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and institutions is an opportuni-
ty for me to be a little entrepre-
neurial," he said. "I will continue
here on special projects and focus
on financial resource develop-
ment."
The Remington/Berke Group
headquarters will be in Detroit,
although the business partners
haven't yet leased an office. The
company will consult for private
and nonprofit organizations, Jew-
ish and non-Jewish.
Mr. Berke, 53, began his ca-
reer at Federation as an Allied
Jewish Campaign worker 25

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early January, Mark Davidoff,
Federation's chief financial offi-
cer, will take over Mr. Berke's re- rj')
sponsibilities in his new capacity
as chief operating officer. At 37,
Mr. Davidoff is one of the
youngest COOs in Federation
history.
Before he joined Federation in
1992, Mr. Davidoff served as chief
financial officer at Mercy Services
for the Aging in Farmington
Hills.
"I'm excited and I'm looking
forward to the challenge. I'm hon-
ored that the officers in the in-
stitution have confidence in me,"
Mr. Davidoff said. Mr. Berke and
Federation Executive Vice Pres-
ident Robert Aronson will be his
"co-mentors" while he learns his
new job and continues Federa-
tion's outreach efforts.
His first order of business be-
tween now and Jan. 1 is to "ab-

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years ago, following in the foot-
steps of his father Albert, who
worked for Israel Bonds. His 26-
year-old son Mark recently com-
pleted the circle when he joined
Federation as a Campaign asso-
ciate.
"Obviously, there's a Berke
love for the Federation," Michael
Berke laughed.
After a few years in the now-
defunct Mercantile and Food di-
visions at Federation, Mr. Berke
became the executive director at
Hillel Day School, returning af-
ter nearly four years to assume
the position of administrative as-
sistant to former Campaign di-
rector Sol Drachler. He's been
back ever since.
Mr. Berke figures he's helped
to raise hundreds of millions of
dollars for Federation over the
past few decades.
After Mr. Berke's departure in

sorb as much information as I can
in anticipation of Michael's de-
parture. Michael is almost an in-
stitution. We're lucky he's
consented to let us be his first
client. We will need him in his
new capacity for years to come,"
Mr. Davidoff said.
Moving into the position of
chief financial officer is Dorothy
Benyas, now manager of gener-
al accounting.
Mr. Berke said he's been con-
sidering a move for the past three
or four years.
When he made it official, his
colleagues were not happy, "but
they were happy for me," he ad-
mitted.
`This is something that is very
important for me. If I didn't do it
now, who knows? The timing is
very right for me. I still am able
to maintain a very close rela-
tionship with the Federation, one
that excites me and gives me the
opportunity to pursue some dif-
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