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MISSION The mission of IMPACT is to create a pipeline of Informed, Motivated, Perceptive, Authentic, Connected Talent that will form the next generation of African-American leaders available to fill critical roles in the Chicago community and the business, public, and nonprofit sectors .

OUR PROGRAM ELEMENTS Table of Contents One-on-One MENTORSHIP Each IMPACT Fellow is paired with a senior leader who serves as a mentor . Mentors provide guidance in areas such as relationship mapping, work-life balance, Message from Chicago Urban League’s Interim President & CEO ...... 4 and board engagement . Message from IMPACT’s Executive Director ...... 5. . . Individual LEADERSHIP ASSESSMENTS Fellows take DISC and Hogan personal assessments . These assessments Class of 2020 IMPACT Fellows ...... 6. . . improve Fellows’ awareness of their leadership styles and interpersonal communications preferences . Our Education Partner: The University of Chicago Booth School of Business ...... 19

CURRENT ISSUES Modules IMPACT Mentors ...... 20 Current issue modules equip Fellows with a toolbox of facts and ideas that they can utilize when making critical decisions that affect others in Sponsoring Organizations ...... 21 their city and community . What Our Alumni Say About IMPACT ...... 22 ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP Modules Led by Chicago Booth faculty, Academic Leadership Modules equip Fellows with IMPACT Alumni Association ...... 24 . . . a framework for continued development . Topics include: ethics, negotiations, power and influence in organizations, decision making, and action and insight skills . Alumni – Past Classes ...... 25 . . .

HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES Modules Program Partners ...... 30 . . . An effective leader in Chicago should be aware of the moments that have shaped the city . Fellows learn about African-American history in Chicago and the roles and impact of African in Chicago politics .

LESSONS IN LEADERSHIP Speaker Series Lessons in Leadership features senior leaders who share their stories of triumphs, challenges, and lessons learned in their careers . Past speakers include: Kim Foxx, Andrea Zopp, Arne Duncan, John Rogers, Kurt IMPACT Earlier fonts used Summers, Brett Hart, and Mellody Hobson .

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On behalf of the Chicago Urban League Board of Directors and our entire staff, I am Since the IMPACT Leadership Development Program began in 2014, selecting

IMPACT delighted to welcome the Class of 2020 Fellows to our IMPACT Leadership Fellows has continued to be rigorous and rewarding each year . Rigorous because the Development Program . process is highly competitive . Rewarding because each new cohort of individual achievers develops into a dynamic, connected group of African-American leaders . IMPACT transforms lives . We know this not only because our Fellows tell us so, but also because we see it in announcements from organizations across Chicago that This year, we welcome 37 new Fellows into IMPACT . Over the next nine months, they have tapped IMPACT alumni for leadership positions . As the program enters its sixth will take part in an intensive, multifaceted program that includes modules on year, it is gratifying to know that it is accomplishing what it set out to do . IMPACT is academic leadership, current issues, and historical and political perspectives that developing a robust pipeline of African-American professionals who are well prepared have shaped Chicago . Through our Lessons in Leadership speaker series and one- to lead in Chicago’s private, public and nonprofit sectors . on-one mentoring, they will gain insights from some of Chicago’s most accomplished African-American business and civic leaders . They will also receive personal assessments of their Increasingly, employers understand that diversity and inclusion matter . Yet, leadership diversity own leadership styles . remains a challenge . According to Chicago United, African Americans represent only 3% of C-suite executives at Chicago’s Top 50 publicly traded companies . As calls for inclusion grow, the League’s We also welcome 26 organizations that are sponsoring Fellows for the first time this year . You will 2019 State of Black Chicago report notes that increasing diversity among leadership ranks will be not regret this decision . You join more than 100 corporate, nonprofit, and government entities that vital for organizations seeking to retain talent and even increase profitability . have supported the professional development of emerging African-American leaders through IMPACT . We know that, over the course of the program, our Fellows become more confident leaders, The Chicago Urban League applauds those organizations that recognize this and are helping who take innovative ideas and practices back to their workplaces . emerging leaders maximize their potential by sponsoring them for IMPACT . Since IMPACT began, 170 Fellows have gone through the program . We envision being able to serve hundreds more, and I have had the honor of guiding IMPACT since its inception, and I have witnessed first-hand the we are grateful for the many partners who support the Chicago Urban League in this effort . individual growth of many of our Fellows . I have also heard countless inspiring stories of ways participating in the program has changed their lives . For instance, since completing the program, We offer a special thank you to the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, whose dozens of our alumni have received promotions, taken on roles of increasing responsibility, joined commitment as our educational partner has been critical . We are also grateful for the generous boards, or been recognized for their civic contributions . One thing I have heard time and time again financial support provided by Chicago Community Trust, the Field Foundation of , the is that our Fellows gain a new network of support and counsel as they build professional bonds that MacArthur Foundation, and US Bank . A heartfelt thank you also goes to our advisory council and extend across sectors and across cohorts . the influential leaders who have agreed to mentor this year’s Fellows, and to Mesirow Financial for hosting our opening reception . Those relationships are maintained through the IMPACT Alumni Association (IAA), which focuses on continued professional development and community engagement for our program graduates . To our Class of 2020 Fellows, thank you for stepping up to invest in your future and in the future of The IAA is working to inspire social transformation that will have a lasting impact on the face of Chicago . Prepare to be transformed . leadership in Chicago .

