

Profiles below offer the chance to dig deeper into stories about the researchers, business leaders, and community projects that play roles in opening doors to Michigan’s future.
Rodney Whitaker, a University Distinguished Professor of Jazz Bass and Director of Jazz Studies, heads the Jazz program in Michigan State University’s College of Music.
When Jim Raines came to the University of Michigan, he was coming home. Raines grew up in Blissfield, Michigan, graduated from Clemson University in 1990 and got his master’s degree in Chemistry from Carnegie Mellon…
While working on her doctoral degree in biopsychology at Wayne State University, Rosemarie Torrento’s marriage unraveled, forcing her to look for a way to support herself and her daughter, then in high school.
Susan Galantowicz, a graduate of the University of Michigan, is Senior Director of Global Research Operations for the Services Industries division at J.D. Power.
The youngest boy in a family of five children from the east side of Detroit, Nzimiro Oputa saw his share of hand-me-down clothes.
U-M alum Dug Song and Jon Oberheide founded the security firm Duo Security in 2009.
Nothing about Jim Fleming’s entrepreneurial path was predictable, and only in retrospect seems to have had a linear path.
Darys Estrella has thrived as a financial leader on a global stage, recognized for her leadership, achievements, and civic contributions. Currently she is the Vice President of Corporate Sustainability for VICINI, an…
A noted startup accelerator has set up shop in the Motor City to help establish the next generation of mobility and transportation companies.