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