Board of Directors

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Jim Adox

Jim Adox joined Venture Investors in 2007 as a Managing Director of Venture Investors LLC, and heads up the firm’s Ann Arbor, Michigan office. He focuses on the firm’s Information Technology practice, works with the Venture Investors Health Care Managing Directors on medical device investments, and is the primary contact for all of the firms deals in Michigan.

Prior to Venture Investors, Jim formed RidgeLine Ventures, where he helped co-found university spin-outs and advised early stage companies, including Tissue Regeneration Systems and RhinoLight (Allux Medical). Prior to RidgeLine, Jim was a Partner at EDF Ventures. During his tenure at EDF, he led the spin-out, sourcing, financing, syndication and exit of many EDF portfolio companies. Jim served on the Board of Directors of Avail Networks and HandyLab and was responsible for additional portfolio companies, serving as a board observer for Alfalight, Ardesta, TherOx, and Xtera Communications.

Jim has over nine years experience in various operating and strategic roles. His technical experience includes six years of design and development engineering, product development, project management, testing and manufacturing for leading U.S. corporations. He spent two years in international sales, marketing and business development, where he had P & L responsibility for product launches in Brazil, Mexico and Argentina. He also co-led the successful $50MM acquisition and integration of a competitor in Argentina.

Jim currently serves on the boards of the Incept BioSystems and the Frankel Commercialization Fund, a pre-seed investment fund at the University of Michigan. He has worked for the National Science Foundation as a panelist for SBIR grants. Jim is a frequent lecturer for the University of Michigan Engineering and Business Schools, and serves as a judge for the school's business plan competitions.

Jim earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, and a Master of Business Administration with High Distinction – all from the University of Michigan.

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Norm Bash

Norm Bash has been a marketing and strategy consultant for manufacturing companies for the last nine years. He helps his clients by answering the question “What do I do now?” and by listening to and interpreting the voice of the marketplace. Prior to that, he was general manager of an industrial distribution business for DeVlieg-Bullard and for several manufacturing operations for Freudenberg-NOK General Partnership. Before that, Norm had a variety of domestic and international marketing, sales and strategic planning positions with General Electric, Uniroyal, and Rohm and Haas. He also worked for a venture capital and a strategic planning firm. Norm has a Bachelor’s in Chemistry and an MBA in Marketing, both from the University of Chicago.

As a volunteer, Norm has been active in a variety of Jewish charities and organizations including JFS, JVS, and the Jewish Federation, and the Jewish Film Festivals of Detroit and Ann Arbor. He was vice president of the Marketing and Sales Executives of Detroit and board member of the Pittsfield (MA) Sewer Commission. He currently serves on the Board of the Performance Network Theater. He also is the co-chair of the University of Chicago’s Alumni Schools Committee responsible for off-campus interviewing in Southeast Michigan. Norn belongs to the Association for Corporate Growth, the Society of Automotive Engineers, and the Society of Manufacturing Engineers. He is a member of the Detroit, Chicago and Ann Arbor Art Museums and PBS.

Norm's Leslie is the Executive Director of the Ann Arbor JCC. His daughter is married to an Israeli. She lives with her husband and three children and is the Development Director for the Solomon Schecter Schools of North New Jersey.

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Joesph Ben-Gal

Joseph Ben-Gal is an accomplished business executive with over three decades of experience in the high-tech industry. The first 12 years were in Israel and the last 21 years in the U.S.

Joseph has a successful track record with young Israeli and American high-tech companies across a wide range of industries. Joseph is the Founder of Gal-Mar LLC. A Michigan based private equity group and an accelerator for Israeli technology companies. Prior to founding Gal-Mar, Joseph was the President and COO of a New York based private equity fund investing in excess of $200M in high-tech American companies. As a CFO, Joseph was part of executive teams at young high-tech companies guiding them from successful market penetration to IPO’s. He participated and led five IPO’s on NASDAQ, the London Stock Exchange - AIM and the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange. Joseph led the successful completion of over two dozen technology licensing transactions with large U.S. and Asian companies, and numerous product development and business collaboration agreements. Joseph also has a proven and highly successful M&A track record.

Born and raised in Israel Joseph received his B.A. in Economics from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and an M.B.A. from the Technion in Haifa.

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Linda R. Chamberlain, Ph.D.

Linda Chamberlain graduated from Purdue University with honors for both her Bachelor of Science and Doctorate degrees in chemistry. Her academic pursuits continued at the University of California, Irvine, where she was awarded a Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship for research in rare earth science.

