40 | MARCH 12 • 2020 GLOW PATH continued from page 39 Gilbert Is Back in Action Q uicken Loans Inc. founder Dan Gilbert spoke late last month at Crain’ s Annual Newsmaker of the Year luncheon. It was his first time addressing the public since suffering from an isch- emic stroke nine months ago. The 58-year-old Detroit entrepreneur was inaugurated as the first member of Crain’ s Newsmaker Hall of Fame. “A leader’ s job is not to cre- ate more followers — a leader’ s job is to create more leaders,” Gilbert said. “I think we had the honor of doing that in our family of companies, which is why it could continue in my absence.” According to Crain’ s, Gilbert spent eight months at a reha- bilitation facility in Chicago and continued physical and occupational therapy at home. According to the report, Gilbert’ s speech is clear, yet he is still experiencing paralysis on his left side. Gilbert is now back at work about two days per week. He is using a wheelchair and has a service dog in tow. “The award is really for everyone, not just the guy that happens to be the leader of the food chain,” Gilbert said. Real-estate developer and philanthropist Stephen Ross was also honored as Crain’ s Newsmaker of the Year and is partnering with Gilbert on the University of Michigan “Innovation Center” slated for Downtown Detroit. ALLISON JACOBS DIGITAL EDITOR business SPOTlight here’s to Jessica Goldberg, 18, of Farmington Hills was named one of Michigan’ s top youth volunteers of 2020 by the Prudential Spirit of Com- munity Awards, a nationwide program honoring young people for outstand- ing acts of volunteerism. As a state honoree, Jessica will receive $1,000, an engraved silver medallion and an all-expense-paid trip in early May to Washington, D.C., where she will join the top two honorees from each of the other states and the District of Columbia for four days of national recognition events. During the trip, 10 students will be named America’ s top youth volunteers of 2020. Goldberg, a senior at North Farmington High School, built a support network for the siblings of young people dealing with mental illness, providing them with support groups, social events, networking opportunities, an advocacy voice and other resources. Volunteers for Israel has announced that Ed Kohl of West Bloomfield is the publisher of the Volunteers for Israel Volunteer Connection newsletter to be issued quarterly to all Volunteers for Israel veterans and applicants. As publisher, he will solicit, edit, approve articles and the publication. Volunteers for Israel is asso- ciated with Sar-El, a nonprofit organization that administers the program in Israel at which volunteers spend one-to-three weeks living and working on a non-combat IDF army base alongside Israelis and other volunteers from around the world. Sib4Sib, a support network for the siblings of people who struggle with mental health or have developmental or cognitive differences, hired Breanne Ott of Huntington Woods as its first executive director. She has a decade of nonprof- it management experience, most recently with the American Cancer Society. Her goal is to en- sure that each child feels nurtured, understood, safe and, above all else, to count on Sib4Sib as their “home away from home.” SHOOK Research and Forbes have named Paul A. Toby and Paul J. Monacelli, both senior vice presidents for wealth management at UBS Financial Services Inc., as 2020 Best-State-Wealth Advisors for Michigan. Dan Gilbert accepting his award Feb. 21 in Detroit WDIV SCREENSHOT ens of orders. Now they are going to market. “We’ re talking to big box stores — Menard’ s, Home Depot, Lowe’ s, ” Alex says. “ And we’ re working with land- scape architects to get them to specify our materials with their clients. ” Glow Path has already built a patio for a West Bloomfield home. They are now targeting markets in California, Arizona and Nevada. The owners envision sev- eral possible uses for their products. One is to illuminate public spaces. “City plazas, parks, amuse- ment parks, retirement com- munities, college campuses, Las Vegas casinos and hos- pitals are perfect examples of potential clients, ” Eckhous says. “It’ s a unique product and serves in many ways as an alternative to low-voltage lighting. ” No electricity is needed, and because the material is nontoxic, it’ s environmentally friendly. “Theoretically, you could eat it. ” The luminous stones could also, the owners say, help peo- ple navigate benighted side- walks, curbs or steps. There are marine applications, too: swimming pools, fish tanks and koi ponds. “We may also eventually provide other sizes for accents and borders, and designs like arrows, ” Eckhous says. Wherever the possibilities take them, the Glow Path guys plan to stick to their values. “We share the perspective that you should treat people as you’ d like to be treated, with respect and honesty. And that you’ ll likely get that returned to you if you commit to it, ” Eckhous says. Alex adds, “The good part about all this is it’ s going to be here for a long, long time, even after we leave this world. It’ s going to be here, and people are going to see the effect we’ ve made on the world — that we’ ve made the surface glow.”