In service to the movement, Before long, the Class of 2020 IMPACT Fellows will join this group, and I am delighted to introduce them on the following pages . They represent diverse backgrounds, interests and sectors . As always, they are talented, accomplished, and eager to grow in their careers . I am confident that each of them will thrive and become stronger assets for their organizations and for our city .

Barbara A. Lumpkin Again, thank you to all of our partners and supporters who make IMPACT possible . Interim President and CEO Sincerely,

Mavis C. Laing Vice President and Executive Director, IMPACT

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Annie-Beryl Akuamoah J’ai Brown Customer Field Service Manager, Peoples Gas – HR Business Partner, BMO Wealth Management U.S. WES Energy Group J’ai Brown provides strategic insight J’ai received an MBA and Bachelor of Science in HR Annie-Beryl Akuamoah serves as a as a committee member on the career and and support to the senior leadership Management and General Management from the Customer Field Service manager in development group for the African American team at BMO Wealth Management University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and has her Gas Operations for Peoples Gas Business Group and the women’s development across all aspects of Human PHR and SHRM-CP designations . She is the Company . With more than 13 years of network at Peoples Gas . Resources, including employee Workshop Chair for Chicago SHRM and mentors experience in engineering, gas relations, diversity and inclusion, youth with Posse Chicago and Chicago Scholars . Annie loves to sing and is a music leader at her operations, and management, she is talent acquisition, compensation, She was awarded the 2019 Black Queens of Chicago, church . She received a Bachelor of Science in responsible for the Chicago North organizational design and career 2018 in the Black Future Leader, and General Engineering from the University of Illinois District and oversees the daily development . Additionally, she is 2016 Chicago Scholars 35 under 35 awards . Urbana–Champaign . Annie resides in Richton Park, customer service requests to activate National Chair for BMO’s Black a suburb of Chicago, with her husband and their J’ai resides in Bronzeville with her husband, Frank, natural gas delivery to customer Professionals Network U .S . Previously, J’ai served three children, Michael, Gabriel and Arianna . and daughter, Kylee . homes . Annie is also responsible for regulatory as the Diversity Recruitment Advisor, North compliance workload for gas pipelines . She serves America . Before joining BMO, she worked in HR and Claims at Allstate Insurance Company .