Following this successful academic career, Linda joined Shell Development Company as a Futures Research Chemist in polymeric materials. After four years "on the bench," she moved into leadership and management of scientific and technical teams. From her eight years at Shell, she has 19 patents issued for work in catalyst, polymer, and product/process development.

Linda next led and participated in new product research and development for AlliedSignal as Director of Research and Technology, Engineering Plastics. Her technical and market experience while at AlliedSignal included the development of resins for office furniture, lawn and power tools, sporting equipment, household and medical appliances, fibers and monofilaments, and personal care products.

Linda joined Johnson Controls, Inc in 1997 as Director of Advanced Manufacturing. In this role, she led a team of 60 individuals focused on the development and application of new materials and processing technologies in automotive interiors. In 1998, she was appointed JCI's Executive Director of New Product and Business Development. As such, she was responsible for management of corporate product development process from idea generation to manufacture, which required a comprehensive awareness of emerging technologies, alternative business approaches and competitive challenges. During her tenure, her global team of 30 product managers developed and commercialized over ten new products, and developed key technology areas in acoustics, human factors, lighting, electronics, safety, and "total occupant environment."

In 2000, Automotive News has recognized Chamberlain in its list of 100 leading women in the North American auto industry.

Since 2002, Linda has purposefully sought alternative work experiences. She has worked in the non-profit sector for Holland Community Hospital Foundation as a Fund Development Specialist. She has worked for the law firm of Butzel Long, developing new business models for counsel client services. During her tenure at Butzel Long, she was employed in the public sector, serving at the pleasure of the Governor of Michigan as an Executive on Loan.

Currently, Linda is owner and principal of InnoValuations, LLC, a consulting company that focuses on insuring companies have the processes and tools to extract the full value of their best innovations. Her clients include start-up to blue chip companies from several industry and research affiliated non-profit organizations (HNI, Faurecia Automotive, Grand Valley State University (West Michigan Science and Technology Initiative), Van Andel Research Institute, Concept Industries, Appleton Performance Packaging, and Sordal, Inc.).

As of Sept 2007 Linda has accepted the responsibility of Executive Director of the West Michigan Science and Technology Initiative.

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Gerald Callahan, PhD, MBA

Dr. Callahan offers more than 15 years of extensive operational leadership experience with a strong background in dynamic organizational management.

Currently, Jerry serves as the operational leader for Hopen Therapeutics with responsibility for human resources, business development, finance and organizational development. He also serves as the vice-president of business development for the Van Andel Institute in Grand Rapids and is actively involved in the life science community across West Michigan.

Previously he served as Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Manufacturing for Twinlab/Metabolife. In this role Jerry functioned as a member of the executive leadership team, playing a key role in the company’s growth focused on the intelligent integration of operational assets through its numerous acquisitions and new product launches.

In addition to his current positions Jerry is strongly affiliated with the Michigan Venture Capital Association, the Michigan University Commercialization Initiative, the Michigan Smart Zone Pre-Seed Consortium, and the West Michigan Science Initiative. He serves on the board of several organizations with focus in the life sciences including ClinXus Clinical Trial Initiatives, GVSU’s West Michigan Life Science Initiative and the Michigan Bio-Manufacturing Corporation.

Dr. Callahan has earned several graduate degrees including an MBA, MS in Information Systems Management and PhD in Organizational Leadership.

Dwight D. Carlson

1968-1981. Founder & CEO of Xycom
Mr. Carlson founded Xycom in Flint, Michigan at the age of 24, not long after graduating from General Motors Institute in Flint. Down in his basement, Mr. Carlson and co-founder Fred Trudo developed the first minicomputer-based vehicle emissions test system. In early 1973, Mr. Carlson’s team created the first microcomputer used for self-service gas pump dispensing, resulting in the industry standard that is used in gas pumps all over the world today.

Early sales to GM, Mercedes, Ford, Chrysler etc. positioned Xycom as the international leader in the field. Xycom licensed Hewlett/Packard to market in Europe and Asia, enabling Mr. Carlson to begin supplying Toyota in 1971.

1981-1996. Founder & CEO of Perceptron
Mr. Carlson founded Perceptron to introduce and apply laser-based metrology, developed at The University of Michigan, for variation reduction in the manufacturing of automobile bodies. Perceptron pioneered manufacturing techniques that not only improved quality, but also significantly reduced cost, while shortening the time to bring a new auto model to market. In the late nineties, when Mr. Carlson stepped down, Perceptron had become a public company with sales of $50 million and a market valuation of $350 million.

