Gary Torgow is an American businessman active in civic, charitable and communal endeavors.

Education and personal life

Torgow has a B.A. degree and a J.D. degree and is married with five children.[1]

Career

Gary Torgow is chairman of The Huntington National Bank, a subsidiary of Huntington Bancshares, upon the merger of Huntington and TCF Financial Corporation.[2][3]

He was appointed to the board of directors of TCF Financial Corporation upon completion of the merger between Chemical Financial Corporation and legacy TCF Financial Corporation on August 1, 2019. Torgow previously served as chairman of the board of directors of Chemical Financial Corporation from August 2016 to August 2019. He also served as chairman of the board of directors of Talmer Bancorp, Inc. from December 2009 to July 2016.

Prior to his work with Talmer Bancorp and Chemical Financial Corporation, Torgow founded and chaired Sterling Group, a real estate, development, and investment company based in Michigan.

Communal and civic activity

Torgow is on the boards of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan,[4] DTE Energy,[5] Community Foundation of Southeastern Michigan,[6] Business Leaders for Michigan,[7] Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit,[8] and the Detroit Regional Partnership.[9]

Torgow has served as chairman of the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation,[10] the Michigan Civil Rights Commission and First Place Bank.[11] On Jan 25, 2019, Governor Gretchen Whitmer designated Torgow as one of her emergency interim successors.[12]

He has received a number of honors and awards including the NAACP Fannie Lou Hamer Award,[13] the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's Frank Wetsman Young Leadership Award,[14] and the Wayne State University School of Law Outstanding Alumni Award.[15]

He is the author of "Raising the Bar",[16] and "Holy Warrior",[17] and has given numerous talks[18] and lectures throughout the country.[19][20]

References

  1. ↑ "Gary Torgow". Amazon.
  2. ↑ "TCF Financial Corp. introduces board of directors". ourmidland.com. Retrieved 2019-08-15.
  3. ↑ "TCF announces renaming of Cobo Center as TCF Center". fox2detroit.com. Retrieved 2019-08-27.
  4. ↑ "BCBSM Board of Directors". bcbsm.com. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
  5. ↑ "DTE Energy names bank chairman Gary Torgow to board of directors". dteenergy.com. Retrieved 2019-06-21.
  6. ↑ "Community Foundation of Southeastern Michigan". cfsem.org. Archived from the original on 2014-06-18. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
  7. ↑ "Business Leaders for Michigan members". businessleadersformichigan.com. Retrieved 2014-09-22.
  8. ↑ "Gary Torgow". Jewish Community Center.
  9. ↑ "Meet the Detroit Regional Partnership Team and Board". detroitregionalpartnership.com. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  10. ↑ "Detroit Yeshiva Bio". detroityeshiva.org. Archived from the original on 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2014-09-23.
  11. ↑ "Detroit Yeshiva". detroityeshiva.org. Archived from the original on 2015-02-06. Retrieved 2014-09-23.
  12. ↑ "Gov. Whitmer Designates Emergency Interim Successors". michigan.gov. Retrieved 2019-04-07.
  13. ↑ "Michigan Chronicle". michronicleonline.com. Retrieved 2014-09-23.
  14. ↑ "State of Michigan". state.mi.us. Archived from the original on 2004-12-07. Retrieved 2014-09-23.
  15. ↑ "Legal News". legalnews.com. Retrieved 2014-09-23.
  16. ↑ Manuel Merzon, M. (2001). Raising the Bar. ISBN 1578195373.
  17. ↑ "Holy Warrior". goodreads.com. Retrieved 2014-09-23.
  18. ↑ "Gary Torgow Speech". vimeo.com. Retrieved 2014-09-23.
  19. ↑ "Wayne Law panel discussion". law.wayne.edu. Retrieved 2014-09-23.
  20. ↑ "Gary Torgow Detroit Revitalization". alma.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
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