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She was instrumental in securing the $3 billion &#8220;Future of Health: Detroit&#8221; project, a landmark partnership with Michigan State University, the Detroit Pistons, and the Gilbert Family Foundation, which will deliver a cutting-edge hospital tower, expanded emergency department, and a world-class research facility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Henry Ford Health Denise Brooks-Williams is an accomplished healthcare executive with more than three decades of leadership in hospital operations, system integration, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5161,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"ghostkit_customizer_options":"","ghostkit_custom_css":"","ghostkit_custom_js_head":"","ghostkit_custom_js_foot":"","ghostkit_typography":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5159","womanup-honoree","type-womanup-honoree","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.2 (Yoast SEO v26.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Denise Brooks-Williams | Woman of Achievement &amp; Courage Award Honoree - Michigan Women Forward<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Denise Brooks-Williams is Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Henry Ford Health. 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