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Young Leadership Awards

Every year, the Jewish Federation of Detroit is pleased to identify and honor three young people from our community for their outstanding leadership skills. Federation’s Young Leadership Awards acknowledge these role models while seeking to stimulate their continuing participation in Jewish communal affairs.

Under the direction of the Philanthropic Advancement department and the Executive Offices of Federation, the goal of the Young Leadership Awards Selection Committee is to ensure that the very best candidates are considered each year.

The deadline for nominations is Friday, January 24. Only nominations received by that date will be eligible for consideration. The YLA Committee will make final candidate selections in the spring, with awards presented at our annual Award’s Night Celebration on May 21st. For more information, contact Michelle Turnbull at (248) 833-2496 or turnbull@jewishdetroit.org.

The Jewish Federation always has honored our community’s emerging leaders from NEXTGen. The William H. Boesky Award recognized young leaders from the former Junior Division for close to 30 years. Since 1993, the Mark-Lis Family Young Leadership Award has sought to continue to honor these young leaders in the Boesky tradition.

The Mark-Lis Family Young Leadership Award was established in 1993 by Florine Mark (z”l) and her family. It recognizes an established leader in NEXTGen who has shown outstanding commitment and achieved remarkable success within NEXTGen. In addition, this young adult will have demonstrated significant involvement in Federation’s Annual Campaign. The current president of NEXTGen is ineligible for this award.

The Mark-Lis Award acknowledges this role model and seeks to stimulate the person’s continuing interest and activity in Jewish communal affairs. The award takes the form of a grant, enabling the recipient to attend a Jewish Federations of North America Conference. The award is presented at the NEXTGen Annual Meeting in June, as well as at the Jewish Federation of Detroit’s Awards Night in the spring.

Past Winners

2024Danielle DePriest
2023George Roberts
2022Keith Schonberger
2021Ilana Goldberg Block
2020Sam Dubin
2019Matthew Ran
2018Joshua D. Goldberg
2017Steven Migliore
2016Jay Hack
2015Adam Blanck
2014Marty Maddin
2013Ilana K. Liss
2012Rabbi Leiby Burnham
2011Rachel Wright
2010Joshua Levine
2009Jennifer L. Friedman
2008Gayle Friedman Gold
2007Brian Y. Satovsky
2006Lorne B. Gold
2005Brad “Bubba” Urdan
2004Sherri Wagner Greenbaum
2003Joshua Opperer
2002Barbra Giles
2001Scott Kaufman
2000Paul R. Silverman
1999Sari M. Cicurel
1998Joshua D. Mondry
1997Eric J. Gould
1996Richard C. Blumenstein
1995Elizabeth Kanter Groskind
1994Suzan Folbe Curhan
1993Richard B. Broder

The Sylvia Simon Greenberg Award was established in 1965 by the late Samuel S. Greenberg and Ronald and John Greenberg as a memorial to their beloved wife and mother. The award recognizes exceptional leadership potential and service to the Jewish community on the part of a young woman. The award winner will be this year’s exceptional, emerging female leader in the community who has demonstrated outstanding promise, interest in and service to the Federation and its constituent agencies and Federation’s Annual Campaign.

Winning this award is expected to stimulate the recipient’s continuing interest and activity in Jewish communal affairs. The award takes the form of a grant, enabling the recipient to attend the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America. The award is presented at the Jewish Federation of Detroit’s Awards Night in the spring.

