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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’

COURTESY OF JULIE TREPECK HARRIS

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