30 | AUGUST 8 • 2024 

H

untington National 
Bank has announced 
that Gary Torgow 
has agreed to extend his 
commitment to continue in his 
role as Chairman of Huntington 
National Bank.

“
Along with our board 
of directors and executive 
leadership team, I am very 
pleased that Gary has agreed 
to extend his commitment to 
our company,
” 
said Steve 
Steinour, CEO of 
Huntington. “I 
greatly value his 
leadership and his 
deep commitment 
to our colleagues 
and the communities across our 
footprint of 14 states. I deeply 
appreciate and admire him as a 
leader, partner and person.
”
Mike Land, 
Huntington’s 
regional president 
for Southeast 
Michigan and 
Northwest Ohio, 
added, “Gary is 

a remarkable leader, both at 
the bank and throughout the 
region,
” said “We are indeed 
very fortunate that he is 
extending his contract as our 
chairman.
”
Torgow was originally named 
chairman following TCF Bank’s 
merger with Huntington in June 
2021. He previously served as 
the chairman of TCF (known as 
Chemical Financial Corporation 
until August 2019) from 
September 2016 until TCF’s 
merger with Huntington in June 
2021, and served as chairman 
of Talmer Bancorp Inc. until its 
merger with Chemical Financial 
Corporation in August 2019.
“
As a community leader,
” 
Steinour says, “Gary is tireless 
in his pursuit of helping others. 
He doesn’t just show up, he gets 
involved and will do anything in 
his power to help. He is a person 
of great value and values, doing 
good deeds every day for every-
one around him.
”
Torgow is chairman of 
Business Leaders for Michigan 
and is also on the boards of 

Blue Cross Blue Shield of 
Michigan, DTE Energy, and the 
Community Foundation for 
Southeast Michigan. Torgow 
is also president of the Jewish 
Federation of Detroit and the 
Yeshiva Beth Yehudah as well as 
the board chair of the Detroit 
Jewish News Foundation.
Additionally, he has served 
as chairman of the Detroit 
Economic Growth Corporation, 
the Michigan Civil Rights 
Commission and First Place 
Bank. In 2019, Gov. Gretchen 
Whitmer designated Torgow as 
one of her emergency interim 
successors.
Huntington Bank was 
founded in 1866 and provides 
consumers, small and middle 
market businesses, corporations, 
municipalities and other orga-
nizations with a comprehensive 
suite of banking, payments, 
wealth management, and risk 
management products and 
services. Huntington operates 
nearly 1,000 branches across 
14 states and is the 20th largest 
bank in the United States. 

Gary Torgow to Remain 
Chairman of Huntington 
Bank Board of Directors

Stephen D. 
Steinour

Mike Land

MARNI RAITT DJNF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

BUSINESS

here’s to

Attorney Keith Sirlin of 
Bloomfield Township, also 
known as “The Golden Chef,” 
was recently honored for his 
gifts to the Schoolcraft College 
Foundation. After graduating 
from Schoolcraft’s highly 
acclaimed culinary program 
in 2015, Sirlin started a 
scholarship fund in memory of 
his parents, Leon and Annette 
Sirlin; in honor of his best 
friends, Fred Miller and Lynda 
Strong; and in memory of his 
law school buddy, Maroun 
Hakim. Sirlin’s goal is “to help 
other culinary students achieve 
their dreams as I was fortunate 
to do.” The fund has now 
surpassed $25,000.

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