SEPTEMBER 9 • 2021 | 45

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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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