Elsa Andrianifahanana Kelly V. Carter, Esq. Associate, Jones Day Associate Managing Director, CIBC US

Elsa Andrianifahanana is an attorney She also served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Kelly is Associate Managing Director, Kelly has a passion for people and a commitment in the Labor & Employment Group of Ellen Lipton Hollander of the U S. . District Court in State and Local Tax (SALT) for CIBC US, to mentorship and education . An avid supporter of Jones Day . She represents clients Baltimore, where she handled numerous cases on responsible for SALT-based strategic the arts, she serves on the Associate Board of in various employment matters, free speech and excessive force, among other planning initiatives and ensuring Lawyers for the Creative Arts, a not-for-profit pro including anti-discrimination and issues arising under the Constitution . Outside her compliance with all SALT-related bono legal assistance organization . In an effort to wage & hour litigation . She also day-to-day practice, Elsa serves on the of board of regulations . increase diversity within the legal community, she provides counsel on the employment serves as a bar exam tutor, providing supplemental the Black Women Lawyers’ Association and is a Kelly holds a bachelor’s degree from aspects of cross-border transactions . exam process management for underrepresented Program Director for the T .E .A . Directors Institute, a Central Michigan University and a Juris law students . Prior to assuming her current program aimed to increase the presence of African- Doctor from Wayne State University American women attorneys on corporate and position, Elsa practiced at Skadden Law School . She is an active member Kelly loves exploring Chicago museums, galleries, nonprofit boards . Arps, representing distressed companies under- of both the Michigan and Illinois State Bars . She and the restaurants in her West Loop neighborhood . going reorganizations and debt restructurings . has more than 13 years of professional experience advising companies on tax-related matters .

Jereme R. Braggs Crystal T. Clark, MD, MSc Senior Program Quality Engineer, Gogo Inflight Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology, Jereme Braggs supports Gogo LLC Prior to joining Gogo LLC, Jereme held senior FAA Feinberg School of Medicine as a Senior Program Quality Engineer . and Supplier Quality Inspector positions with Holding more than 10 years of Northrop Grumman in the Electronic Sector and Dr . Crystal Clark is a psychiatrist, Dr . Clark’s mental health expertise has contributed experience in the aviation technical Aircraft Maintenance Technician roles with researcher, and educator who to newsworthy reporting from media outlets operations and quality organizations, American Eagle Airlines . Furthermore, he has specializes in women’s health . Her including NPR, the New York Times, and Chicago Jereme has developed foundations in volunteered with the Chicago Greater Food novel studies investigating Tonight . She received her Bachelor of Arts in the commercial aviation sector, Depository, Hashtag Lunchbag Chicago, supporting psychiatric medications during Psychology from Northwestern University and her defense contract aviation sector and food instability efforts in Chicago . Jereme is are informing medical Master of Science and Doctor of Medicine from the expansive inflight entertainment pursuing a Master of Science in Aviation and Space practice . She is a director of the the University of Louisville . She completed her sector . His key responsibilities Administration from Oklahoma State University in Perinatal and Women’s Mental Health psychiatry training at Johns Hopkins in Baltimore, include Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Stillwater, Oklahoma . With a 4 .0 GPA and three Fellowship . She is also the rising Maryland . She resides in the North Kenwood Boeing and Airbus hardware conformities, honors society memberships, he expects to president of Marcé of North America, neighborhood in Chicago with her accomplished engineering prototype hardware validation and graduate in December 2019 . a national perinatal mental health organization . husband, Dramaine Irions . onsite hardware installation support . 6 7 IMPACT Earlier fonts used

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Three new versions that should work well. Tiana Conley Ashley Floyd IMPACT Vice President, Global Brands, The Kellogg Company Vice President of Institutional Advancement, LINK Unlimited Scholars Tiana Conley serves as Vice President Before joining Beam Suntory, Tiana held a variety of Global Brands for the Kellogg of marketing roles at Kimberly-Clark and Procter & Ashley Floyd is responsible for crafting in Chicago, including the Ballet