2004-Present. Founder, Chairman & CEO of Coherix
Mt. Carlson founded Coherix in early October 2003 to transform the way machined parts are measured and manufactured, just as Perceptron did for automobile bodies. Coherix combines the experience of the Perceptron team with the extraordinary accuracy and power of the digital hologram, invented at The University of Michigan, to reduce tolerances and manufacturing and warranty costs in the automotive, semiconductor, and electronics industries. Today, Coherix serves the semiconductor and automotive industries.

Other Roles & Accomplishments
Mr. Carlson co-founded and chaired the Auto Body Consortium (ABC, Inc.); formed to perform collaborative research between the Big Three automakers, the auto supply base, research universities, and federal research laboratories. He served as chairman of the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (MMTC), formerly the Industrial Technology Institute (ITI). He served on the advisory board of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), co-chaired the National Coalition for Advanced Manufacturing (NACFAM) in Washington, D.C., and also served on the National Advisory Board of the Engineering College of the University of Michigan. He is a member of the S.M. Wu Foundation board of directors.

Today, Mr. Carlson serves as Chairman of the Powertain Engineering and Manufacturing Alliance (PEMAlliance), a similar consortium to the Auto Body Consortium. PEMAlliance focuses on powertrain, engine and chassis industry issues and brings universities, industry and government together to solve complex, U S industry-wide challenges. He currently serves on the Advisory Board for the Samuel Zell and Robert H.Lurie Institute for Entrepreneurial Studies and serves as Chairman of the Michigan Innovation Certificate of Deposit (MICD) Advisory Board, a new, innovative financing vehicle for small to medium sized companies. Appointed to the Technical Advisory Panel for the Ngee Ann Polytechnic/AEM-Evertech Centre of Innovation (NACOI), March, 2005. Mr. Carlson also serves as a Director on the S M Wu Foundation.

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Jeff Chutz

Jeff Chutz is Founder and president of The Health Advantage Company, which brings risk reduction strategies to mid-market companies – mostly those who are self-insured for their medical claims. Jeff has 30 years of experience in business, administration, and marketing disciplines.

Before starting Health Advantage in 1996, Jeff was Chief Financial Officer for the largest medical billing company in the State of Michigan, serving over 4,000 physicians and several dozen medical laboratories and hospitals. The company generated over $1 billion in physician medical claims, and was also involved in computer equipment leasing to physicians and medical practice management consulting.

Starting as a junior accountant with local Detroit Jewish firms, Jeff earned his CPA after graduating from Wayne State in 1976.

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Eyal Dolev

Eyal Dolev has more than 30 years of experience in management, business development and sales and marketing.

Eyal has worked and lived in Israel, Europe, Canada and the US and has managed sales and distribution channels in 35 countries. For almost 25 years, Eyal has been involved in international business, holding various senior positions in Defense, Manufacturing and Software companies.

Among his significant previous positions, Eyal served as the Vice President of Cimatron Ltd., an Israeli publicly traded software company (NASDAQ); as Chief Executive Office (CEO) of Tecnomatix Machining Automation, in the Netherlands (a subsidiary of Tecnomatix) (NASDAQ); and as CEO of Cimatron Technologies in Ontario, Canada and Cimatron Technologies Inc. in Livonia, Michigan.

Prior to that Eyal served as a consultant to Elbit and Rafael; as head of the Electronic and Defense chapter of the IEI; and as Vice President of AIMS, a subsidiary of IDB, one of the leading holding companies in Israel. Eyal also served as a consultant and acquisition team member of WACOM (NTSE) Japan, a world leader of electronic tablets.

Eyal was a Lt. Colonel (res) in the IDF serving in field units’ commanding positions.

Eyal has been a volunteer with the Comprehensive Cancer Center of the University of Michigan and a member of the Ann Arbor IOC committee.

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Howard Edelson

Howard Edelson has more than twenty-five years of business, governmental and political experience at the local, state, federal and international levels. He is currently president of The Edelson Group, a full service lobbying, issue management and political action consulting firm.

Howard served as senior vice president for international business development for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) and also focused on the development of Michigan’s alternative energy sector.

Prior to joining the MEDC, Howard served as campaign manager for Governor Granholm’s 2006 re-election campaign. He was awarded the Campaign Manager of the Year by the American Association of Political Consultants for the Granholm win.

