Longtime Vesco Oil CEO Donald Epstein dies at 76
Third Epstein to hold post in family business
Will be remembered as consistent, humble
Marx Layne and company
Donald Epstein was the model of consistency.
Serving as the CEO of Vesco Oil Corp., the Southfield-based company started by his father, Eugene, in 1947, did not give Epstein a feeling of superiority. He was the most adored person within the company and it wasn t because he was the highest-ranking, said Marjory Epstein, Donald s wife of 50 years and chair of the Vesco board. It was because he was the kindest, the most caring, and the most humble. Those were values he demonstrated at home and in the workplace. He was consistent.
Change-Ups: FBA names Burns director
The Family Business Alliance has named Robin Burns its director. Burns will work with the board and staff to develop and implement the strategic plan of the association whose sole mission is to ensure family businesses throughout West Michigan succeed generation to generation. Burns most recently served as the marketing director and management team member at Rhoades McKee. Established in 2006 in partnership with the Grand Rapids Chamber and Grand Valley State University and re-organized in 2018 as a 501(c)(6) within the Grand Rapids Chamber, the FBA has grown to serve over 160 members.
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