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Edward Surovell is founder and owner of Edward Surovell Realtors, a regional real estate company based in Ann Arbor.

Surovell grew up Washington, D.C. He attended Columbia University in New York and moved to Ann Arbor in 1968, where he was a graduate student at the University of Michigan. After the completion of his studies, he entered real estate in 1997. From residential sales, he moved to sales manager, and finally in 1982 opened his own firm in Ann Arbor with three associates and a small office.

Surovell's significant philanthropic focus is cultural enrichment and public health. He has been president of the Ann Arbor District Library Board of Trustees, and his board service includes the Library of Michigan Foundation, the Michigan Historical Commission, the Historical Society of Michigan, and Chamber Music America.

He lives in Ann Arbor with is wife Natalie, a commercial interior designer.