Welcome and Thank You

Event Co-Chairs

William Pickard CEO

Global Automotive Alliance, LLC

Cynthia Pasky Founder, President, & CEO

Strategic Staffing Solutions

Host Committee

Auday Arabo Haifa Fakhouri Burt & Suzy Farbman Gordon Follmer Chris Forte Michael & Najat George Julius & Suzanne Giarmarco Ronald & Anne Hall Stephen & Karla Henderson Jeffrey & Margot Henel Scott & Marina Houghton Hiram & Kim Jackson Ira & Brenda Jaffe Anu Kosarju

Jack Krasula

Connie Ku & Richard Buschmohl

Robert & Vicki Liggett

Samuel Logan

Martin Manna

Ralph & Janice Nichols

Armando & Kathy Ojeda

Linda Orlans

Pamela Parrish

Reuben & Lori Rashty

Leon & Cheryl Richardson

Laurie Sall & Frank Venegas

Rodger Young

A Special Thanks to our Hosts

Albert & Mitsie Scaglione

Luciano Del Signore

Board of Directors

Executive Board Chairman Ira Jaffe Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss President Pamela Good Beyond Basics Vice President Thomas Proctor Bloomfield Hills, MI Vice President Lionel Margolick Margolick Financial Treasurer Bill McGrail Windward Capital Advisors Secretary RJ King dBusiness

Jack Krasula Trustinus Michael Morse Michael J. Morse, PC Linda Orlans eTitle Pamela Parrish Detroit, MI Gordon Rains Bloomfield Hills, MI

Calvin Cupidore Financial Consultant Antoine Dubeauclard Media Genesis David Harris Detroit Public Schools Marina Houghton Wolinski & Company Alan Kalter Ann Arbor, MI

Board Members

Read to Rise Tutoring Program

Read to Rise Tutoring Program

Read to Rise Tutoring Program

Publishing Center

Publishing Center

Publishing Center

Art with the Masters

Art with the Masters

Art with the Masters

We Love our Volunteers

Thirkell Elementary 5th graders visit Park West Gallery

Expanding Horizons

Expanding Horizons

Proctor Financial Donates Book Bags Filled with Supplies for ever child at Carver

Elementary!

We Love our Volunteers

Ernst & Young Employees Volunteer at Burns and Thirkell Elementary

Expanding Horizons

We Love our Volunteers

Thank You! to

Our Sponsors!

Academic Leadership Sponsor

Academic Leadership Sponsor

Academic Leadership Sponsor

Creating “Future Pulitzer Prize Winners” Sponsor

Creating “Future Pulitzer Prize Winners” Sponsor

Hi-Tech Mold and Engineering

Creating “Future Pulitzer Prize Winners” Sponsor

Promoting Literacy Sponsors

Prolific Readers Sponsors

Corporate Sponsors

Arab American and Chaldean Council Associated Food & Petroleum Dealer Bacco Ristorante Big Boy Bridgewater Interiors, LLC Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce Chaldean Federation of America Chase Chemico Systems, Inc. Dickinson Wright, PLLC eTitle

Giarmarco, Mullins & Horton, P.C. Global Automotive Alliance Globe Midwest Adjusters International High-Tech Mold and Engineering Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss Kojaian Management Michigan Chronicle Park West Gallery PNC Real Time Media UHY Young & Susser

Individual Sponsors

Maggie Allesee Bishop Anderson Douglas & Heidi Brandewie Gary Broad John & Joanne Carter Susan Cooper Jack & Pat Cunningham Walter & Virginia Czarnecki Michael & Donna Darrow Cathy Denious Richard & Donna Devore Peter & Jane Dow Michael & Annette Dul Suzanne Favale Charles & Lisa Gabel Moyra & Bruce Garretson Paul Glantz Joel & Linda Golden Mark & Jan Gregory

Andrew Gutman Gerald & Jean Hamood Doreen Hermelin Paul & Carol Hooberman Scott & Marina Houghton Holly Hunt Ira & Brenda Jaffe Herbert & Babs Kaufman Theodore & Judith Lewis Melvin Lester Eric Lutz Jerald Maltzman Mick & Sarah McClelland Alonzo & Susie McDonald Andrew & Deborah Meyer Robert Naftaly Lewis Nedelcoff Zan Nicolli Pamela Parrish

Dan & Nicole Patterson Leonard Rancilio Reuben & Lori Rashty Lloyd & Maurcine Reuss Jack & Aviva Robinson Roxanne Roselle Bruce & Rosalie Rosen Norman & Dulcie Rosenfeld Laurie Sak Dr. Marvin & Gloria Siegel Greg & Shelley Smith Pam Stein Kathleen Straus Robert & Sandra Thomas Don Tocco Peter & Carol Walters Dale Watchowski Kenneth & Marilyn Way

We Thank You!