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.

Career

Gary Torgow is chairman of The Huntington National Bank, a subsidiary of Huntington Bancshares, upon the merger of Huntington and

TCF Financial Corporation TCF Financial Corporation was a bank holding company based in Detroit, Michigan. The current incarnation of the company was formed by a 2019 merger between the former TCF, which was established in 1923 in Wayzata, Minnesota, and the Michigan-b ...

. 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 Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan (BCBSM) is an independent licensee of Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. Currently it is headquartered in 600 E. Lafayette Blvd. in downtown Detroit. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, a nonprofit organizati ...

DTE Energy DTE Energy (formerly Detroit Edison until 1996) is a Detroit-based diversified energy company involved in the development and management of energy-related businesses and services in the United States and Canada. Its operating units include an elec ...

, Community Foundation of Southeastern Michigan,

Business Leaders for Michigan Business Leaders for Michigan is a private, non-profit organization based in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Originally formed in 1970 as the Detroit Renaissance, the organization was reconstituted in 2009 as Business Leaders for Michigan with ...

, Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit, and the Detroit Regional Partnership. Torgow has served as chairman of the Detroit Economic Growth Corporation, the Michigan Civil Rights Commission and First Place Bank. On Jan 25, 2019, Governor Gretchen Whitmer designated Torgow as one of her emergency interim successors. He has received a number of honors and awards including the

NAACP The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is a civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E.&nb ...

Fannie Lou Hamer Award, the Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit's Frank Wetsman Young Leadership Award, and the

Wayne State University Wayne State University (WSU) is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan. It is Michigan's third-largest university. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 350 programs to nearly 25,000 ...

School of Law Outstanding Alumni Award. He is the author of "Raising the Bar", and "Holy Warrior", and has given numerous talks and lectures throughout the country.

References

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