CONTRIBUTORS

CALLI NEWBERRY

Calli Newberry is a freelance journalist based in Michigan. A recent graduate of Hillsdale College in Hillsdale, she has contributed to a wide variety of publications including DBusiness, Automotive News, and The Detroit News, and is a regular writer for Blue Water Healthy Living, where she covers local high school sports. She also serves as the editorial director for The Flyover Coalition. While in college, she was the sports editor for the campus newspaper and wrote a devotional book for teen girls titled “Semester Together.” In this issue, Newberry explores the cooperative efforts between the military and private industry in Michigan to advance new technologies.

CONTRIBUTION: Writer, Perspectives | SEE IT HERE: Page 40

JUSTIN STENSON

Justin Stenson is the new art director for DBusiness. He grew up in Royal Oak and studied at Wayne State University, where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts and graphic design. Previously, he worked as a production assistant, marketing manager, and freelance designer before discovering the joys of editorial design and joining the staff at DBusiness. In his spare time, Stenson is a digital illustrator, a painter, a costume fabricator, and a chronicler of Detroit’s Garage Rock History. He loves taking his senior dog, Calvin, for nature hikes with his wife, perfecting his pizza recipe, and folding origami dinosaurs out of Post-It notes.

CONTRIBUTION: Art Director

PATRICK GLORIA

Patrick Gloria earned his electrical engineering and MBA degrees at the University of Detroit Mercy in Detroit, then had a 30-year career at DTE Energy as an electrical engineer and account executive. During his spare time over those years, Gloria pursued what would turn out to be a second career as a professional fine arts and freelance photographer and portrait artist. He formed his company — Photographic, Art and Teaching Services — in 1990. He has photographed the region’s notable social events for DBusiness for more than a decade. As an artist, Gloria has completed commissioned portrait paintings and has illustrated a variety of books and publications.

CONTRIBUTION: Photographer, The Circuit | SEE IT HERE: Page 84

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS

Ronald Ahrens, Dan Calabrese, Bill Dow, Michael T. Kulka, Tom, Murray, Calli Newberry, Norm Sinclair

DETROIT’S PREMIER BUSINESS JOURNAL

VOLUME 17 • ISSUE 3

PUBLISHER Jason Hosko

EDITORIAL EDITOR R.J. King MANAGING EDITOR Tim Keenan ASSOCIATE EDITOR Jake Bekemeyer COPY EDITOR Anne Berry Daugherty

DESIGN ART DIRECTOR Justin Stenson

ADVERTISING SALES ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Cynthia Barnhart, Regan Blissett, Karli Brown, Maya Gossett, Donna Kassab, Lisa LaBelle, Mary Pantely and Associates OUTREACH SPECIALISTS Paige Fritts, Alice Zimmer

PRODUCTION PRODUCTION DIRECTOR Jenine Knox SENIOR PRODUCTION ARTISTS Stephanie Daniel, Robert Gorczyca DIGITAL AND PRINT ADVERTISING COORDINATOR Jill Berry GRAPHIC ARTISTS Jim Bibart, Colin McKinney

WEB DIGITAL DIRECTOR Nick Britsky DIGITAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGER Matt Cappo WEB PROJECT ASSISTANTS Mariah Knott, Luanne Lim, Bart Woinski VIDEO PRODUCER Ken Bowery VIDEO EDITOR Taylor Lutz DIGITAL COORDINATOR Travis Cleveland

IT IT DIRECTOR Jeremy Leland

CIRCULATION DIRECTOR OF AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT Michelle VanArman CIRCULATION MANAGER Riley Meyers CIRCULATION COORDINATORS Barbie Baldwin, David Benvenuto, Elise Coyle, Cathy Krajenke, Rachel Moulden

MARKETING AND EVENTS MARKETING AND EVENTS MANAGER Jodie Svagr MARKETING AND EVENTS COORDINATORS Kelsey Cocke, Drake Lambright MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATOINS LEAD Asia Jones

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