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When she is not working, Claudia spends 
her free time with family and friends, traveling 
and exploring the city of Detroit. 

 
DANIEL WARSH 
Daniel Warsh, 32, of West 
Bloomfield, is an in-house 
corporate attorney at Robert 
Bosch LLC, where he advises 
several North American busi-
ness units of the company on 
commercial legal topics. He is 
a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania 
and the University of Michigan Law School. 
 Daniel currently serves on the executive 
board of NEXTGen Detroit as a co-chair of 
NEXTGen’
s Campaign; previously, he played a 
key role in planning and organizing hallmark 
NEXTGen programs such as Good Shabbos 
Detroit, among others, after joining the 
NEXTGen Board in 2013. 
Inspired by his participation in the Glass 
Leadership Institute, Daniel joined the Anti-
Defamation League’
s regional board in 2014. 
He also has a long-standing involvement 
with the University of Michigan Hillel, first 
as a member of the governing board as a law 
student and now as a member of the board of 
trustees. Daniel is a member of Congregation 
Beth Ahm. In his spare time, you’
re likely to 
find him under the hood of a car or partici-
pating in motorsport activities. 

DAVID ZEMON 
David Zemon, 29, is a 
supporter and passionate 
advocate for the strategic 
redevelopment of the District 
Detroit. As the director of 
corporate partnerships for 
the NBA’
s Detroit Pistons, 
David helps connect an energetic fan base of 
basketball enthusiasts to the world-renowned 
technology companies, startups, and local 
and national retailers who share a likeminded 
commitment to creating best-in-class experi-
ences in and around the Motor City. 
Prior to joining the Detroit Pistons, David 
led strategic partnerships for Taubman Malls, 
a portfolio of boutique, luxury shopping 
malls in key markets across the United States.
David’
s commitment to social responsi-
bility dovetails with his professional focus, 
as both an internal champion of and active 
participant in Pistons Summer in the City, 
Season of Giving and Basketball for All com-
munity initiatives. 
David and his wife, Elizabeth, live in 
Beverly Hills and are members of Temple 
Israel. He is a 
“Spartan for life” and co-cap-
tain of a consistently average intramural 
ComePlayDetroit basketball team. After 
hours, he enjoys traveling, writing screen-

plays and participating in local film compe-
titions.

ELI BOYER 
Eli Boyer is owner/operator of 
the award-winning Voyager 
restaurant in Ferndale, as well 
as Lovers Only and Iggy’
s 
Eggies in Detroit’
s Capitol 
Park. A 33-year-old native 
of West Bloomfield, Eli, his 
wife, Kimberly, and their daughters, Joey and 
Charlie, live in Huntington Woods.
From a young age, Eli was raised as an 
active member of Detroit’
s Jewish community, 
He spent summers as a longtime camper and 
staff member at Camp Tamarack, was found-
ing member of Kitzoni AZA Chapter #321 and 
graduated from Congregation Shaarey Zedek’
s 
Hebrew High School. At the University of 
Michigan — where he graduated with degrees 
in economics and sociology — Eli held lead-
ership positions as a brother of the Omega 
Deuteron chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi.
After launching six restaurant concepts in 
a little more than four years with Chicago-
based DMK Restaurants, Eli returned to his 
hometown in 2013 to make an impact on the 
growing hospitality scene. Since he opened his 
restaurant Voyager in early 2017, it has been 
named a Food & Wine magazine Restaurant of 
the Year and in Esquire magazine’
s Best New 
Restaurants in America in 2018.
In his free time, Eli enjoys exploring Detroit 
with his family and looks forward to a healthy 
and happy 2019. His recommendation for the 
best thing to do in Detroit during the winter is 
a steam session at The Schvitz.

EMMA WINE 
Emma Wine, 16, of Royal 
Oak, is a junior at The Roeper 
School. She has been an active 
member of Detroit Jews for 
Justice (DJJ) for the past three 
years and was recently elected 
to the steering committee. She is 
a member of the Water Campaign team, which 
works in coalition with People’
s Water Board to 
fight for policies that protect clean, affordable 
water. DJJ has helped Emma connect to her 
Jewish identity through a social justice lens. 
As a regional youth intern for Michigan 
Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion, Emma 
works with peers from around Metro Detroit 
to create and facilitate workshops, addressing a 
variety of social justice issues.
Emma’
s education at Roeper and the 
Birmingham Temple, along with the time spent 
at DJJ and Michigan Roundtable, have taught 
her to think critically about the role she plays in 
perpetuating injustice and the part she can play 
in fighting it. 

At school, she plays volleyball and soccer 
and participates in theater. She tries to live by 
the words: “Don’
t be in a hurry to condemn 
because he doesn’
t do what you do or think as 
you think or as fast. There was a time when you 
didn’
t know what you know today.
”- Malcolm 
X. Her favorite book is Song of Solomon by Toni 
Morrison.

LESLEY WELWARTH 
Lesley is in-house counsel for 
Credit Acceptance Corporation, 
an indirect auto finance 
company headquartered in 
Southfield. Prior to going 
in-house, Lesley was an asso-
ciate at Pepper Hamilton LLP 
in the Corporate Bankruptcy and Restructuring 
Practice Group. 
A native New Yorker, Lesley, 34, is thrilled to 
call Michigan her home. She lives in Southfield 
with her husband, Jeremy, and her two chil-
dren, Noah and Emma, who both attend Farber 
Hebrew Day School-Yeshivat Akiva.
Lesley is an active second-year board mem-
ber of the Jewish Federation of Metro Detroit’
s 
NEXTGen Detroit and proud Ben-Gurion 
Society member. Lesley is honored to act as a 
co-chair of NEXTGen’
s 2019 EPIC event and 
is involved in promoting many of NEXTGen’
s 
events and initiatives.
An active Farber HDS parent, Lesley will 
chair, for the third consecutive year, the Farber 
HDS 2019 annual dinner. In addition, Lesley is 
a Young Israel of Southfield board member and 
is engaged in strengthening the synagogue and 
Modern Orthodox Jewish community of Metro 
Detroit.
In the summer, she loves to take short drives 
out of the city and visit the Great Lakes. Last 
summer, she kayaked to Turnip Rock near Port 
Austin. 

GEORGE ROBERTS 
George Roberts, 28, is director 
of public spaces at the Quicken 
Loans Community Fund. In this 
role, George leads the Quicken 
Loans Family of Companies’
 
investments in the redevelop-
ment, activation and operation 
of parks, streets, plazas, alleys, bike lanes, librar-
ies and other civic infrastructure throughout 
Detroit. George’
s accomplishments include the 
creation of the Woodward Esplanade and Spirit 
Plaza, revitalization of Capitol Park, and devel-
opment of Cadillac Lodge and the Downtown 
holiday markets.
Prior to joining Quicken Loans, George 
lived in New York City and worked for the 
national leader in public space redevelopment, 
Biederman Redevelopment Ventures. In this 