Past Winners

2024Julie Trepeck Harris
2023Amye Goldhaber
2022Jessica Katz
2021Brooke Bendix
2020Ilana Liss
2019Carole BenEzra
2018Rachel L. Opperer
2017Dr. Jennifer Sobol
2016Stacy Doctoroff
2015Regina Colton
2014Molly Chernow
2013Amy Shefman
2012Dona Stillman
2011Sherrie Singer
2010Anessa Kramer
2009Barbara Zaltz
2008Francine Newman
2007Jodi Goodman
2006Heidi Fischgrund Budaj
2005Amy Carson Schlussel
2004Jennifer C. Silverman
2003Karen Alpiner
2002Sari M. Cicurel
2001Elizabeth K. Groskind
2000Lisa Lis
1999Suzan Folbe Curhan
1998Terri Farber
1997Marcie Hermelin Orley
1996Janis Roszler
1995Stacey A. Deweese
1994Caren Landau Levine
1993Lynn Sachse
1992Kathleen Wilson-Fink
1991Susan E. Alterman (z”l)
1990Diane S. Ash
1989Marta S. Rosenthal
1988Lauren Kogan-Liss
1987Beverly Liss
1986Cheryl Guyer
1985Marcy Feldman
1984Sally Krugel
1983Sharon Hart
1982Linda Lee (z”l)
1981Susan Citrin
1980Janet B. Levine
1979Judy Frankel
1978Donna Slatkin
1977Diane Shekter
1976Edie Slotkin
1975Nancy Hirsch
1974Shelby Tauber
1973Renee Mahler
1972Bernice N. Greenberg
1971Jane Sherman
1970Sissi Lapides
1969Lee Jaffe
1968Dulcie Rosenfeld
1967Shirley Barnett Harris (z”l)
1966Carolyn Greenberg
1965Ruth Kahn Broder

The Frank A. Wetsman Young Leadership Award was established in 1961 by Mrs. Frank Wetsman and William M. Wetsman (z”l) as a memorial to their beloved husband and father. The award recognizes exceptional leadership potential and service to the Jewish community on the part of a young man. The recipient will be this year’s outstanding, emerging male leader in the community who has demonstrated exceptional promise, interest in and service to the Federation and its constituent agencies and Federation’s Annual Campaign.

Winning this award is expected to stimulate the recipient’s continuing interest and activity in Jewish communal affairs. The award takes the form of a grant, enabling the recipient to attend the General Assembly of the Jewish Federations of North America. The award is presented at the Jewish Federation of Detroit’s Awards Night in the spring.

Past Winners

2024Andrew Sherman
2023Shimon G. Levy
2022Yoni Torgow
2021Jonathan H. Schwartz
2020Louis Goldhaber
2019Zachary Liss
2018Adam M. Finkel
2017Rabbi Yisrael Pinson
2016Josh Levine
2015Brian Y. Satovsky
2014Jason Klein
2013David Kramer
2012Jeffrey Camiener (z”l)
2011Robb Lippitt
2010Lee Hurwitz
2009Joshua F. Opperer
2008Brian D. Siegel
2007Matthew Lester
2006Mark Adler
2005Scott Kaufman
2004Todd Sachse
2003Jeffrey Schlussel
2002Dennis S. Bernard
2001Eugene S. Sherizen
2000Hannan Lis
1999Scott A. Eisenberg
1998Robert B. Kleiman
1997Steven R. Schanes
1996Gary Torgow
1995Mitchell A. Mondry
1994David R. Victor
1993Lawrence S. Lax
1992Ronald A. Klein
1991Douglas M. Etkin
1990Dr. Owen Z. Perlman
1989Benjamin F. Rosenthal
1988Howard J. Tapper
1987Norman A. Pappas
1986Dr. Dan G. Guyer
1985Michael S. Feldman
1984Peter M. Alter
1983Mark E. Schlussel
1982Dr. Martin Hart (z”l)
1981Dr. Richard Krugel
1980Joel Gershenson
1979Robert M. Citrin
1978Robert H. Naftaly
1977Robert Slatkin
1976Lawrence S. Jackier
1975Michael W. Maddin
1974Stanley Frankel
1973Dr. Conrad L. Giles
1972Allan Nachman
1971David K. Page (z”l)
1970Joel D. Tauber
1969Thomas I. Klein
1968Robert A. Steinberg
1967Kaye G. Frank (z”l)
1966Alan E. Luckoff (z”l)
1965Herbert A. Aronsson
1964Ronald L. Greenberg
1963N. Brewster Broder (z”l)
1962Robert Kasle (z”l)
1961Merle A. Harris (z”l)

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