Congratulations!

LINDSEY FOX-WAGNER

Mazel Tov on receiving such a wonderful honor. We
are so proud of you and all you have accomplished.

Your Loving Family,
Mom and Dad, Hallie, Ryan,
Sloane and Brooke, Jordan and Nathan,
Jodi, Paul and Kemper,
Grandma Irene

CONGRATULATIONS

Aaron Appel

for this well-deserved recognition.
Brilliant Detroit is happy to have you on our team!

Brilliant Detroit

creating kid success neighborhoods

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Mazel Tov!

Lindsay

Congratulations Lindsay!!! What an
honor to be 1 of 36 who serve our
community in such meaningful ways.
You are one of a kind to us! We are
so proud of you, all you do, and all
the love you put into doing it. We
love you! Muwah!

Zak, Lillee, Emma, Gigi, Papa
and the Hazans

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Rabbi Shneur follows
• ½ of the team Rabbi Shneur
represents. The “better half,” who
makes all that he does possible, is he
says, his wife, Zeesy. (By Annie Lehmann)

DAVID SILVER
David Silver, 27, is
the founder and
executive director
of Detroit Horse
Power, a 501(c)
(3) nonprofit that
teaches at-risk
urban youth
valuable life
lessons through riding and caring for
horses.
David grew up as a competitive
horseback rider in Westchester, N.Y.,
and graduated from Dartmouth
College in 2012. He moved to Detroit
through Teach for America and
taught fourth and fifth grades on the
west side of Detroit from 2012-14.
He received his master’s in the art of
teaching from Oakland University in
2014.
After two years of teaching,
David decided to step outside the
classroom to make the character
skill-building opportunities he had
received through working with horses
available to youth like his students.
Now in its third year of operation,
Detroit Horse Power has brought
hundreds of students from the city
to partnering horse barns outside
Detroit for summer camps that
emphasize the life lessons horses can
teach us: confidence, perseverance,
empathy, self-control and responsible
risk-taking.
Programming now continues year-
round with an after-school program,
all while moving closer to the long-
term goal of repurposing vacant land
within Detroit’s city limits for a new
urban equestrian center that will
be home to accessible year-round
youth programs and support stronger
communities.

ERIN STIEBEL
Erin Stiebel, 31,
of Southfield
is an educator
for Partners
Detroit’s young
professional
division,
offering Jewish
educational
opportunities and hosting Shabbos
meals for anyone and everyone.
(Let her know when you’re free for
Shabbos dinner!)
In addition to having staffed
Israel trips for Birthright and the
Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project
(JWRP), Erin serves as the director
of NCSY GIVE, an annual volunteer-
focused Israel summer program for

high school girls from across North
America.
When she’s not teaching or running
Israel trips, Erin can be found
innovating in the greater Jewish
community, having founded Deja
Food, a joint project with Yad Ezra
that collects excess Shalach Manos
after Purim and distributes them
to the needy, and Zechuyos.com, a
website established for people to
commit to taking on mitzvot in the
merit of those in need of healing.
Erin, a graduate of Yeshiva
University, has her M.B.A. and
master’s in Jewish education and is a
Wexner Fellow/Davidson Scholar. She
is a NEXTGen Detroit board member,
a NEXTGen PresenTense Fellow
and an active member of Detroit’s
Orthodox community who loves her
unofficial role of “matchmaker” ( four
married couples and counting!).
She is always looking to meet more
people, help more people meet and
bring humor and happiness to her
surroundings.
Erin is married to Detroit-native
David Stiebel and is the (very) proud
mom of Alexander, Solly and Louie.

CARLY SUGAR
Carly Sugar, 28,
is a food grower,
educator and
advocate. Her
destiny in this
work was seeded
by her ancestors’
growing
medicinal herbs
in rural Hungary and raising chickens
upon immigrating to the U.S.
Her parents, who met in a cooking
class, instilled in her an appreciation
for quality ingredients and stressed
the liberation that comes with
preparing food.
In her role as Giving Gardens
director at Yad Ezra, Carly works in
the intersection of food production,
Jewish culture and history, and food
issues.
At Giving Gardens, volunteers
harvest regeneratively grown produce
for food pantry clients, and program
participants examine the societal
structures that perpetuate unequal
access to healthy food.
Carly currently lives in Detroit’s
North Corktown neighborhood,
where she keeps a garden, bees
and chickens, and makes a point of
regularly playing with her food.
Her experiences in Detroit’s urban
farming landscape have complexified
her understanding of food, solidifying
it as a vehicle to explore spirituality,
heritage, and the most important
social and environmental issues of
our time.

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