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NEXTGen Entree 2020, which helps young
adults new to Detroit to connect Jewishly.
He also is a member of The Well’
s Detroit
Whiskey Group.
Spencer is a proud native of Little Rock,
Ark., growing up as one of only 1,500 Jews in
the city. He says it shaped his commitment
to be the involved Jewish man he is today.
You will find him on a random bike ride
or drive, exploring Detroit’
s neighborhoods,
trying to find fried chicken up to his stan-
dards or making friends with Eastern Market
vendors.
A year ago, his dog, Cosmo, was lost in
West Bloomfield during the polar vortex; not
to worry, Cosmo is safe. Spencer is a lifelong
swimmer and is looking for friends to make
him get back in the pool.
STEPHANIE EREZ
Stephanie Erez is the
coordinator of jBaby
Detroit for jFamily at the
JCC, where she organizes
prenatal courses for first-
time expectant parents.
Stephanie hires the top
experts in their field to
deliver (pun intended!) the most informative
classes on newborn care, labor and delivery,
infant CPR and baby feeding. Stephanie also
coordinates post-baby programs like the
jBaby Born Postpartum Support Group for
moms, parenting education workshops and
young Jewish family programming. Most
recently, Stephanie has taken on overseeing
new dad-focused programs like the Daddy
Boot Camp Workshop for prenatal dads and
the monthly Sunday Morning Daddy & Me:
Bagels and Boot Camp for fathers and little
ones.
For Stephanie, the most rewarding part of
her job is the knowledge that she is helping
new parents form connections for life.
She is a native Detroiter and she received
her B.A. from the University of Michigan
and her master’
s in Jewish civilization from
the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Before
beginning her career with jFamily, Stephanie
worked remotely as a freelance writer and
editor for six years and “mommed” full time.
Before that, she held a position in the Israel
and Overseas Department at the Jewish
Federation.
Stephanie and her husband, Kobi, live
in Southfield with their four children. The
family shares a profound love for Israel and
travels there every summer.
MATTHEW SIKORA
Matthew Sikora is the
founder and chief instruc-
tor at TRUE Martial Arts
in the Orchard Mall in
West Bloomfield. His
award-winning programs
are designed to teach
students of all ages real-
ity-based self-defense skills and character
development. He developed these programs
from the ground up and now serves more
than 350 members in his location.
He also offers his Reality Defense Krav
Maga program, a martial art focused on
self-defense developed by the Israeli Defense
Forces.
He provides free anti-bullying seminars
for children and has been featured on sev-
eral news stations sharing his anti-bullying
message. He is also co-owner of Sikora Law
Firm in Farmington Hills, where the firm
represents clients injured in automobile acci-
dents.
Matthew serves on the West Bloomfield
Education Foundation (WBEF) board
and has been involved with planning and
fundraising to invest in academic enrich-
ment programs for children in the West
Bloomfield School District. He has also
volunteered in the Jewish community by
providing self-defense training for teens and
adults.
He enjoys boating, golf, snowboarding and
trying Metro Detroit’
s amazing restaurants.
He especially loves rock climbing and can-
yoneering and has a great collection of pic-
tures of himself at the summit of mountains
all over the world.
ERIC BERLIN
Eric Berlin is a litigation
attorney at Clark Hill
PLC, where he works
with individuals and busi-
nesses through all stages
and aspects of litigation.
He is part of the firm’
s
Leadership Forum, helping
to create educational and social program-
ming and growth opportunities for associ-
ates and senior attorneys.
He is also a board member of the Detroit
Bar Association’
s Barrister’
s Section and is
involved with the Jewish Bar Association of
Michigan.
Eric’
s Jewish communal involvement
began in high school, when became an active
member of BBYO, serving as president of
Kishon AZA and regional vice president.
Eric graduated from the University of
Michigan, where he was an active member
of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity. He spent
six months living in Jerusalem studying at
Hebrew University.
Eric is involved with NEXTGen Detroit
and The Well and its monthly Shabbat din-
ner groups. He has also been involved with
Therapy Dogs International, where he and
his dog (Rocky, a chocolate lab) were certi-
fied as a therapy team to visit schools and
nursing homes.
Eric and his wife, Abi, were born
and raised in Metro Detroit and live in
Huntington Woods with their two dogs
(Rocky and Lily). They are members at
Temple Israel. They enjoy spending time
with friends and family, trying out the
Detroit’
s latest restaurants, hiking with their
dogs and binge-watching whatever show
they can eventually agree on.
DANIEL ROSENBERG
Daniel “Danny”
Rosenberg, 35, of
Franklin is a senior
account executive at
LinkedIn. He is part of
LinkedIn’
s Marketing
Solutions organization,
working with its top enterprise, strategic
and high-growth clients to create custom
marketing programs. After working in
Silicon Valley and Chicago, he has brought
his talents back home to Detroit.
He is passionate about leveraging his skill-
set to help Jewish Detroit professionals nav-
igate the LinkedIn network and enhance the
way they market themselves. He’
s partnered
with both JVS and NEXTGen Detroit to fur-
ther promote this goal.
After graduating from Michigan State
University, Danny embarked on a year-long
ELIZABETH CARDWELL