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JOSH SKLAR
Josh Sklar, 27, is a Detroit 
native who is passionate about 
the city’
s revitalization move-
ment and has played a key role 
in both its Jewish community 
and startup ecosystem. 
Josh currently leads a team 
of engineers at StockX, a startup in Detroit he 
joined as the 20th team member and that now 
employs more than 500 people. Before StockX, 
Josh worked at many different startups around 
Detroit and has immersed himself in the entre-
preneurial community. 
Josh serves as president of Chabad Young 
Professionals, Detroit, where he focuses on 
building a community of Jewish young profes-
sionals by hosting events in exclusive and eclec-
tic venues in Detroit. 
Prior to living in Detroit, Josh graduated from 
the University of Michigan, where he was an 
active member at the Jewish Resource Center. 
He is one of four siblings and is the grandchild 
of Holocaust survivors, which has played a large 
part in creating his deep Jewish roots.

JOSHUA BORSON
Joshua Borson, 31, of 
Huntington Woods is a 
corporate attorney at Jaffe 
Raitt Heuer & Weiss, where 
he dedicates his practice to 
empowering entrepreneurs to 
grow through effective business 
planning and solving everyday legal issues. He 
enjoys working with businesses of all shapes 
and sizes to provide a proactive, results-focused 
approach in order to achieve his clients’
 short-
term and long-term goals. Josh is skilled in all 
areas of corporate law, including entity forma-
tion, contract review and negotiation, financing, 
mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate 
matters.
Josh and his wife, Jenna, are native Detroiters 
who chose to stay in Michigan following gradu-
ate school to plant their roots and build a fam-
ily. They love spending every waking moment 
with their daughter, Ava. 
Giving back to the Jewish community is what 
keeps Josh grounded. He is a member of the 
NEXTGen Detroit Board of Directors, where 
he works to build a vibrant Jewish community. 
Josh is a member of the Entree Committee, 
a leadership program that helps members 
understand and become involved with the 
Jewish Federation. He is also a member of the 
NEXTWork Committee, which helps organize 
networking events with keynote speakers for 
more than 450 young, talented professionals 
in the Metro Detroit area. Josh also sits on the 
board of Cause We Care, a Temple Israel social 
action committee that provides community 
service activities in the Metro Detroit area. He 

is also a mentor for the University of Michigan 
Football Alumni Network.

KEITH 

SCHONBERGER
Keith Schonberger, 31, of Troy 
is a patent attorney at Young 
Basile Hanlon & MacFarlane 
P
.C. He specializes in patent 
prosecution for computer tech-
nologies, namely, in the areas 
of video coding, artificial intelligence, cloud 
computing and wearable devices. Keith works 
with global corporations and start-up enter-
prises alike to draft and prosecute patent appli-
cations before the U.S. Patent and Trademark 
Office.
Although he grew up in the Metro Detroit 
Jewish community, Keith first recognized his 
strong connection to Judaism while on the 
2004 Teen Mission. He has been an active 
community member ever since. During col-
lege and law school, Keith led weekly Shabbat 
services at Michigan State University Hillel. 
After moving to Troy, he took on leadership 
roles in several Jewish organizations, including 
Tamarack Camps, where he spent two years as 
an ex-officio member of the board of directors 
and remains an engaged committee member; 
The Well, where he leads a monthly Tot Shabbat 
program and has assisted with other program 
development; and NEXTGen Detroit, where 
he is a third-year member on the board of 
directors and the chair of the interfaith couples 
affinity group.
Keith met his wife, Tara, at MSU. They have 
been married for more than seven years and 
have two amazing sons, Eli and Adam, and an 
awesome dog, Kedzie. Outside of his family, 
career and community involvement, Keith 
enjoys spending his free time jamming on gui-
tar with friends, trying new restaurants and fine 
whiskies, and sharing terrible dad jokes.

RYAN BAROUCH
Ryan Barouch, 35, is the 
president of American Credit 
Restoration, which focuses 
on helping consumers correct 
errors and improve their credit. 
Founded by Ryan in 2005, it 
has helped more than 10,000 
individuals improve their credit standing in 
order to qualify for auto loans, mortgages, credit 
cards, etc.
Ryan and his wife, Lauren, live in Novi with 
their two children, Brody and Isla, who attend 
preschool at Temple Israel. They are active in 
the Jewish community and regularly attend 
family programming and monthly Shabbat din-
ners organized by The Well.

When Ryan is not holding a baby, he is hold-
ing a guitar. Ryan has been playing guitar for 
more than 22 years and also produces hip hop 
music. He enjoys spending his free time skate-
boarding with his son, visiting with family and 
friends, exploring new restaurants in Detroit 
and taking cruises with his family.
Ryan supports many local Jewish organi-
zations including the Jewish Federation of 
Metropolitan Detroit, Chabad, the Friday 
Boys of the International School for Chabad 
Leadership, The Well, Aish HaTorah and 
recently went on the JWRP Men’
s Trip to Israel 
with Aish Detroit. 

MATT KURZMANN
Matt Kurzmann, 29, is a first 
vice president of investments at 
Affordable Housing Advisors 
(AHA) of Marcus & Millichap. 
Matt’
s career in real estate 
brokerage began in 2011 and, 
since then, he has successfully 
brokered the sale of thousands of govern-
ment-subsidized multi-family apartment units 
on behalf of owners across the country. 
Matt spearheaded the formation of AHA
’
s 
nonprofit platform five years ago, which pro-
vides professional brokerage services to non-
profit organizations, representing them in the 
sale of their affordable housing properties. He is 
particularly proud to have facilitated the long-
term preservation of the affordable housing 
status for all the nonprofit-owned properties 
AHA has been involved in brokering, and the 
majority received substantial renovations via the 
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit program. 
Matt is a supporter of many charitable causes 
including The Well, JARC, the Frankel Jewish 
Academy and Camp Ramah in Canada. In his 
free time, Matt enjoys Indiana Hoosiers basket-
ball and spending time with family and friends, 
particularly his wife, Katie, and their bernedoo-
dle puppy, Noodle. 

LAUREN HOFFMAN
Lauren Hoffman, 25, spends 
her days building startup 
community and her free time 
building Jewish communi-
ty. After falling in love with 
Detroit and its complexity 
through her undergraduate 
thesis research, she moved here from New York 
in 2016 to work for real-estate tech startup 
Castle, through a program called Venture for 
America. Prior to this, Lauren earned a bache-
lor’
s degree in religion at Princeton University 
and subsequently served as a JDC Jewish 
Service Corps fellow in Germany, planning 
events for Jewish students and young profes-
sionals. Today, Lauren works at Rock Ventures 

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