business & professional >> here's to
Schostak
Mark Schostak is a
new member of the
Michigan Restaurant
Association Board of
Directors. He is exec-
utive chair of TEAM
Schostak Family
Restaurants, which
owns and operates
166 restaurants in
Michigan.
The Cranbrook
Academy of Art
Board of Governors
conferred an honor-
ary master's degree
upon Maxine
Frankel of
Bloomfield Hills dur-
Frankel
ing its May com-
mencement. Frankel
joined the Academy Board of
Governors in 1996 and has served as
chair of the board since 2002. This is
the first time in the academy's history
that it has conferred an honorary
degree.
Lea Schofield, gener-
al manager of Bill's in
Bloomfield Hills, was
named Restaurant
Manager of the Year
by the Michigan
Restaurant
Association, recog-
Schofield
nizing an outstanding
member of the food service industry
who has demonstrated professionalism
in her position and has contributed to
the positive image of Michigan's restau-
rant industry.
Cranbrook Academy
of Art announced
that the recipient of
this year's
Distinguished
Alumni Award is
Ruth Adler Schnee.
The award recognizes
Schnee
graduates who have
demonstrated creativity, innovation,
leadership and vision through their
contributions to the practices of archi-
tecture, art and design, as well as to
Cranbrook Academy of Art. Schnee
graduated from Cranbrook Academy of
Art with a degree in design in 1946,
one of the first women to achieve this
distinction.
Simon Ariel Kapen,
grandson of West
Bloomfield resident
Rachel Kapen, placed
fifth in the country in
his level math.
Kapen
Gary W. Edelson,
M.D., of Associated
Endocrinologists PC,
has been selected by
the Father's Day
Council to be honored
at the Father of the
Year
gala on Thursday,
Edelson
June 11, at 5:30 p.m.
at the MGM Grand Hotel in Detroit. He
and three others will be recognized as
business and community leaders who
balance highly successful careers with
the demands of being an exemplary role
model for their children. These excep-
tional men are leaders in their own
right, spanning a diverse range of profes-
sions.
Chief Judge Nanci
Grant of the
Oakland County
Circuit Court was
recently presented
with the 2015
WONder Woman
Award at the Women
Grant
Officials Network
Award Ceremony. The award recogniz-
es women who have improved the
quality of life in Southeast Michigan
through their civic, philanthropic and
professional accomplishments. In rec-
ognition of the award, Judge Grant
also received a special tribute from
Gov. Rick Snyder and the 98th
Michigan Legislature.
The American
Technion Society
announced the
appointment of Dave
Doneson, former
University of
Michigan alumnus
and employee, as
Doneson
senior vice president
of campaign. Doneson served as the
University of Michigan Health System's
director of development. He managed,
developed and coached a team dedicated
to major gift fundraising, and was
involved in all aspects of campaign plan-
ning for the Frankel Cardiovascular
Center and the Kellogg Eye Center. He
previously served as the director of
major gifts at the U-M Life Sciences
Institute, where he successfully re-engi-
neered a fundraising plan for his unit,
and prior to that, he was the regional
director of Development and Alumni
Relations at the U-M Law School.
Jennifer Oram, a
lifelong resident of
Orchard Lake, has
been named as a
Fellow in the 2015
class of the Michigan
Political Leadership
Program housed at
Oram
the Michigan State
University Institute
for Public Policy. Oram holds elected
positions on the 14th Congressional
District Republican Executive
Committee and on the Oakland
County Republican Executive
Committee, along with a leadership
position in the Oakland County Young
Republicans.
The impenetrable
fabric Crypton,
created by Randy
and Craig Rubin,
solved a major
problem in the
textile industry.
JVS will honor
The Rubins
their ingenuity
and corporate leadership with the JVS
Business Leadership Award at the
Strictly Business Networking and
Awards Luncheon on June 11. In addi-
tion to their patented high-tech textiles
and environmentally responsible manu-
facturing facilities, the Rubins promote a
company culture of creativity and pride.
With more than 100 employees between
its Bloomfield Hills headquarters and
North Carolina manufacturing plant, the
company has policies in place for cross-
training employees and career advance-
ment. The Rubins promote family/life
balance with flextime, provide expanded
vacation time, offer education reim-
bursement and give a quarterly bonus
based on company profitability.
Lis
EY announced
Hannan Lis, princi-
pal, COO and board
member of the WW
Group Inc. (Weight
Watchers' largest
franchise group),
and founder and
CEO of Lis Ventures LLC, a venture
fund investing in emerging technolo-
gies and companies, is a finalist for the
EY Entrepreneur of the Year 2015
Awards in the Michigan and
Northwest Ohio region. EY refers to
the global organization, and may refer
to one or more of the member firms of
Ernst & Young Global Limited, each of
which is a separate legal entity. The
awards program recognizes entrepre-
neurs who demonstrate excellence and
extraordinary success in such areas as
innovation, financial performance and
personal commitment to their busi-
nesses and communities. Lis, repre-
senting his latest company, Firebolt
Group, was selected as a finalist by a
panel of independent judges.
Gerry Weinberg &
Associates, a Sandler
Training Business
leader, providing
executive sales,
management and
leadership training
to individuals and
Nicol
companies across
hundreds of indus-
tries, announced the selection of
Alana Nicol of Milford as company
president. She is responsible for sell-
ing, coaching and facilitating training
for GWAs various public and in-house
programs, developing and implement-
ing the company's marketing and new
business strategies, as well as oversee-
ing GWAs daily operations and man-
aging the team's employees.
Encompass Healthcare
Takes Over Drake House
D
r. Bruce Ruben
now provide housing and
announced that
transportation for those
Encompass
patients as well as people
Healthcare has taken
who would benefit from
over Drake House, an
short-term respite care
assisted living facility at
and long-term assisted
Drake and 11 Mile roads
living facilities.
in Farmington Hills.
Ruben and Rabbi
The move allows
Herschel Finman recent-
patients long- and
ly affixed mezuzahs
short-term care near the
on all the doors of the
Encompass Healthcare
facility.
facility on Haggerty
"Doing this simple
Rabbi Hers chel Finman
Road and Pontiac Trail
mitzvah
makes a deep
and Dr. Bru ce Ruben
in Commerce.
connection with God
Encompass
that we hope will only
Healthcare specializes in
help our residents:'
wound care, infectious diseases and
Ruben said.
hyperbaric treatment. Many patients
For more information, visit www.
requiring these services have reduced
encompasshealthcare.com or call
mobility. Encompass Healthcare can
(248) 624-9800.
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