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The 13th annual JVS Human Services Trade Secrets 
Event was held Nov. 11 at the Detroit Marriott Troy. 
The event raised $273,803, through sponsorship and 
ticket sales, for Women to Work, a program that 
offers intensive assessment, testing and job search 
training for women needing immediate employment. 
 
 This year’s honorary chair and keynote speaker 
at Trade Secrets was Shari Finsilver, who has dedi-
cated her life to advocating for patients, like herself, 
who suffer from Essential Tremor, the most com-
mon movement disorder. Finsilver started the first 
International Essential Tremor Foundation (IETF) 
support group for Michigan patients 20 years ago 
and is currently vice president of the organization. 
 Trade Secrets was held in hybrid form, with a lim-
ited in-person dinner and a streamed online version. 
Fox 2’s Amy Lange emceed the event. 
Trade Secrets’ Presenting Sponsors were Connie 
Holzer at Tom Holzer Ford and Shari and Stanley 
Finsilver; Platinum Sponsors were Artichoke Garlic 
Foundation and DeRoy Testamentary Foundation; 
Diamond Sponsors were Moscow Family Fund 
and skinnytees; and the Emerald Sponsor was 
Huntington Bank. 

PHOTOS COURTESY OF JVS

JVS Trade Secrets 
Raises $270,000+

Kim Lifton of Farmington Hills, Carolyn Krieger of West Bloomfield, Alanna Cohen 
of Troy, Marin Goldberg of Birmingham, Mark Weisberg of Commerce and Fox 2’s 
Amy Lange

Brett Finsilver and Jane Fenkell of Bloomfield Hills, Stanley and Shari Finsilver of 
Orchard Lake, Steven and Amy Ben-Ezra of Franklin

Shari Finsilver of Orchard Lake, honorary 
chair and keynote speaker, receives a 
Daniel Cascardo painting from co-chair 
Linda Schlesinger-Wagner of West 
Bloomfield.

JVS Human Services CEO Paul Blatt, 
with Shari and Stanley Finsilver of 
Orchard Lake 

Norton Stern of Farmington Hills, Rabbi Josh Bennett of 
Bloomfield Hills and Stanley Finsilver of Orchard Lake

Linda Schlesinger-Wagner, co-chair of Trade Secrets, with 
honorary chair and keynote Speaker Shari Finsilver, and 
co-chair Carolyn Krieger 

SAM SARKIS PHOTOGRAPHY

