Gary Torgow

New Sinai speaker Gary Torgow is an inspirational communal and business leader, founder and volunteer. Torgow is the chairman of Chemical Financial Corporation, the holding company for Chemical Bank (the largest bank headquartered in Michigan). He is also the founder and chairman of the Sterling Group, a Michigan-based real estate, development and investment company. He currently serves on the board of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, and is an executive board member of Business Leaders of Michigan and a trustee and board member of the Community Foundation of Southeastern Michigan. He is on the Foundation Boards of Wayne State University and Henry Ford Hospital, and is a member of the Beaumont Health Trustees. Torgow serves as a trustee on the board of Touro College, is on the executive board of the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, he’s a senior VP of the Orthodox Union and is the board president of Detroit’s largest Jewish day school, the Yeshiva Beth Yehudah. He is a board member of the Mesorah Heritage Foundation and has served as a volunteer on numerous civic and communal boards, including the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation and the Michigan Civil Rights Commission, both of which he served as chairman.