Howard spent more then a decade as director of governmental affairs for CMS Energy (NYSE: CMS) developing his expertise in the energy industry. He supervised the governmental affairs activities in over twenty states. The Edison Electric Institute honored Edelson with two national awards. One award was for developing the 3-E’s (Environment, Energy and the Economy) issue advocacy campaign and the second award was given to him for developing grassroots advocacy campaign that helped pass federal energy laws.

Howard joined Consumers Energy in 1994 after serving as chief of staff to former U.S. Rep. Bob Carr, D-Mich., who chaired the Appropriations Committee’s transportation subcommittee.

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Michael Fried

Michael Fried has extensive experience in public finance, information systems and public sector management. After 27 years of service, he retired from the Wayne County (Detroit) Prosecuting Attorneys Office where he was the Chief of Administration. He founded and directed the Wayne Area (Michigan) Justice Information System (WAJIS). He served on the Michigan Criminal Justice Information System Policy Council (MCJIS) and various law enforcement and systems integration committees in Michigan. He was a founding board member of the board of the Jewish Community Center of Washtenaw County. Prior to joining the Prosecutor’s Office he was the Assistant Director of the University of Michigan’s Institute for Public Policy Studies and an Assistant Study Director at the University of Michigan Institute for Social Research. He is currently Treasurer of the Board for Jewish Family Services of Washtenaw County and Vice President of the board of the Dispute Resolution Center serving Washtenaw and Livingston Counties. He is a trained mediator and assists organizations in working collaboratively. He does economic consulting through his company, Clearstead Solutions, Inc. He and his wife, Liz, travel to Israel regularly. Over the past eight months, he has performed a variety of volunteer activities for MIBB.

Beth S. Gotthelf

Beth S. Gotthelf is a shareholder based in Butzel Long's Bloomfield Hills office, practicing in the areas of environmental law and regulation. She represents and counsels a diverse mix of clients in numerous environmental matters throughout the country. These matters include: permitting under and compliance with local, state and federal air and water regulations; state and federal enforcement cases; compliance audits; remediation of contaminated sites; removal of underground storage tanks; superfund (state and federal); environmental insurance claims; administrative procedures; treatment, storage and disposal of solid and hazardous waste; landfills; occupational safety and health; and land use. She is general counsel to the Michigan Association of Metal Finishers and acted as general counsel to the Wayne County Brownfield Authority. Beth represents the Wayne County Department of Environment on a broad variety of issues, including sewers and the wastewater treatment plant, landfills, remediation, cost recovery and ordinance amendments. Wayne County is the tenth largest county in the country. She also represents Oakland County on matters concerning storm and wastewater.

Beth is past chair of the Michigan State Bar, Environmental Law Section, and is also a past Section Council person and chair of the Program Committee. Beth has been active for a number of years on several section committees, including Superfund, Solid and Hazardous Waste and Insurance. She is past chair of the Environmental Law Committee of the Oakland County Bar Association and is a past member of the State Bar Representative Assembly on behalf of Oakland County.

Beth is a Fellow of the Michigan State Bar Foundation. She serves as Chair of the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce Task Force on Water and Sewer Issues and Chair of the City of Birmingham (Michigan) Brownfield Authority. She is also Co-Chair of the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) legislative action committee. She is Vice Chair of the American Bar Association ("ABA") Section of Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law, Water Quality and Wetlands, and former Vice Chair of the Keystone Committee. She was on the Federal Advisory Committee charged with recommending stormwater rules and served as a Director of the Detroit Area Commercial Board of Realtors, which covers the State of Michigan. She serves as an arbitrator for the National Arbitration Forum.

Beth's charitable activities include immediate past president of the Board of Trustees for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Michigan Chapter; Board of Directors for the University Cancer Foundation; Trustee of the Jewish Vocational Services; member of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, State Government Relations Oversight Committee; the Seymour Gill Financial Women's Advisory Board; serves on the board of Sister to Sister; and is a member of the Board of Trustees of Oakland Plus Foundation.

Beth is listed as a Michigan Super Lawyer and has received a number of awards and special recognitions including in 2003 as an emerging leader by the Detroit Regional Chamber; in 2002 from the National Association of Metal Finishers; in 2002 by Corp! magazine as one of "Michigan's 95 Most Powerful Women"; in 1999 as one of Corp! magazine’s Top 10 Business Attorneys for Southeast Michigan; and in 1994 as one of Crain's Detroit Business' 40 emerging leaders under age 40 ("40 Under 40").

