Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss’s Women’s Caucus Group Hosts Event With Detroit Future City

70 Metro Detroit Women Business Leaders Attend Event at Firm’s Southfield Office

SOUTHFIELD, Mich., October 25, 2013––Jaffe Raitt Heuer & Weiss, P.C.’s Women’s Caucus Group recently hosted a networking and speaking event featuring Heidi Alcock, senior program manager at Detroit Future City. Jaffe Partner and Women’s Caucus Group Co-Chair Alicia Schehr proudly made the announcement.

Attended by 70 Metro Detroit women business leaders, Alcock discussed Detroit Future City’s strategic framework and implementation strategies that will reshape and improve the quality of life for Detroiters.

“This is a pivotal time for Detroit, and we all are stakeholders in this community,” said Women’s Caucus Group Co-Chair Julianne Cassin Sharp. “The in-depth research and remarkable insight that shaped Detroit Future City’s vision inspired everyone at the event.”

Founded in 1998, Jaffe’s Women’s Caucus Group is an award winning organization to help women at the firm manage work-life balance, participate in community outreach and gain valuable self-marketing and business skills. Throughout the year the group organizes and hosts ongoing programming and events, including roundtables with prominent Michigan women business leaders, mentoring events and educational seminars. This year, the group was honored by the Michigan Women’s Foundation with the 2013 Women’s Resource Center Award for their exemplary leadership, service and vision that will shape the future of generations in Michigan and beyond.

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(Left to Right) Rachael Johnson, The Ideal Group; Julianne Cassin Sharp, Jaffe; Sharon McGill, The Betty Brigade; Megan Borland, Jaffe.

(Left to Right) Event Speakers Judith Greenstone Miller, Jaffe; Heidi Alcock, Detroit Future City; Jennifer Oertel, Jaffe.

(Left to Right) Kim Casters, Jaffe; Marie Gravel, Information Services Group; Marisa Murillo, Jaffe.