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