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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 

The Jewish Fund celebrates the life and contributions 
of talent, generosity and leadership of
Florine Mark

a founding board member and community 
inspiration to so many of us!

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A bench with Florine’s signature sign-off: Love. Love. Love.

