Gary Torgow

Gary Torgow is a Detroit businessman active in business, civic, charitable and communal endeavors. He is the chairman and co-architect of the Talmer Bank and Trust, a Michigan based community bank.^[1] Gary Torgow is also the founder and chairman of the Sterling Group, a Detroit based real-estate, investment and management company.^[2]

Education and Personal Life

Gary has earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Law degree and is married with 5 children.^[3]

Career

Talmer Bank, for which Gary serves as chairman, has offices in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Maryland.^[4] The bank has assets of 5.5 billion dollars ^[5] with over 80 offices.^[4] Talmer is a public company listed on the NASDAQ exchange.^[6]

Sterling Group has acquired a number of Michigan landmark buildings including the The Qube, the Fort Washington Plaza,^[7] the Gateway Industrial^[8] and the Guardian Building.^[9]

Communal and civic activity

Gary is on the boards of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan,^[10] Jackson National Life,^[1] Community Foundation of Southeastern Michigan,^[11] Business Leaders for Michigan,^[12] Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit,^[13] Downtown Detroit Partnership,^[13] and the Wayne State University Foundation.^[14] In Gary’s capacity as a vice president of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit he hosted a large gathering in support of the Federation at his home.^[15]

Gary has served as chairman of the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation,^[16] the Michigan Civil Rights Commission^[15] and First Place Bank.^[16]

He has received a number of honors and awards including the NAACP Fannie Lou Hamer Award,^[16] the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's Frank Wetsman Young Leadership Award,^[17] and the Wayne State University School of Law Outstanding Alumni Award.^[18]

He is the author of "Raising the Bar",^[19] and "Holy Warrior",^[20] and has given numerous talks^[21] and lectures throughout the country.^[22]

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