Beth writes and lectures extensively. Recently she authored articles of national interest for the ABA on Proposed Wastewater Regulations and Underground Storage Tanks, and authored a public policy update on the Detroit wastewater ordinance amendments for Detroiter Online. Recent national lectures include speaking at COATING 2005 on "Doing Business in China"; the ABA Annual Meetings, Section of Natural Resources, Energy and Environmental Law concerning water issues (2004 and 2002); "A Civil Rea ction: Confronting Environment Problems in the New Millennium" (1997); "Annual Fundamentals of Real Estate Taxation" (1997, 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2002); and at the National Association of Metal Finishers, "Federal Wastewater Pretreatment Issues."

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Susan Herman

Susan Herman, a co-Founder of the Michigan Israel Business Bridge, is the director of the Michigan Jewish Conference, an organization which represents the political and community relations needs of the statewide Jewish community. She serves on the Executive Committees of the Michigan League for Human Services and the Michigan Council on Crime and Delinquency. She is also a board member of the Michigan Non-profit Association, the Consumers Health Care Coalition, the Holocaust Education Coalition and the Jewish Coalition for Public Education. Ms. Herman has over 30 years experience in community coalition building and advocacy. She is the immediate past director of Michigan Families against Mandatory Minimums, a statewide advocacy organization for criminal sentencing reform. Ms. Herman has worked on public policy issues at local and state levels of government and within all three branches of government. She has developed and conducted training programs nationally on numerous issues including working with children at risk and diversity.

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Arthur Horwitz

Arthur M. Horwitz serves as president of Renaissance Media and publisher of the Detroit Jewish News and Atlanta Jewish Times. Horwitz founded Renaissance Media in February, 2000 with noted philanthropist Michael H. Steinhardt. Aside from the Jewish News and the Atlanta Jewish Times, other holdings include Jewish.com, Julep, JN Platinum and Renaissance Media Solutions. Renaissance Media Solutions custom publishes X-ology for Automation Alley.

Horwitz has been running the Jewish News since 1986. Prior to the creation of Renaissance Media, he served as an executive vice president of Waterspout Communications. Renaissance Media is based in Southfield, Michigan.

Active in the Jewish and general communities, Horwitz currently serves on the Board of Governors of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, is an officer of Hillel Day School of Metropolitan Detroit, a member of the Shiffman Tuition Assistance Endowment Fund, the Schulman Endowment Fund for teens and as a governor of the Michigan Jewish Sports Foundation. He has served as co-chair of the Detroit Federation’s Alliance for Jewish Education, as past president of the Detroit Agency for Jewish Education, as a member of the executive board of Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, as a vice president of JARC, the Jewish Association for Residential Care for persons with developmental disabilities, as Detroit chair for the United Jewish Appeal National Young Leadership Cabinet and as a member of the Board of Directors of Sinai Hospital of Detroit and the Statewide development board for Hospice of Michigan. He has received recognition awards from Yad Ezra, Jewish Ensemble Theatre, Michigan Jewish Aids Coalition, the Detroit Jewish Community Council, Alyn Hospital of Jerusalem and Hospice of Michigan.

Arthur received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Connecticut and a master’s degree in public and private management from the Yale School of Management. He is married to Gina Horwitz. They are the parents of Daniel, 23, Adam, 19, and Stephanie, 16. The Horwitzes reside in West Bloomfield.

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Scott Kellman

F. Scott Kellman has been Chief Executive Officer of Care Investment Trust (CIT) since May 2007 and President since March 2007. Scott has been a Managing Director and Head of Real Estate with CIT Healthcare since January 2007. Scott is a veteran of the healthcare industry and has 23 years of experience deploying capital in healthcare real estate. Prior to joining CIT, Scott was Senior Vice President of business development, at Healthcare Property Investors, Inc. from June 2005 until January 2007, where he was responsible for directing business development and sourcing investment opportunities. In addition, Scott served as Senior Vice President, Treasurer of Tenet Healthcare Corporation from March 2003 until May 2005 where he managed the financial aspects of Tenet's real estate as well as overseeing the company's corporate finance and cash management functions. Prior to that, Scott was an executive officer of Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. from August 1993 until February 2002, where he acquired and provided debt financing for healthcare real estate properties. Scott served as Chief Operating Officer the last three years he was at Omega. In addition, Scott founded and operated Medical REIT, a healthcare REIT, which was merged into Omega Healthcare in August 1993.

