Grace Turner
Grace Turner is associate editor of DBusiness magazine, DBusiness Daily News, DBusiness Tech and Mobility News, Detroit 500, and Michigan Makers. Along with writing for these publications, she maintains the magazine’s online content and manages DBusiness’ internship program. She received the Mentor of the Year Award from the University of Michigan-Dearborn in 2019 for her work with interns. Before working at DBusiness, Turner was the education reporter at the Times Herald in Port Huron. While a student at Oakland University, she was managing editor of The Oakland Post and president of the university’s Society of Professional Journalists chapter. She also served as a content writer and project coordinator at the Oakland University Communications and Marketing department. Turner has degrees in journalism and French and was awarded Oakland University’s College of Arts and Sciences Meritorious Achievement Award, given to two students graduating from Oakland’s College of Arts and Sciences each semester. In her spare time, Turner enjoys traveling, practicing circus arts, painting, drawing, reading, and sewing formal gowns.
California’s OptumRx Acquires Flint’s Diplomat
California’s OptumRx, the pharmacy care services business of Optum, and Flint’s Diplomat, a provider of specialty pharmacy and infusion services, are combining. The agreement calls for the acquisition of Diplomat’s outstanding common stock for...
Role Models
As Detroit continues its renaissance, starry-eyed developers must increasingly provide compelling stories with their projects: a “why” to pair with blueprints and price tags.
Detroit’s Vroom Closes $254M Series H Funding Round
Vroom, an ecommerce platform for buying and selling used vehicles that has a product and engineering hub in Detroit, has closed a $254 million Series H funding round, bringing the company’s total capital raised...
Spaces, a $25M Shared Office Concept, to Open in the Historic Women’s City Club...
Switzerland-based IWG plc, which creates flexible workspaces, announced it will open Spaces, a $25 million open and shared office concept, in the historic former Women’s City Club building in downtown Detroit.“As we continue to...
Holly’s Rose Hill Center Names Rochelle Rothwell President, CEO
Rose Hill Center, a psychiatric treatment and rehabilitation facility in Holly, has named Rochelle Rothwell president and CEO.“After an extensive nationwide search, we are excited that Rochelle Rothwell has accepted the role as Rose...
Detroit’s HAP Names Laurie Doran Senior Vice President, CFO
Nonprofit health plan Health Alliance Plan in Detroit has named Laurie Doran senior vice president and CFO.Doran brings nearly 30 years of financial leadership experience in the health care industry. Most recently, she was...
Report: Jobs, Income, Unemployment Rise in Detroit Region, Foreign Investment Drops
While jobs, income, and home values continue to climb in the Detroit region, the area also saw the lowest foreign investment in the state in five years, according to today’s release of the Detroit...
KPMG LLP to Provide Tax Services to Dearborn’s Ford
KPMG LLP, a global audit, tax, and advisory firm with a Detroit office, has made an agreement with Ford Motor Co. in Dearborn to provide direct and indirect tax compliance services for some of...
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