Danielle DePriest, President of Federation’s NEXTGen Detroit, says millennials are ready to do their part for the community—but it may look different than how their parents did it.
Accounting for the many goals achieved in his 76 years, Neal Zalenko’s profession has served him well.
From teaching a computer to solve a Rubik’s Cube, to a software engineering internship with The Boeing Company, to a JD from MSU College of Law, to his calling in patent law, Keith Schonberg has developed an impressive resume.
Where do we to start with Betsy’s story? She’s got a memoir entitled Beer and Whine and Other Bubbly Concoctions available on Kindle that covers some of the highpoints, but admits that her information is slightly dated and brazenly personal.
Who finds a dream job in the middle of a pandemic? As Head of School at Hillel, Dr. Darin S. Katz is managing the challenges of Covid exceptionally well, even while living separately from his family.
Dreaming Big. One might say that’s always been Brian D. Siegel’s modus operandi. An attorney by training with the dual gifts of a creative and analytical mind, Brian is an entrepreneur at heart, a partner in the business of hospitality and entertainment, and a key leader in community-building initiatives.
Over the last year we have seen unprecedented threats to our health and wellbeing, tectonic shifts in the workplace and in our schools, and pivotal changes in our habits at home and away. Few have wrestled more intimately with the challenges of safeguarding the future of Jewish Detroit than Dennis Bernard, newly elected President of the United Jewish Foundation of Metropolitan Detroit. And few are as well prepared to meet the community challenges ahead.
If ever you wonder what inspires leadership at Jewish Federation, ask Randi Sakwa. An energetic and highly motivated volunteer, Randi now serves on the Boards of Federation and its Women’s Philanthropy. Her heart in Israel — and a frequent visitor to Michigan’s Partnership Region of the Central Galilee — Randi is fully committed to her work as Co-chair of the Partnership2Gether Steering Committee, now celebrating 25 years of fellowship and accomplishment.
A trusted advisor, compassionate listener and astute observer of all who seek his counsel. A strategic planner and innovator in business and wealth management. A fundraiser, inspiring others to follow his lead in philanthropy; a creative thinker, problem solver and ready volunteer through more than four decades of service to the community, in partnership with his wife, Susie. This is Norm Pappas.
In celebration of partnership, friendship, leadership . . . and a wedding
