Rachel Jacobs
A funeral service has been set for Monday for Rachel Jacobs, a native of Huntington Woods and founder of Detroit Nation, who was killed in the Amtrak crash in Philadelphia.
The service will be held Monday at 10 a.m. at Ira Kaufman Chapel at 18325 W. Nine Mile Rd in Southfield. The funeral can be viewed online by clicking here.
Two months ago, Jacobs, 39, became chief executive of ApprenNet, an online apprenticeship service in Philadelphia. Her previous position was vice president of strategy and business development for Ascend Learning, an education technology company serving health care and other industries.
She resided in New York with her husband Todd Waldman and their two-year-old son Jacob.
Her mother, Gilda Jacobs, is a former state legislator.
Jacobs, a 1993 graduate of Berkley High School, attended last September's three-day Detroit Homecoming conference sponsored by Crain's Detroit Business.
In 2010, Jacobs created Detroit Nation, a nonprofit group of 7,000 ex-Detroiters who stay connected to the city and work with innovative leaders emerging here. It has chapters in New York and Chicago, and has hosted cultural events and volunteer opportunities -- such as free consulting to startups and nonprofits.
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