Scott received an AB in Political Science with high distinction as well as a JD from the University of Michigan

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Robyn S. Lederman

Robyn S. Lederman is admitted to the bar in the States of New York and Michigan. Robyn graduated from Michigan State University with a BA in Telecommunications and received her Juris Doctor from Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. Before joining the national IP law firm, Cantor Colburn LLP, Robyn worked as Trademark Counsel with an international law firm in Israel representing a wide range of high-tech and start-up companies at all stages of development with worldwide trademark portfolios. She later returned to Michigan where she was responsible for trademark matters involving some of the well-known automotive brands and is currently trademark counsel in charge of worldwide trademark prosecution and enforcement for MySpace, Inc. Robyn continues to work with many Intellectual Property law firms in Israel as well as directly with Israeli companies that are involved in cutting edge technologies in a range of fields, including Internet, life science, agriculture, computer software and more. Robyn regularly visits her Israeli clients and colleagues to support their needs and to continue to grow her Israel practice.

Robyn is a member of the International Trademark Association (INTA) and has been appointed to serve on the Dilution & Well-Known Marks Committee for North America. She currently serves as Trustee on the Board of Jordan’s Partnership for a Cure to fight Crohns and Colitis; was appointed to serve this year on the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit’s Jewish Education Division; served as a 2006-07 Fetter Fellow with the JFMD; and volunteers with the Michigan Friends of the IDF.

Robyn resides in West Bloomfield with her husband Shlomi and her three greatest accomplishments, Dean, Eli and Noa.

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Ellen Levey

Ellen Levey has over 20 years of global organizational development and training experience with Fortune 500 companies, start ups, non-profit organizations and educational institutions. Her expertise is in strategy development, organizational and communications planning, leadership development and training. Ellen has lived and worked in the United States, Israel, Europe, Latin America and Asia. Ellen did her undergraduate work at the University of Michigan, and graduate programs at Michigan State University, Universidad de las Americas in Mexico City and Universidad Menedez Pelayo in Spain.

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Steve Linder

Stephen J. Linder of Okemos Michigan is the Managing Partner of the Sterling Corporation, a national Public Relations, Issues Management, and Fundraising company based in Lansing Michigan. Prior to becoming a partner in the Sterling Corporation, Steve owned Linder & Associates, the state’s first and largest multi-client political fundraising company.

Steve has held a variety of positions in his career including senior staff of several statewide campaigns, executive positions in both the Michigan Manufacturers Association and the Michigan Chamber of Commerce and Michigan Auto Dealers Association.

In addition to his professional career, Steve has been active in many non-profit and community organizations:

Board member, Congregation Kehillat Israel
American Israel Public Affairs Committee
Co-Chair of the Capital Campaign to build the Hillel Student Center at MSU as well as serving on the Hillel Board
Board member, Impression Five Science Museum
Just elected Board member, Boarshead Theater
Chair, East Lansing/Meridian Twp. Government Affairs Committee, Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce
Board member, Multiple Sclerosis Society of Michigan Flyer
Member, Rotary Club of Lansing (former)
Faculty, Michigan Political Leadership Program

Steve is a native of Flint, Michigan where he attended Flint Northern High. He is a graduate of Michigan State University with a B.A. in Communication Arts and Sciences. He is married to Iris, a partner in the Lansing law firm of Fraser, Trebilcock, Davis, and Foster.

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Hannan Lis

Hannan Lis is principal, COO and Board Member of The WW Group, Inc. (Weight Watchers largest franchise group). Besides managing the operations of the WW Group, he is also founder and CEO of Lis Ventures LLC, a venture fund investing in emerging technologies and companies. He is past President of the Jewish Community Centers of Metropolitan Detroit, a National board member of the American Jewish Committee, Midwest President and National Vice President of Jewish National Fund and a member of the Detroit Federation board of governors. He is an investor and board member of many companies in the USA and Israel.

At the state level, Hannan is a board member of the Wayne State University Manufacturing Information Center, past board member of Gleaners Food Bank and the American Diabetes Association. He is Co-President of MOPAC, a democratic Political Action committee. Hannan is originally from Haifa Israel where he and his wife Lisa maintains a second home. Hannan and Lisa have four children. They reside in Farmington Hills, Michigan.

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Stanley N. Meretsky

After graduating from Wayne State University, Stanley Meretsky spent 25 years in the advertising business. First, he was the advertising manager at AAA (Auto Club of Michigan) and then at Faygo beverages. From there he opened his own advertising agency called Meretsky Response. It was the first agency in Michigan to specialize in Direct Response Marketing. He won numerous awards and had some wonderful clients. Then Stan went to work for the Wunderman Cato Johnson group at Young and Rubicom.

