New Oakland County Executive Dave Coulter has assembled a group of leaders in the private, public and civic sectors to advise him in his on-the-job transition as the county's new top leader.

Coulter's new ten-person Transition Advisory Group will advise him on senior-level staff positions; appointments to county boards and commissions; and evaluate county department programs and organizational charts.

The advisory group includes:

Paul Brown, partner in eLab Ventures, member of the University of Michigan Board of Regents, and a former vice president of capital markets at the Michigan Economic Development Corporation

Lisa Canada, political and legislative director, Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters and Millwrights

Sean Carlson, executive director of the Michigan Defense Center and a school board member of Huron Valley Schools

Jaimie Clayton, president and CEO of Oakland Family Services

Jeff Denha, CEO of Brass Aluminum Forging in Ferndale

Marcia Gershenson, vice chair of the Oakland County Board of Commissioners

Dave Hecker, president of the American Federation of Teachers Michigan

Gilda Jacobs, president and CEO of the Michigan League for Public Policy

Glenn MacIntosh, vice president for student affairs and chief diversity officer at Oakland University

Mary Zatina, senior vice president of government relations and community affairs at Beaumont Health

"We're bringing together a group of incredible people with impressive credentials who are a spectrum of business, nonprofit, and community leaders," Coulter said in a statement. "Their number one job will be to give me an impartial evaluation of the direction my administration should take Oakland County."

The Oakland County Board of Commissioners appointed Coulter to the county executive's position on Aug. 16, one day after the funeral of longtime executive L. Brooks Patterson, who died in office due to complications from pancreatic cancer.

One of Coulter's immediate priorities is getting a county budget passed by the Sept. 30 deadline. Coulter's fellow Democrats hold a narrow 11-10 majority on the county commission.

Coulter had previously been mayor of Ferndale and director of external affairs at The Children's Foundation.

According to Coulter's office, the Transition Advisory Group will hold two meetings over the next month, starting next week.