IMPACT Company, where she is responsible Gamble, including leading the $4 billion Global strategic initiatives, communications Association and the Museum of Science and Industry . for the $3 billion global brand Bath Tissue Portfolio as well as leading the P&L for and fund development to support the She serves as membership co-chair for the Big portfolio including Pringles, Special K the North American Olay brand . She received a overall visibility, impact and program- Shoulders Fund’s Chairman’s Advisory Council and and Kellogg’s . Prior to joining Kellogg, Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from ming for LINK Unlimited Scholars, is a member of the Auditorium Theater’s Auxiliary she was marketing director of global the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Chicago’s oldest scholarship and Board and Chicago Women in Philanthropy . tequila at Beam Suntory, where she a Master of Business Administration from Xavier mentoring program exclusively serving led a portfolio of five brands and University Williams College of Business in African-American students . Ashley received her B .F .A . in Dance Performance/ oversaw operations at the Casa Sauza Cincinnati, Ohio . Tiana is based in Chicago and is Choreography from the University of Southern Over 10 years, Ashley has worked in Heritage Center in Tequila, Mexico . the mother of two children, Griffin and Ava . Mississippi, M .A . from the University of New diverse segments of nonprofit management, includ- Orleans, and M B. .A . (specializing in supply chain ing STEM education, arts and culture, and jazz management) from Governors State University . music . She previously held positions with prominent She resides in Chicago with her husband, Derrick organizations in her hometown of New Orleans and Manuel, and their dog, Miles Davis .

Nicholas E. Cummings Kenneth Gilkes, Jr. Chief Attorney, Tort Litigation, Chicago Transit Authority Senior Analyst, Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) Nicholas Cummings serves as a Chief Nicholas was recently named Chair of Community As a Senior Analyst in the Business Prior to joining JLL, he served as an economic Attorney for the Chicago Transit Programs for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorpor- and Economic Incentives Group for development project manager before being Authority’s Law Department, where ated, Xi Lambda Chapter in Chicago . Before his Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), Kenneth recruited to serve as a project manager for the City he is responsible for complex career as an attorney, he was responsible for the Gilkes, Jr ., is responsible for real of Chicago . Kenneth earned a bachelor’s degree litigation of personal injury cases . implementation and management of technological estate site selection, specific to from Fisk University, a Master of Public Administra- Prior to joining the CTA, Nicholas was infrastructure for Fletcher Jones Automotive in multi-state comparisons of statutory tion from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and a Cook Assistant State’s Chicago and SUA Insurance Company . He received a and discretionary incentives, a Financial Decision Making Certificate from the Attorney . He currently serves on the Bachelor of Science in Human-Computer Interac- calculating estimated incentives University of Chicago . He also has a Master of Board of Directors for the Cook tion from DePaul University and a Juris Doctor based on project parameters, Science in Real Estate from Roosevelt University . County Bar Association, where he from Chicago-Kent College of Law . Nicholas was economic analysis, overall project Kenneth currently resides in Chicago’s Bronzeville chairs the Judicial Evaluation Committee . born and raised in Columbus, Ohio . He has lived in execution, and strategy . neighborhood with his wife, Angela, and their three Chicago for more than 20 years and currently children—Kennedy, Leia, and Mina . resides on the city’s South Side .

Nathalie Essex Christina Harris Vice President of State Funding, Teach for America Director of Land Use and Planning, Metropolitan Planning Council Nathalie Essex serves as Vice Nathalie is passionate about advocating for equity President of State Funding at Teach and diversity through her work to ensure that citizens As Director of Land Use and Planning planning and landscape frameworks . As a for America . With more than 14 years register to vote and understand their ability to influence for the Metropolitan Planning Council landscape architect, she worked on projects at a of government relations experience their lives . She also volunteers in underserved (MPC), Christina Harris works across range of scales, from managing neighborhood as an attorney in the private sector communities in an effort to increase civic engagement . MPC initiatives to focus on the inter- plans to detail design for parks . Several of her and state government, she previously section of planning, development, land projects have won awards from local chapters of Nathalie began her career as an attorney and served as Legislative Coordinator use and open space and to consider the American Society of Landscape Architects . government relations specialist, representing clients and Assistant General Counsel for how these broad issues impact She is currently active in BlackSpace Chicago . in regulatory and judicial proceedings . Nathalie is an the Tennessee Department of Human stormwater management and water Christina received her master’s degree in Alabama native who grew up in Memphis, Tennessee . Services . She worked in both use, transportation and mobility, landscape architecture from Harvard University She is a graduate of Spelman College and St . Louis Democratic and Republican administrations, housing and community development . and her bachelor’s degree from Princeton University School of Law . Nathalie loves college managing significant political shifts . University . Originally from the East Coast, Christina football, traveling, and reading . Prior to joining MPC, Christina practiced landscape has lived in Chicago for more than 10 years . architecture and urban planning, with a particular focus on integrating resident engagement into 8 9 IMPACT IMPACT Leadership Development PROGRAM IMPACT IMPACT

