July-August 2021
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July-August 2021
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2021 Powered by Women – Deborah Wahl
As global chief marketing officer at General Motors Co. in Detroit, it’s Deborah Wahl’s job to convince drivers around the world to consider switching to electric vehicles so the automaker can […]
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2021 Powered by Women – Susan Koss
Susan Koss has been in accounting long enough to have participated in the transition from paper forms to automated systems. Now, as partner and managing director of the O’Keefe consulting […]
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2021 Powered by Women – Carrie Jones-Barber
Carrie Jones-Barber knew at a young age that she wanted to follow in her father’s, uncle’s, and grandfather’s footsteps at bakery supplier Dawn Foods in Jackson. “There was one particular triggering […]
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2021 Powered by Women – Olivia Jackson
Before graduating from William and Mary in 1998 with degrees in international relations and economics, Olivia Jackson had dreamed of becoming a diplomat or a lawyer. The Virginia native’s plans […]
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2021 Powered by Women – Marissa Hunter
Marissa Hunter scored a major win with an ad that ran during the 2013 Super Bowl and went a long way toward establishing the Ram Truck brand after it split […]
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2021 Powered by Women – Lisa Drake
Mechanical engineer Lisa Drake says the most challenging job in her career was chief engineer for Ford Motor Co.’s battery and hybrid electric vehicles. In that position, which she held […]
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2021 Powered by Women – Collette ‘Coco’ Champagne
Like her customers, Collette “Coco” Champagne has a classic vehicle that she feels very strongly about: a 1935 3/4-ton Chevrolet pickup that was on her family’s fruit farm for generations. […]
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2021 Powered By Women – Denise Brooks-Williams
For Denise Brooks-Williams and other hospital executives throughout the world, the most serious health crisis in 100 years created unprecedented challenges as the COVID-19 pandemic exposed disparities and the fragility […]
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2021 Powered by Women
The 2021 class of powered by women, selected from reader nominations, navigated the worst pandemic in more than 100 years, economic uncertainty, and employee anxiety. Today, with Covid-19 on the […]
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Battle of the Titans
Sure, Detroit is the Motor City. But it’s also become Mortgage City USA. Four of the nation’s top 10 mortgage lenders now are headquartered in southeastern Michigan, making the region an […]
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Largest Accounting Firms in Metro Detroit 2021
Ranked by Metro Detroit Area Employment
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Largest Credit Unions in Metro Detroit 2021
Ranked by 2019 Assets
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Corporate Aviation — Top Regional Airports 2021
Sources: Michigan Office of Aeronautics, AirNav.com, DBusiness research.
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Largest Banks and Thrifts in Metro Detroit 2021
Ranked by 2019 Assets
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Revvin’ on the Red Line
Metro Detroit has been the Motor City for more than a century, but this summer and fall that moniker will be more appropriate than ever, as several events are taking […]
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Instant Tutor
Three years ago, Michael Jonna was stuck on a homework problem, but it was too late in the evening to call a tutor. After a search on Google, “nothing could […]
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Balancing Act
On a recent Tuesday, Bridget Espinosa was fighting the onset of her annual springtime allergies and trying not to cough too loudly in La Palapa del Parian, where she was […]
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Lightning Strikes
If there were ever any doubts about Ford Motor Co.’s commitment to an electric vehicle future, they were erased when the Dearborn automaker unveiled its F-150 Lightning all-electric pickup in […]
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No Roads Required
In May, General Motors Co. and Lockheed Martin announced a partnership with the goal of producing a lunar rover that can cover more than 5 percent of the moon’s surface, […]
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July – August 2021 Commentary
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act […]
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Taking Flight
The Coleman A. Young International Airport in Detroit was looking at its last flight in 2017, following years of disinvestment and falling demand. Mayor Mike Duggan was actively looking to […]
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Venture Development: A Life of Purpose, Carolyn Cassin
Some people are born into the world and are fortunate to happen upon a calling that ultimately shapes and defines their story. Others come into this world with a force […]
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Honored to Serve
A new monument to the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of Black pilots who shot down dozens of enemy fighters during World War II while battling bigotry and racism on and […]
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Fashion Rebirth
Himelhoch’s Department Store, which started out as a pushcart in Caro, moved to downtown Detroit, expanded to multiple locations, and ultimately ended up as a luxury online retailer, has embodied […]
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Letter from the Editor: Help Wanted
It’s time to get Michigan and America back to work. Ask any business owner their greatest challenge today and the response is nearly universal: We can’t fill open positions. With […]
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Principal and Interest
Jay Farner is vice chairman and president of Rocket Mortgage, having risen through the company as a close associate of Dan Gilbert and cementing his key role by guiding Rocket […]
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Lost Gains
While the COVID-19 pandemic may have forever altered how organizations conduct business, it also has undercut many of the advances women have made in recent years in reaching the C-Suite, […]
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New Standards
Betsy Ancker-Johnson had much to learn upon joining General Motors as vice president for environmental activities in February of 1979. The distinguished physicist, 51 years old, had worked in academia, […]
