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Detroit Free Press

■ Rich Homberg, president and CEO of Detroit Public Television, was selected to receive the Mariam C. Noland award for nonprofit leadership by the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan in Detroit. The annual award recognizes a nonprofit president or CEO in southeast Michigan for leadership and includes a grant of $10,000 from the Community Foundation.

Homberg has been in his role at DPTV since 2008. Prior to joining DPTV, he worked in commercial broadcasting for CBS, Viacom and Westinghouse Broadcasting. He is chair of the PBS diversity advisory committee and cultural alliance of south Michigan and is on multiple nonprofit boards, including the PBS station services and corporate support advisory committees.

Previous winners include Midtown Detroit President Susan Mosey, University Musical Society President Kenneth Fischer, Macomb Community College President Jim Jacobs, Neighborhood Service Organization President and CEO Sheilah Clay and Presbyterian Villages of Michigan President and CEO Roger Myers.

■ Bob Riney, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Henry Ford Health System, was selected as chair of the Michigan Health & Hospital Association board. He was elected during the association’s membership meeting. The association represents community hospitals throughout Michigan. Riney oversees hospital and service operations for the six hospitals in the Henry Ford Health system. He also has been the association’s treasurer and chair-elect.

■ Anca Sala, Baker College’s engineering dean in Flint, was named educator of the year by the High Impact Technology Exchange Conference. She was recognized for her work in photonics education. She received a doctoral degree in physics at the University of Toledo and a master’s degree in electrical engineering at Polytechnic University of Bucharest in Romania. She has eight patents related to photonics devices.

■ Kavita Kale was designated as executive secretary and Freedom of Information Act coordinator for the Michigan Public Service Commission. Previously, she was a manager in the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of Madras and a master’s degree from Bowling Green State University.

■ Frank Venegas Jr., the chairman and CEO of Ideal Group in Detroit, received the Sam Cupp Impact award, and Greg Kelser, Detroit Pistons’ broadcaster, won the partner of the year award, both from Winning Futures in Warren.

Venegas is involved with several groups, including the Michigan Minority Supplier development council board of directors, the Detroit Hispanic development council, Community Health and Social Services and LA SED, and the DTE Energy Supplier advisory council. He is on the boards of the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce, Michigan Science Center and Detroit Riverfront Conservancy.

Kelser, the fourth player selected in the 1979 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons, is a Michigan State University Distinguished Alumni Award winner, a member of the Michigan Sports Hall of Fame and leadership speaker. Winning Futures and Kelser have a partnership to offer a free basketball camp for 100 Detroit youth at Cass Technical High School.

■ Peter Hrastovec, an associate at Shibley Righton, received the lifetime achievement award from the Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber of Commerce.

■ Sara Voight joined Simons Michelson Zieve in Troy as director of finance and administration. Previously, she was a controller at Critical Signal Technologies, a controller with Helm, and held positions at Credential Check Corp., Broadway in Chicago, Little Caesars Pizza, Kmart and Rock Financial. Voight volunteers at organizations including the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, Jewish Family Service of Metropolitan Detroit, Oakland Community College and Sanctum House. She has a bachelor’s degree from University of Michigan and a master’s degree from Walsh College.

■ Premier Communications Group won three Communicator awards in the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts’ competition. The awards were distinction for marketing and promotion in the print and design category for the firm’s 2014 holiday campaign and two in excellence for media kit and special event in the same category.

■ Sam Huszczo was appointed president of the Chartered Financial Analyst Society of Detroit. He has been on the board for five years and taken on roles that include treasurer, programming chair and public awareness chair. He has 13 years of experience in investment management, and is a graduate of the University of Michigan.

■ William Hochkammer, a partner at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn in Detroit, received the Gertrude Breithaupt Jupp outstanding service award from Lawrence University.

A Lawrence graduate, he has been on the university’s board of trustees for 22 years. He is a health care attorney and is the senior attorney on the firm’s practice relating to alternative risk financing. He has served as the firm’s chairman and CEO. He received his law degree from Northwestern University.