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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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