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of North America National 
Young Leadership Cabinet 
since 2015. 
Here in Detroit, Danny 
serves on the boards for the 
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, 
Detroit Historical Society and 
Forgotten Harvest.
He received his BA from the 
University of Michigan and 
his Juris Doctor from Loyola 
University in Chicago. 
Proud parents of Sophie 
and Henry, Danny and his 
wife, Morgan, reside in 
Birmingham. Zalman’s Deli in 
Bloomfield Hills once had a 
sandwich on the menu called 
“The Daniel.” While he says it 
was always his dream to have 
his own deli sandwich, “The 
Daniel” was removed due to 
lack of popularity.
 

JOSHUA 
DEAN
Joshua Dean 
is a third-year 
obstetrics/
gynecology res-
ident at William 
Beaumont Hospital in Royal 
Oak. He is passionate about 
women’s health and contribut-
ed a large percentage toward 
the record 7,379 deliveries this 
past year at Beaumont. 
 During his residency, he has 
helped care for patients during 
the COVID-19 pandemic. 
When the pandemic began, 
Josh spent a month working in 
the COVID ICU at Beaumont. 
He continues to care for preg-
nant women admitted due to 
severe COVID-19 disease. 
Josh grew up in West 
Bloomfield. He has been a life-
time member of Congregation 
Shaarey Zedek. He gradu-
ated from the University of 
Michigan with a degree in 
political science. He received 
his medical degree from 

Wayne State University School 
of Medicine. During his 
time at Wayne State, he was 
vice president of the Jewish 
Medical Student Association. 
His upbringing in the tight-
knit Detroit Jewish communi-
ty has instilled strong values 
of tikkun olam. He volunteers 
monthly at the Gary Burnstein 
Clinic in Pontiac, where he 
provides free gynecologic care 
to uninsured patients. He also 
served in the organization 
Fitkids 360 as a mentor to 
children overcoming obesity. 
Josh and his wife, Dr. 
Cristina Bruno, live in Royal 
Oak. They look forward to 
building a life together and 
supporting our strong Jewish 
community. 

KEVIN SACK
Kevin Sack is 
vice president 
and the fourth 
generation of 
his family at 
Sea Fare Foods 
Inc. Located in Detroit’s his-
toric Eastern Market, Sea 
Fare Foods is the producer of 
Ma Cohen’s award-winning 
smoked fish, lox and herring. 
In 2021, Kevin’s goal was to 
strengthen brand awareness 
amongst local businesses. 
While their products can be 
found nationwide, Ma Cohen’s 
is now featured at many Metro 
Detroit institutions, includ-
ing New York Bagel, Siegel’s 
Deli, Pickles & Rye, Westborn 
Market, Holiday Market, 
Western Market, Shelby 
Detroit, The Apparatus Room, 
Rose’s Fine Food & Wine, 
Coriander and several other 
fine food establishments.
In 2019, Kevin started 
Respect & Resources, a 
nonprofit with a mission to 
engage communities through-

out Metro Detroit to be good 
to their neighbors near and 
far. Respect & Resources has 
successfully worked on a prom 
dress giveaway, holiday toy 
drives and partnered with 
Operation Warm to bring 
brand-new, high-quality coats 
to underserved communities. 
The greatest joy in Kevin’s 
life is spending time with his 
wife, Abbie, and their son, 
Lennon. Kevin and his family 
are members at Adat Shalom 
Synagogue, where he contin-
ues to deepen his connection 
to Judaism through its adult 
education program and inde-
pendent studies with the cler-
gy. He has also been involved 
with the Coalition for Black 
and Jewish Unity and Hazon’s 
Jewish Food Festival.
Kevin lives in Royal Oak 
and is a proud Wolverine, 
having attended U-M’s Ross 
School of Business. In his 
spare time, Kevin enjoys 
traveling, growing his art and 
record collection, innovating 
new products, and connecting 
with friends and family. 

MARLEE 
SHIFMAN
Marlee Shifman 
is the marketing 
and communi-
cations associ-
ate at Frankel 
Jewish Academy, where she 
cultivates relationships with 
future Jewish leaders and 
helps tell the story of FJA to 
the broader community. 
 Marlee is responsible for all 
FJA’s social media pages; she 
writes and edits the yearly 
Mah Hadash magazine, which 
is mailed to more than 1,000 
households; she handles all 
photography and videography 
for the school; and if it’s a 
snow day, she’s the one letting 

you know!
Marlee originally found her 
way to the Jewish nonprofit 
sector working as a develop-
ment associate at JVS Human 
Services where she handled 
donations and tributes.
An alumna of Western 
Michigan University (go 
Broncos!), she graduated in 
2013 with a BA in communi-
cations, specializing in film, 
video and media studies. 
Marlee was a founding 
member of her BBYO chap-
ter, Emunah BBG. She has 
served on the BBYO Alumni 
Committee as well as at JVS 
and NEXTGen Detroit’s 
NextWork Committee. 
She is a long-time member 
of Temple Shir Shalom, where 
she also worked as its videog-
rapher, filming b’nai mitzvahs 
and holiday services. 
Marlee has a talent and pas-
sion for photography and has 
her own side business, Marlee 
Jade Photography, taking por-
traits of high school seniors 
and families. You can view her 
work on her Facebook page. 
Marlee was raised in 
Farmington Hills and now 
resides in Royal Oak with her 
cat, Mr. Pickles.

ZACK 
SLAPOTSKY
Originally 
from West 
Bloomfield, 
Zack attend-
ed Hillel Day 
School and Cranbrook. He 
then left the area, earning an 
economics degree at Cornell 
University, working as an 
economic consultant in New 
York City, achieving an MBA 
with honors from the University 
of Michigan’s Ross School of 
Business and working for a 

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