Troy, Mich., USA - December 17, 2009, Troy, Mich., USA - First Michigan Bank announced that Max A. Berlin, Donald A. Coleman, Robert Naftaly, Al Papa, Thomas L. Schellenberg, and Gary Torgow, have joined its board of directors, effective immediately.
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Mr. Berlin is President and CEO of MeasureComp, the leading floor covering computerized measuring system in the industry. Mr. Berlin is the Treasurer of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah, and is a Board Member of Providence Hospital, Southfield, and Orthodox Union, New York. Mr. Berlin is a former Director of The PrivateBank - Michigan a unit of PrivateBancorp Inc.
Mr. Coleman is Chairman and CEO of GlobalHue, the nation's largest minority-owned, full-service marketing communications agency. Coleman is a member of several organizations' boards, including the A.C. Nielsen Center Marketing Research Business School External Advisory Board, the Howard University John H. Johnson School of Communications Board of Visitors, the Board of Trustees for the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, the Louis Carr Internship Foundation and his own Coleman Education Foundation Mr. Coleman is a former Director of The PrivateBank - Michigan, a unit of PrivateBancorp Inc.
Mr. Naftaly is retired as President and Chief Executive Officer of PPOM, an independent operating subsidiary of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, and as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of BCBS of Michigan. Mr. Naftaly also serves on the Board of Directors for Sun Communities Inc., and Meadowbrook Inc. Mr. Naftaly also is chairman of the state of Michigan Tax Commission and he chairs the UAW Retiree Medical Trust VEBA. Mr. Naftaly is a former Director of The PrivateBank - Michigan a unit of PrivateBancorp Inc.
Mr. Papa is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cambridge Consulting Group, one of Michigan's largest privately-held insurance, benefits, and financial services firms with offices in Michigan and New York. Mr. Papa also serves as a consultant for a Fortune Global 50 insurance company as well as providing consulting services to financial services and insurance agencies throughout the United States. Mr. Papa also sits on the Board of Directors EARC, a reinsurance company. Mr. Papa is a former Director of The PrivateBank - Michigan a unit of PrivateBancorp Inc.
Mr. Schellenberg is President of Schellenberg & Associates, P.C. CPAs, a tax and business consulting firm, and President of TS Tax Services, LLC, a payroll services company. Mr. Schellenberg serves on the Board of Directors of Plastipak Holding Company and its subsidiaries. He is also a past Board member of the Oakland County Economic Development Corporation. Mr. Schellenberg is a former Director of The PrivateBank - Michigan a unit of PrivateBancorp Inc. ■