Bill Ford, Broners
Headline JVS Event

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wo family businesses with
historic ties — Ford Motor
Co. and Broner Glove and
Safety — will be represented at the
14th annual JVS Strictly Business
Networking and Awards Luncheon.
Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford is
honorary chair and keynote speaker on
Tuesday, June 7, at the Hyatt Regency
Hotel in Dearborn. Bob Broner and
Stephanie Broner Miller will accept
JVS' Business Leadership Award for
exemplary employ-
ment practices.
"It's quite impres-
sive to know that
Harry Broner and his
uncle, Philip Demb,
opened a retail stand
in Highland Park
opposite the Ford
Bob Broner
assembly plant in
1910, and Ford work-
ers bought retail
items from that
stand',' said Barbara
Nurenberg, JVS pres-
ident and CEO.
Barney, Harry's
son, joined his father
Stephanie
in the creation
Broner Miller
of Broner Glove
Company, a distribu-
tor of work gloves.When union con-
tracts required that the plant provide
safety products, factories became the
new outlet for Broner merchandise.
With continued expansion, the
Broners had successive moves to
Ferndale, Troy and now Auburn Hills,
headquarters for two divisions. Just
like at Ford, management respon-
sibilities moved through younger
generations. David Broner, who
recently received the hat industry's
Ben Rosenthal Lifetime Achievement
Award, stepped aside from a leadership
role in the company in March of 2010.
Throughout the Broner growth,
the family encouraged employees to
advance their education and supported
them with financial allotments, the
basis for the JVS award.
Also part of the luncheon program
will be the presentation of JVS honor-
ary chair Employee of the Year Awards.
Four individuals will be recognized for
overcoming difficult personal obstacles
to seek jobs and succeed in following
through with their assignments.
Strictly Business starts at 11:30 a.m.
Tuesday, June 7, at the Hyatt Regency
Hotel, Dearborn. Tickets are $125; call
Judy Strongman at (248) 233-4213,
email jstrongman@jvsdet.org or visit
www.jvsdet.org. n

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