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KADIMA

Position Available for a
Clinical Department Director

SMZ's new offices were designed to foster innovation.

Kadima is a 30-year old Jewish mental health agency

serving clients on a non-sectarian basis. Based

in Southfield, MI, Kadima serves approximately

200 clients, owns and operates 25 group homes

(licensed and unlicensed), and provides residential

and outpatient services to people with chronic and

persistent mental illness.

Kadima is seeking a high-level Clinical Department

Director to lead all aspects of Kadima's clinical and

residential services. In partnership with Kadima's

Executive Director and senior management team, the

person in this position will serve as a key leader as

Kadima creates and fulfills a new strategic plan. This

is a time of exciting and dynamic change at Kadima;

the best candidates for this position will embrace that

change and will enthusiastically view this position as

one with unlimited potential to move Kadima forward

for the benefit of our clients and community.

The ideal candidate will have significant clinical

experience working with people with chronic and

persistent mental illness, strong management skills,

deep understanding of current and future trends in

mental health services and funding, and more.

To see the full job description and to apply, please visit

our website: www.kadimacenter.org/employment.php

28 January 8 • 2015

New Digs

For Simons Michelson Zieve,
new move means new success.

I

Judy Greenwald

Special to the Jewish News

A Family Business
"My father remains active in the busi-
ness as our chairman:' Michelson said,
"and my mother, Bonnie, who passed
away in October ... sadly, during
our move ... was the firm's librarian
— doing research and analyzing con-
sumer studies.
"One of my sisters, Debbie, is an
agency executive vice president, lead-
ing a group of accounts. Another sister,
Pam, also an EVP, runs the Michigan
Lottery business. Both have been
involved with the agency for more
than 20 years.
"I'm now president and CEO, with
the honor of leading the third-gener-
ation charge into our 86th year and
beyond. And Leonard Simons' grand-
daughter also worked here. I do think
of SMZ as a family business!"
Michelson, 49, who lives in West
Bloomfield with his wife, Beth, noted
that advertising wasn't his original

sk Jamie Michelson how
his advertising firm Simons
Michelson Zieve (SMZ)
looks to the future, and his answer
isn't surprising: Build on the past while
moving to a new location to meet new
challenges.
His grandfather Larry Michelson
and Leonard Simons founded the
85-year-old company in Detroit in
1929. The firm conducted business
in its Detroit office on Lafayette
Boulevard from the 1930s to 1977,
and in that year made its first move to
Troy, to 3250 W. Big Beaver Road. The
company's second move within the city
came after 10 years, to 900 Wilshire,
where it remained for 27 years. And
now, SMZ's newest home since mid-
October is at 1200 Kirts Boulevard,
Suite 100, again in Troy.
The city of Troy, he said, has
always been a central location
for both SMZ employees and
clients, with highways and main
roads offering easy accessibility.
And SMZ, Michelson said,
has been serving the needs of
that diverse base of clients with
tradition and family always in
the picture
"My grandfather and his
partner, Leonard Simons,
founded the firm right before
the Great Depression as Simons-
Michelson Co.:' said the friendly,
upbeat Michelson. "They
worked through history, build-
ing up the agency, and in 1977,
my father, Jim, and Leonard's
son-in-law, Mort Zieve, bought
the company, moved the agency
to Troy and reincorporated as
Simons Michelson Zieve, or
SMZ, as we're known today:'
Jamie Michelson