That year at Wunderman convinced him to get out of the advertising business.

In 1992 Stan started McCullough Corp. McCullough is a surplus brokerage firm that works with manufacturers to help them clear out excess merchandise, seconds, out of date products, unused equipment, etc. Think of them as garage sale experts. Their specialty is a product called closed cell foam rubber. McCullough works with every US manufacturer and some in Canada and Korea. They sell more surplus foam than anyone else in the US. This year they will ship more than 250 truckloads of merchandise of all kinds.

Stan has always been involved with organizational work. As a teen he was involved with AZA and in 1961 won a scholarship for a summer in Israel. From that time on he has been active with numerous Jewish organizations such as the Jewish Historical Society of Michigan, Federation Archives, BBYO Michigan endowment committee, Cong. Beth Shalom and the former Michigan Israel Chamber.

Professional organizations have also been a part of his activities including, Direct Marketing Association of Detroit, Adcraft Club, Friends of the Detroit Public Library and others.

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Mark Milgrom

Mark Milgrom was born and raised in the Detroit area and attended the University of Michigan. His career was in the computer industry, mostly in sales and sales management for several Silicon Valley-based companies. Mark is very active in the Detroit Jewish community, sitting on the Federation's Board of Governors and on the board of Jewish Family Services. He has traveled extensively throughout Israel and continues to visit there about twice a year.

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Charles (Chuck) Newman

Charles Newman is the Founder, Chief Executive Officer and President of ReCellular Inc., the world’s largest collector and reseller of cell phones. ReCellular has been recognized as one of Inc magazine’s “Clean 50” companies.

Chuck has been an entrepreneur since starting his first company while an undergraduate at the University of Michigan in 1961. Among the companies he founded were Astrotype, the developers of the first computerized word processor, CompuMart, the first retail computer store in Michigan, and Rent-A-Byte, the first computer rental store in the United States. He also founded the Jewish Community Center of Ann Arbor and more recently co-founded the Michigan Israel Business Bridge to promote economic development between Michigan and Israel.

Chuck is currently is a member of the Board of Directors of Hillel, the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life, the Graham Environmental Sustainability Institute at the University of Michigan , Eastern Michigan University Hillel, the International Myeloma Foundation, and the NephCure Foundation.

Additionally he is a past Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hillel, the Foundation for Jewish Campus Life and was President of the Michigan Jewish Conference. He also was a Founder and member of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Ann Arbor, a member of the Board of Directors of Gelman Science, the Wireless Foundation and the University of Michigan Alumni Association.

Chuck and his wife Sharon have four children and four grandchildren. They reside in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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Joseph A. Parini

Joe Parini is Chairman of the Board of Directors and an officer of Elbit Systems of America, LLC. Mr. Parini is also President and Owner of InterMet Systems, Inc., a global producer of upper-air weather instrumentation systems. Prior to InterMet Systems, Mr. Parini held several executive level positions, including President and CEO of Elbit Systems of America and President and CEO of Rospatch Corporation where he led the company’s diversification into avionics, antisubmarine warfare instrumentation, and infrared detector businesses.

Mr. Parini began his career in the defense industry with Lear Siegler, Inc., which subsequently was acquired by Smiths Industries and then GE Aviation. Over his twenty years with Lear Siegler, he served in positions of increasing responsibility, including President of the Instrument Division. In this role, he oversaw the design

and manufacturing of instrument systems and components for aircraft reference and navigation, missile guidance, spacecraft control and guidance, antisubmarine warfare control, weapons systems operation, and aerospace ground control. He was then promoted to the corporate position of Vice President of Aerospace Operations where he led the strategic and operational direction of nine divisions.

In addition to his Elbit Systems of America Board responsibilities, Mr. Parini served as a member of the Board of Directors for Wolverine Worldwide Corporation, Oliver Products, and Foremost Insurance Company, now Farmers Insurance Group.

A published author and leader in the aerospace industry, Mr. Parini holds several patents for multi-sensor navigation systems. Mr. Parini received a Bachelor of Science degree from New York University.

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Noam Raz

Noam Raz was born in Israel, but grew up primarily in the Chicago area. Having moved to Michigan in 2001, Noam joined the Jaffe law firm, where he is currently a partner and the chairperson of the firm's Israel practice group. He concentrates his practice in the areas of commercial real estate, intellectual property and business transactions.

