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gap with strong bipartisan 
measures to invest in degree 
and training programs with 
the goal of having 60% of the 
working population degreed 
or credentialed by 2030,” 
Ungerleider said. 
“(But) we must do more,” 
he said, “including removing 
barriers to work by invest-
ing in childcare, broad-
band access and affordable 
housing, which will drive 
additional labor force partic-
ipation. To address some of 
the immediate issues in our 
K-12 education system, we 
recommend using American 
Rescue Plan Act funding 
($6.5 billion of federal aid 
provided to Michigan) to 
expand teacher training and 
recruitment and to invest in 
before and after school sup-
port and summer learning 
programs.”

HIS CAREER AT DOW
Ungerleider’s own post-sec-
ondary educational journey 
began at the University of 
Texas, where he studied 
marketing. “It was a great 
education and in terms of 
dollar input per output of 
knowledge, a tremendous 
value for in-state students,” 
he said.
Corporations, Dow among 
them, recognized Texas as a 
top school and recruited there. 
“I was interested in business, 
so the summer between my 
junior and senior year I came 
to work for Dow in Midland, 
which I previously hadn’t 
known existed.” 
Dow, he said, has a com-
petitive, hardworking and 
promote-from-within culture. 
“That summer they threw 
me in the deep end, trusting 
me with an important project 

concerning the fluid used for 
de-icing airplanes.
“
At the time, Dow was a 
large player in that market; 
and a big technology shift was 
taking place. We were trying 
to figure out how fast it was 
happening and what we could 
do to differentiate ourselves. I 
hadn’t yet graduated from col-
lege, and I was talking to the 
FAA and to airport operators 
around the world,” he said. “
At 
the end of the project I made 
recommendations to the busi-
ness unit’s leadership team — 

it was pretty exciting stuff.”
Following his graduation, 
Dow hired Ungerleider in 
1990 to work in sales on 
the West Coast, first in San 
Francisco and then Los 
Angeles. While working in 
Los Angeles, he earned an 
MBA at UCLA. Additionally, 
he worked for Dow in 
Houston twice; Danbury, 
Connecticut; Philadelphia; 
and Zurich, Switzerland, 
before returning to Midland 
in 2008 as vice president of 
investor relations.

“WORKING TOGETHER WE HAVE A 
LEGITIMATE SHOT AT BECOMING 

A TOP 10 STATE.”

— HOWARD UNGERLEIDER

Craig E. Zucker has been appoint-
ed to the executive committee of 
Maddin Hauser Roth & Heller P.C., 
in Southfield. Zucker is a share-
holder with the firm and co-chairs 
its Bankruptcy, Restructuring and 
Debtor-Creditor Rights group. 

Hunter Pasteur, 
Southeast 
Michigan’s pre-
mier luxury res-
idential builder, 
announced that 
Jake Dangovian 
has been named 
vice president 
of finance. Dangovian previously 
served as a senior financial and 
acquisitions analyst — respon-
sible for budgeting and report-
ing systems throughout Hunter 
Pasteur’s project portfolio. The 
new role will expand Dangovian’s 
duties to include financial report-
ing, cash flow management, 
trade partner management and 
investor relations.

John A. MacKenzie has been select-
ed to Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s 
“Up & Coming Lawyers” for 2022. He 
is a shareholder with Maddin Hauser 
and member of its Complex Litigation 
and Risk Advisory Group. 

Ronald A. Sollish has been select-
ed to Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s 
2022 “Hall of Fame” class. He is a 
shareholder with Maddin Hauser, 
and serves as an executive com-
mittee member and chairman of its 
Corporate/Employment Group.

Lauren 
(Garfield) 
Herrin, 
37, of 
Bloomfield 
Township 
and associ-
ate director 
of Jewish 
Community Relations 
Council/American Jewish 
Committee (JCRC/AJC) was 
named as one of Oakland 
County’s 40 Under 40. The 
2022 class honors young 
professionals who live and/
or work in Oakland County 
and exemplify Oakland 
Together, a vision for a 
community working togeth-
er to leverage its strengths, 
address its challenges and 
find value in working with 
regional partners.