for the project within their neighborhoods."
- Dan Varner, Excellent Schools Detroit
- Judith Jackson, Youthville Detroit
- Diane Van Buren, Zachery Associates
- Steve Tobocman, Community Development Advocates of Detroit
- Scott Alan Davis, Vanguard Community Development Corporation
- Guy Williams, Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice
- Sandra Turner Handy, Michigan Environmental Council
- Ponsella Hardaway, [[Metropolitan Organizing Strategy Enabling Strength (MOSES), Member, Mayor’s Advisory Taskforce
- James Ribbron, Detroit Resident/MSU Extension Center
- Luther Keith, ARISE Detroit
- Christianne Sims, Urbanize (D), Member, Mayor’s Advisory Taskforce
- Lydia Gutierrez, Hacienda Mexican Foods, Co-Chair Mayor’s Advisory Task Force
- Phillip Cooley, Slows Bar BQ, Co-Chair Mayor’s Advisory Task Force
- Alice Thompson, Black Family Development, Co-Chair Mayor’s Advisory Task Force
- Heaster Wheeler, Wayne County, Co-Chair Mayor’s Advisory Task Force