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IMPACT to creating equitable communities and years in numerous roles . He led social services, general management, Rocki Hunter is Board of Directors for YouthBuild Lake County, empowering people who have histor- economic development, violence prevention, and a results-driven marketing executive headquartered in North Chicago . She received a ically been excluded from connectivity . and financial interventions in the Auburn with diverse experience across a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from Spelman Prior to his current roles as Director Gresham neighborhood as director of a nonprofit . breadth of B2B and B2C brands, College and Mechanical Engineering from Georgia of Outreach and Engagement for the He also served in the administration of Mayor businesses, industries and categories . Tech, as well as an MBA from Harvard Business Office of Cook County Assessor Fritz Richard M . Daley . Kelwin is a member of the Board She is currently responsible for School . Rocki lives in Highland Park with her Kaegi, Kelwin was a senior outreach of Acero Schools and is a graduate of Cornell developing and managing the marketing husband, Bruce, and their two children, Bailey planner with the Chicago Metropolitan University and the Harvard University Graduate and brand growth strategy, as well as and Bruce II . Agency for Planning (CMAP), where he School of Design . To unplug, Kelwin enjoys reading, media, advertising, digital, and content marketing translated policy and dense data into issues families traveling, and curating ‘90s Hip Hop music . for the entire Zoro business . care about and discuss around the kitchen table .

Corey Haynes Tyeise Huntley Jones Sales Manager, CDW LLC Director of Network Support, Corey Haynes is an Academy Sales Additionally, he serves as Marketing Chair of CDW’s Tyeise Huntley Jones serves as the Science in Marketing and International Business Manager, covering the Corporate West business resource group, BeU: Black Excellence Director of Network Support at from Georgetown University and an MBA from and SMB Central segments for CDW Unlimited . Chicago Public Schools (CPS), where Cornell University . She recently earned a master’s Direct, LLC . He is responsible for she provides strategic leadership degree in Educational Leadership from the Broad Corey is an avid learner and loves the outdoors . enriching the CDW culture through support for Chiefs of Schools (area Residency . Tyeise is also heavily involved in Corey also serves as a mentor and divides his free new coworker engagement and for superintendents) who lead more than diversity initiatives and recruitment at Cornell . time between volunteering and playing with dogs . developing future sellers by enhancing 600 schools in the district . He currently resides on the West Side of Chicago in Prior to attending business school, she worked in their natural skillsets, uncovering new Logan Square . Tyeise made a career switch into public relations, as well as in the utility industry as business opportunities, and generating education in 2015 as a Broad Resident a marketing analyst at the Southern Company . strategic relationships with partners at CPS . Previously she held leadership Tyeise lives in Chicago with her husband, Daryl, and clients in current and emerging markets . roles in Brand Management at SC Johnson and and their two young sons, Justice and Chancellor . Ferrara Candy Company . Tyeise holds a Bachelor of

