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Ernst & Young
LLP announced
that president
and CEO Mat
Ishbia of United
Wholesale
Mortgage
was named
an Entrepreneur of The
Year 2021 Michigan and
Northwest Ohio Award win-
ner. The awards program
is one of the preeminent
competitive awards for
entrepreneurs and leaders of
high-growth companies. The
award recognizes those who
are unstoppable entrepre-
neurial leaders, excelling in
talent management; degree
of difficulty; financial perfor-
mance; societal impact and
building a values-based com-
pany; and originality, innova-
tion and future plans. Ishbia
was selected by an indepen-
dent panel of judges, and
the award was announced
during the program’s virtual
awards gala in August.
Wixom-based
Firebolt Group,
an innovative
software and
hardware mar-
keting solutions
company for
leading global
brands, announced the
appointment of David Bean
as president and board
member. He will guide the
company’s trajectory of
growth this year, helping
brands reemerge to connect
with their customers. His
expertise as a business lead-
er includes sales, marketing,
operations, manufacturing,
client relations, event man-
agement, project manage-
ment, logistics and field
services.
Hertz Schram
PC, a Bloomfield
Hills and
Detroit law firm,
announced that
prominent First
Amendment
and media law
attorney Herschel Fink has
joined Hertz Schram as Of
Counsel to the firm, where
he will continue his practice
representing newspapers,
media organizations and
entertainment companies.
He is currently legal counsel
to USA Today Network’s six
Michigan newsrooms, includ-
ing the Detroit Free Press,
that he has represented for
35 years, and will continue
to represent separately.
Previously, he was a senior
partner at the Honigman firm,
where he headed its media
law practice for 35 years.
Veteran
organizer and
community
leader Noah
Arbit (D-West
Bloomfield)
announced
his campaign
for state representative
in the competitive West
Bloomfield-based 39th
House District ahead of
redistricting.
Matt Ishbia
David Bean
Herschel
Fink
Noah Arbit
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