December 9, 2004

A Veteran Leader Combines Social Services With Civil Rights in Detroit

By Kimberlee Roth

Detroit

Presumably, someone who gets to the office at about 6 most mornings would have a lot of time to herself.

But Eleanor Josaitis, the 72-year-old chief executive officer of Focus: HOPE, has only about a half-hour before the rest of the nonprofit group's executive staff members and some of its 500 other employees start arriving. Their enthusiasm is palpable this Tuesday and, judging by the early hour, it appears they are excited to be

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