Diane Durance Takes Job As CEO Of Headwaters North

ANN ARBOR – Diane Durance has spent the past 20 years heading up entrepreneurial programs. Recently she took a new position as CEO of Headwaters North, the Sault Ste. Marie SmartZone.

She’s working to create a Blue Tech Hub across the Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan that includes Traverse City. Blue Tech focuses on innovations related to water usage and waterways, including technologies to improve water quality, develop wave energy, increase sustainable fisheries, and create resilient shoreline construction.

You can meet Diane in February at the Michigan Ice Fest in Munising. For the first time, Ice Fest will feature an Innovation Track. Entrepreneurs with innovations in outdoor recreation are encouraged to attend business-building workshops and meet representatives from the top outdoor brands.

You can find out more at www.headwatersnorth.org

By Mike Brennan|2025-01-16T09:27:48-05:00January 16th, 2025|Entrepreneurs, mitechtv|

About the Author: Mike Brennan

Founder of Michigan News Network, and serves as CEO, as well as Editor & Publisher of MITECHNEWS.COM. Brennan has worked since 1980 as a technology writer at newspapers in New York, NY, San Jose, CA., Seattle, WA., Memphis, TN., Detroit, MI., and London, England. He co-founded and served as managing editor of Pacific Rim News Service (SEATTLE), which developed a network of more than 100 freelance journalists in 17 Asia-Pacific countries.