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to the Board since February 
2021.
Torgow said, “Mark is a 
remarkable and dedicated 
activist for the Jewish 
community. Throughout 
his career, both in Jewish 
communal service and at the 
highest echelons of business 
and commerce, the Jewish 
people and Israel have always 
been at the top of his agenda.
” 
Mark has served on a 
number of boards over the 
years. Mark served as Board 
Chair for the Detroit Regional 
Chamber of Commerce, the 
Detroit Symphony Orchestra, 
the Michigan Israel Business 
Accelerator and the Jewish 
Community Center, and 
served on other boards 
including The Jewish Fund, 
United Way, Business Leaders 
for Michigan, Downtown 
Detroit Partnership, Detroit 
Economic Club, Detroit 
Institute of Arts and Corewell 
Health. 

FAMILY IS EVERYTHING
At home in West Bloomfield, 
Mark and Margie stay 
grounded. “We love being 
with our kids and grandkids. 
It doesn’t have to be more 
complicated than that,
” Mark 
said.

The couple have two sons. 
Avi, is married to Amanda, 
residing in Glencoe, Illinois, 
with what Mark calls “our one-
third baseball team”
, Chase, 
Audrey and Emmett. Kale, 
who lives in Los Angeles with 
his fiancée, Liz, a former West 
Bloomfield resident, will be 
married next year.
According to Margie, they 
kept their kids immersed 
in the Jewish community as 
they were growing up with 
involvement in Federation, 
Temple Beth El, Camp 
Tamarack and trips to 
Israel, both family trips, and 
organizational based missions.
“His commitment to 
the Jewish community is 
something that’s always been 
there, and it comes from the 
generations before us,
” said 
Margie. “There was a strong 
commitment to Zionism on 
both sides of the family.
”
Mark sums up his career 
this way: “The late Alan 
E Schwartz, a mentor of 
mine, told me, ‘No matter 
what you do in your career, 
do interesting things with 
interesting people.
’ And that’s 
what drives me. I’ll continue to 
look for those moments where 
I can add value and make a 
difference.
” 

The extended Davidoff family

