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Nancy Sanford Hughes

Nancy Sanford Hughes

By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023

Nancy Sanford Hughes was at a loss after her husband’s death from cancer in 2001. During their 30-year marriage, she’d been mostly a stay-at-home mom, but one with a yen for travel and adventure. When well-meaning friends suggested she sell her rambling home in...
Randal Charlton

Randal Charlton

By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023

Bored with retirement and ripe for a new challenge, Randal Charlton walked into the office of the president of Wayne State University in 2007 and asked if he had a job – any job – for a lifelong entrepreneur. Charlton brought a versatile background to the table. In...
Jenny Bowen

Jenny Bowen

By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023

One Saturday morning in 1996, screenwriter Jenny Bowen saw a photo in The New York Times that stunned her: It was the face of a little Chinese girl, one of thousands abandoned and languishing in the country’s understaffed and under-resourced welfare institutions. She...
Edward Mazria

Edward Mazria

By Gary Hume | Apr 26, 2023

Edward Mazria thought he knew the impact of his field on the environment. An award-winning architect, he had a 40-year record of innovation and advocacy in sustainable building. He had long been aware of the dangers of global warming, and energy efficiency had always...