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Alan Saltiel

Alan Saltiel received his AB in Zoology from Duke University in 1975 with Magna Cum Laude distinction, and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of North Carolina in 1980. From 1981-1984 he did postdoctoral training with Pedro Cuatrecasas at the Wellcome Research Laboratories in Research Triangle Park, NC, studying mechanisms of insulin action. In 1984 he moved to the Rockefeller University as Assistant Professor, continuing work on the molecular and cellular biology of the actions of insulin and growth factors.

In 1990 he joined Parke Davis Pharmaceutical Research as Director of the Department of Signal Transduction, and was later promoted to Distinguished Research Fellow and Senior Director of Cell Biology at Parke Davis. At Parke Davis he reported to president of R&D Pedro Cuatrecasas, was responsible for drug discovery activities in diabetes, obesity and cancer, and sat on the senior management team and research committee overseeing all R&D activities.

In 2001, Dr. Saltiel moved to the newly created Life Sciences Institute of the University of Michigan as Professor of Medicine and Physiology. In 2002, he was named Director of the Institute, and John Jacob Abel Professor in the Life Sciences. He has received numerous awards, including the Rosalyn Yalow Research and Development Award from the American Diabetes Association, the Hirschl Award, The John Jacob Abel Award from ASPET, was elected to honorary membership in the American Society of Clinical Investigation, and membership in the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. He has given many named lectures and organized numerous meetings and conferences, and served on a number of advisory panels, scientific boards and editorial boards, including the Journal of Biological Chemistry, Endocrinology, Diabetes, the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Cell Metabolism and others. He has seventeen issued patents, and has published over 240 original papers. He was ranked number 18 among most highly cited authors in biology and biochemistry over the past ten years. He currently is a frequent consultant to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry, as well as to numerous investment groups.

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Rich Sheridan

After only two years in business, Rich Sheridan, CEO of Menlo Innovations became the Forbes "Hire Yourself" cover story for all those choosing entrepreneurship over unemployment. The next year, it was a Wall Street Journal article on the unique office Menlo uses for software design and development. Within six years, Menlo had become one of Inc. 500's fastest growing privately held firms in the US. What make this story truly remarkable is that it occurred against the backdrop of an IT industry that everyone assumed was leaving the US for offshore.

Sheridan's team at Menlo breaks all the rules and, in doing so, produces phenomenal results for its customers. No walls, offices, doors or cubes -- one big open room, a la Edison's original invention factory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. In this noisy, fun atmosphere Menlo has produced software for all walks of industry from health care, to scientific equipment, to high-fashion ecommerce, to diesel motor vehicle diagnostics, and many more.

Software developed by Menlo for its clients is designed for everyday people by Menlo's High-tech Anthropologists(R), built to last by Menlo's world-class agile software development team, and managed by a set of professional project managers listed among the nation's 50 Most Prolific by the Project Management Institute. Sheridan and Menlo have won numerous awards and honors, and he and his team regularly are invited to present nationally and internationally sharing the secrets of the Menlo Software Factory(tm) with all who wish to learn how to build a Learning Organization that can keep pace with today's advances in software and design.

Several books reference Menlo's unique approach including Creativity @ Work by Jeff DeGraff, and Innovate Like Edison by Michael Gelb and Sarah Miller Caldicott.

A listing of awards and honors include:

Inc.'s 500 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America (Inc. Magazine) Fast Track Award (Washtenaw Development Council) Top Small Workplaces - Finalist (Wall Street Journal & Winning Workplaces) Emerging Leader (Automation Alley) Cool Places to Work (Crain's) Alfred P. Sloan Award for Workplace Flexibility (When Work Works) WORK/SPACES award for Creativity (Ann Arbor Business Review) Entrepreneur of the Year - Finalist (Ernst & Young)
101 Best & Brightest Companies to Work For - Elite Winner Leaders and Innovators (Lawrence Technical University) 50 Most Prolific Leaders in Project Management (Project Management Institute) X-AntiVirus: checked by AntiVir MailGuard (Version:
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As the public face of Menlo, Sheridan is quite active in the community, serving as a volunteer with the following organizations:

Washtenaw United Way Ann Arbor Chamber Ann Arbor SPARK Washtenaw Wireless Steering Committee Ann Arbor Chamber IMPACT 2008 Planning Committee Milan High School Business-as-Education Partner Massachusetts Institute of Technology Mentor – Undergraduate Practical Opportunities Program Dawn Farm Michigan Israeli Business Bridge Guest Lecturer at Lawrence Technical University, University of Michigan Business School, University of Michigan College of Engineering, and Eastern Michigan University.

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