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s a kid, Julie Trepeck Harris was
told by her parents she’d make a
great lawyer.
“I always felt that I wanted to go to law
school,” the 41-year-old attorney says.
“That was the seed that was planted and
where I ended up.”
Trepeck Harris, a senior attorney at
Honigman LLP, focuses her practice on
commercial and residential real estate
transactions. She began her law career in
Chicago after graduating from Chicago-
Kent College of Law in 2005.
There, she managed her own practice
for six years, eventually selling the firm
and moving back home to Michigan
where she grew up with her husband, Billy
Harris.
Still, Trepeck Harris of Bloomfield Hills
calls herself a “lawyer in her spare time.”
That’s because most of her efforts are ded-
icated to serving on the board of directors
at Tamarack Camps, where she serves as
vice president of advancement.
CARRYING ON THE
TAMARACK TRADITION
As a former Tamarack camper herself,
Trepeck Harris is helping other Jewish
kids throughout Metro Detroit have the
same experience that made Tamarack
Camps so special to her in the first place.
“When I moved back here, I said I
wanted to be part of the Jewish commu-
nity,” she recalls. “I wanted to find where
I can provide that value and be part of
something bigger than myself.”
For Trepeck Harris, that place was
Tamarack Camps. “I attended Tamarack
throughout my entire childhood,” she
says. “Looking back, I realize how much
it shaped me and what it provided to me.
I think it’s just an important part of child-
hood.”
Now on the board going on her seventh
year, Trepeck Harris began her involve-
ment with Tamarack Camps on the Young
Adult Advisory Board, where she served
for two years. Throughout the remaining
years, she sat on several committees.
In her current role as vice president
A Lifelong
ASHLEY ZLATOPOLSKY CONTRIBUTING WRITER
CLOCKWISE FROM
ABOVE: • Julie Trepeck
Harris with her husband,
Billy Harris, and 8-year-
old son, Ethan.
• Trepeck Harris with
Geoff Kretchmer,
president of Tamarack
Camps. They're show-
ing their CAMPaign
for Change initiative
(more details in article).
• Trepeck Harris with
Ashleigh Imerman, chief
advancement officer of
Tamarack Camps.
• The Harris family.
Meet Julie Trepeck Harris,
Tamarack Camps’ vice
president of advancement.
A Lifelong
A Lifelong
A Lifelong
‘Camper’
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