26 | DECEMBER 8 • 2022
The 14th annual Trade Secrets
event, raising funds for “Women
to Work,
” a Gesher Human
Services program to empower
Metro Detroit women seeking
employment, as well as other
services provided to women and
families, was held Nov. 10 at the
Detroit Marriott Troy.
More than 200 people attended
with over $229,000 raised for
the programs and services that
have been assisting women and
families since the 1980s.
This year’s honoree and
speaker was Brenda Naomi
Rosenberg, a Detroit fashion
industry executive and style
icon who became a designer,
globe-trotting photographer
and eventually an international
peacebuilder after 9/11, when she
began working to unite people of
differing faiths against hate.
Yolanda Lewis, a graduate of
“Women to Work,
” was awarded
the 2022 Women to Work Award
and spoke about how much
Gesher Human Services changed
her life for the better. Fox 2
meteorologist Lori Pinson was
the emcee of the event.
Trade Secrets
Raises Money to
Empower Women
PHOTOS BY JEFF AISEN
faces&places
Dennis Bernard,
Jackie Headapohl
and Eric Adelman
Yolanda
Lewis and
Bree Glenn
Paul Blatt, Carolyn Krieger,
Lori Pinson, Shari Finsilver,
Linda Schlesinger-Wagner
and Kristen Gross
Fran Victor, Florine
Mark, Suzy Farbman
and Zina Kramer
Salome Christian,
Elaine Friedman
and Betsy Gould
Kristen Gross, Yolanda
Lewis, Brenda Rosenberg
and Paul Blatt