For an incredible 25 years, Strictly Business has been one of the premiere fundraising events in the metropolitan Detroit business community. This important annual event raises funds for JVS+Kadima services that assist job seekers from all backgrounds and life circumstances. With many individuals and businesses still rebuilding from the economic fallout of the pandemic, your support is crucial as together we help get our community back to work. Thank you for sustaining these vital opportunities for unemployed adults, people with disabilities, and teens and young adults who need help building their lives and careers in metro Detroit.

In-person capacity will be limited, and is subject to change based on recommended guidelines at the time of the event. All sponsors will receive a link to livestream the program. For more information about sponsoring, attending, or streaming the event, please contact Michelle Malamis, Senior Director of Advancement, at michellem@kadimacenter.org or 248.233.4343. The deadline to be listed in the program is June 13.

TICKETS AND SPONSORS

2022 Strictly Business Committee

Co-Chairs

David DeVine

Richard Shapack

Committee

Buck Baker

Todd Burwick

Kristen Gross

Beth Gotthelf

John Kessler

Ed Lippincott

Jon Modiano

Jared Rosenbaum

Sherry Shanbom

Chad Techner

Michael Weil

Strictly Business Impact

Jason Raznick is a passionate entrepreneur and the Co-founder of Detroit-based Benzinga, a financial content ecosystem that makes information easier to consume. Benzinga’s mission is to connect the world with news, data, and education that makes the path to financial prosperity easier for everyone, every day. Benzinga is read by more than 25 million people every month.

Jason launched Benzinga with just $3,000 in his bank account and a baby on the way. Today, Benzinga.com is the most widely used resource by individual investors, with content embedded into every US online brokerage (Fidelity, Ameritrade, Robinhood, JP Morgan, etc), Benzinga breaks hundreds of stock-moving stories every year and is depended on by 25,000,000 individual investors every month.

In 2021 Beringer Capital acquired a majority stake in Benzinga to accelerate the company’s mission of empowering the individual investor.

Raznick is also recognized for coining the term "doarchy," which is at the heart of how he operates his businesses. Doarchy is the belief that anyone can impact the outcome by being empowered to take action and make decisions - regardless if the individual is new to the team or a veteran.

Jason was a winner of the 2021 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Michigan/Ohio regions and named to the Crain's Detroit Business 40 Under 40 list as well as the DBusiness 30 In Their 30s list. Raznick has also been quoted in a variety of financial news publications, such as CNBC, the Wall Street Journal, and the New York Post. A graduate of the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business, Raznick founded two successful digital startups as a student.

From as early as she can remember Rebecca Abel Buick had big dreams of creating a company.

An interest in business led her to a career as a financial planner/money manager which she has continued to do over 22 years. Finance alone wasn’t satisfying her need to create. In the Fall of 2017, after years of dreaming and exploring different business ideas, a strong intuition came to her she was destined to create a luxury cookie brand. This was completely out of left field because, up to that point she was not a baker or even cooking for that matter.

With the vision of creating something not only delicious but also beautiful and a mission to build a national luxury cookie brand Rebecca set on this journey.

After four and a half years of grit and dedication to her goal, D’VINE cookies can be found all over the country in over 100 retail outlets including select Barnes and Nobles cafes, Delta airlines, Beyond Juice and next year will begin with Harry & David.

D’VINE Cookies is the culmination of her love to create & of all things sweet.