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AWARDS AND HONORS
Florine earned countless
honors and awards for
her dedicated service and
valuable contributions to
the community.
She received the
Entrepreneurial Visionary
Award from the Women’s
Business Center and was
the first recipient of Detroit
Public Television’s Bravo!
award. While circumstances
prevented her from
attending college, she has
since earned honorary
degrees from several
Michigan universities.
She was among Crain’s
Detroit Business 100
Most Influential Women
in Detroit and one of
the 50 Leading Women
Entrepreneurs of the World.
She was the first woman
inductee of the National
Management Association’s
Hall of Fame and the
first female recipient of
the Neil Shine Lifetime
Achievement Award.
The week before she
died, Florine received one
of her greatest honors, the
prestigious Women Who
Make a Difference award
from the International
Women’s Forum.
SECOND ACT
After selling her Weight
Watchers franchises, she
embarked on her “second
act.” This included serving
as a Weight Watchers
ambassador, hosting her
weekly wellness podcast
“Today’s Takeaway with
Florine Mark” and a weekly
spot on WDIV-TV news
called “Ask Florine.”
For 20 years, proceeds
from her annual
“Remarkable Women”
event helped support
Michigan hospitals and
cancer research devoted to
women’s health issues.
She was also a sought-
after motivational speaker
on topics ranging from
health and wellness to
entrepreneurship. She wrote
the inspiring book, Talk to
the Mirror: Feel Great About
Yourself Each and Every
Day. More recently, she
launched the “Remarkable
YOU Motivational Tour.”
“My Bubbie was a
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of talent, generosity and leadership of
Florine Mark
a founding board member and community
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A bench with Florine’s signature sign-off: Love. Love. Love.