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middle school trips. Mallory 
is always expressing her 
excitement about the “Hillel 
magic” that the students will 
come to appreciate, whether 
in the moment or as they 
head onto their next chapter. 
Her dedication to 
supporting students as they 
realize their own Jewish 
identities, and her overall love 
of Hillel, is clearly innate. She 
infuses these passions into 
everything she does to build 
students skills, confidence and 
character. 
Mallory earned her 
undergraduate degree in 
elementary education, with 
a specialization in learning 
disabilities, from Michigan 
State University. A lifelong 
resident of the Metro Detroit 
area, she now resides in 
Birmingham. 
She is always looking for 
new restaurants to try and 
small businesses to support. 
Mallory plays in a weekly 
canasta group and looks 
forward to it every Tuesday.

MARISA 
MEYERSON
Marisa 
Meyerson 
(she/her) is 
the director 
of operations 
at The Well, 
an innovative and inclusive 
Jewish community-building 
organization for young adults 
in their 20s and 30s in Metro 
Detroit. In this role, Marisa 
oversees programming, 
communications and internal 
systems, but finds the most 
joy in connecting with 
community members over 
coffee. 
Marisa was born in the 
San Francisco Bay Area but 
relocated to Metro Detroit 
with her family as a teenager. 
She earned her bachelor’s 
of arts in psychology from 

Michigan State University 
with minors in religious 
studies and women and 
gender studies. 
While working at The Well, 
she returned to MSU for 
her master’s of social work, 
focusing on clinical social 
work. During the program, 
she completed an internship 
with Kadima, now part of 
Gesher Human Services 
(formerly JVS), where she 
provided in-person and 
virtual therapy for individuals 
and groups. While her role 
at The Well has evolved 
since her start in 2018, she 
enjoys finding occasional 
opportunities to put on her 
“social worker hat.
”
An audiobook enthusiast, 
Marisa can often be found in 
the car as she splits her time 
between Metro Detroit, where 
her family lives in Commerce, 
and Lansing, where she lives 
with her partner, Aaron, 
their cat, and two freshwater 
aquariums full of fish.
She’s always checking 
out new coffee shops and 
restaurants, but the DIA is one 
of her favorite spots to visit. 
She is a bit of a geography 
nerd and can name and 
locate all 197 countries. She’s 
currently working on learning 
all the capitals — she has 
about 165 of 197 down.

MATTHEW 
GORMAN
After receiv-
ing a bache-
lor’s degree 
in engineer-
ing from 
Michigan 
State University and a 
master’s of mechanical 
engineering from Oakland 
University, Matthew worked 
at Chrysler for 10 years in 
chassis engineering and driver 
assistance program manage-
ment. He is currently a per-

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Richie Kamen
Richie Kamen 

on being selected for this year's 
36 Under 36.

We greatly value Richie's 
service and all he does 
for the Windsor Jewish Community.

The Windsor 
Jewish Federation 
& Community 
Centre 
congratulates

from THE fEDERATION STAFF & bOARD

Rachel
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JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER ANN ARBOR
CONGRATULATES RACHEL WALL ON BEING RECOGNIZED 
AS ONE OF THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 36 UNDER 36 
EXCEPTIONAL YOUNG PROFESSIONALS IMPACTING OUR 
JEWISH COMMUNITY & THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE. 

WE ARE SO PROUD OF THE WORK RACHEL DOES 
TO STRENGTHEN AND SUPPORT OUR VIBRANT 
JEWISH ANN ARBOR.