Latoya Hughes Michael Jones Supervisor, Community Justice Centers, Cook County Human Resources Manager, Community and Diversity State’s Attorney’s Office Programs, Rush University Medical Center Latoya Hughes has more than 17 years Prior to joining the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Michael Jones has more than eight disabilities recruitment strategies . Michael takes a of legal experience . In her current Office, Latoya worked as an Assistant Public years of strategic human capital proactive and purposeful approach to building role, she manages a team of attorneys Guardian, advocating for the rights of children in management, process improvement strong talent networks that help to create long-term and staff who focus on the develop- the child welfare system . She volunteers as a and data centric business management value and importance to Rush . One of the things he ment and implementation of crime mentor and is a member of the Chicago Chapter of experience . Michael is responsible enjoys most about his role at Rush is being able to prevention programming, increasing the National Black Prosecutors Association . Latoya for building and leading Rush’s help community members rebuild and build out engagement and collaborations is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana- Corporate Social Responsibility their future success through hiring . between the Cook County State’s Champaign, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in function as it relates to local hiring Michael holds a bachelor’s degree from the Attorney’s Office and members of the Political Science and Sociology as well as a Juris initiatives, which aim to hire and University of Illinois at Chicago and a master’s community as well as the prosecution Doctor from the University of Illinois College of Law . retain individuals from communities degree from Northwestern University in Evanston . of crimes of particular significance to the community . Latoya resides in South Suburban Cook County with that have been disinvested in throughout Chicago . her son, Isaiah . Michael also oversees Rush’s campus recruitment, veteran recruitment and individuals with 10 11 IMPACT Earlier fonts used

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Three new versions that should work well. Jason T. Mercer Ashanti Morgan IMPACT National Account Manager, U.S. Customer Retail, Global Manager of Inclusion & Diversity, Fonterra (USA) Hyatt Hotels Corp. Jason Mercer has more than 10 years Jason is treasurer for both the Chicago Area Ashanti Morgan is charged with sup- Prior to joining Hyatt, Ashanti held senior-level porting business and human resource roles at DePaul University, Chicago Public Schools IMPACT of experience in strategy, finance and Morehouse Alumni Association and Stanford Black mergers & acquisitions-related roles Alumni of Chicago Club . He is also a member of leaders in ensuring Hyatt increases, and Learning Point Associates (now American within multinational organizations the Young Leadership Board for America Needs develops and leverages a diverse Institutes for Research) . Ashanti’s passion is such as Lehman Brothers, Warner You (Illinois) and 100 Black Men of Chicago . workforce; sustains an environment supporting mission-driven, community-based Music Group, Deloitte Consulting, of inclusion via a multitude of strategic organizations such as LEEP Forward, Gary Comer Jason earned his MBA from Stanford Graduate TreeHouse Foods and now Fonterra initiatives; and generates impactful Youth Center and Year Up—sharing her expertise School of Business and Bachelor of Arts in USA . As National Account Manager business results . Before taking on her through consultation and volunteerism . Business Administration from Morehouse College, for the U S. . Retail business for New current role as Global Manager of where he was a four-year letterman in basketball Ashanti received a Master of Science in Instructional Zealand-based Fonterra, a global Inclusion & Diversity, she served as and pledged Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc . (Alpha Technology from Northern Illinois University . She dairy co-op, Jason leads Fonterra’s retail growth the Global Manager of Learning Strategy & Rho Chapter) . Jason resides in Bronzeville with his lives in the Beverly community in Chicago with her ambitions and brand awareness by solidifying Design at Hyatt . wife, Lydia . husband Jacob and their three amazing children . partnerships with distribution outlets (grocers, eCommerce, etc ). across the U S. .

Nakhia Morrissette Regulatory Counsel & Midwest Director of State Affairs, Brittany Merritt Solar Energy Industries Association Chicago Executive Director, Peer Health Exchange Nakhia Morrissette serves as Regulatory She serves as Parliamentarian of the Black Women Brittany Merritt is a nonprofit Prior to joining PHE, she served as Chief Program Counsel & Midwest Director of State Lawyers’ Association of Greater Chicago, Inc ., is a executive with experience in the public Officer at Umoja Student Development Affairs for the Solar Energy Industries Founding Associate Board Member of Girl Scouts and private sectors, focusing on Corporation, where she oversaw the vision and Association, a national trade association of Greater Chicago/Northwest Indiana, and is a business development, program strategy of Umoja’s program portfolio . Brittany dedicated to solar advancement, advocacy, member of the Women’s Energy Network . development and implementation . remains deeply committed to youth empowerment and education . In her role, Nakhia over- Nakhia earned her Bachelor of Science in At Peer Health Exchange (PHE), she is and equity in Chicago as she serves on the sees regulatory and legislative matters Journalism/Mass Communications from North primarily responsible for cultivating Auxiliary Board for Girls in the Game and is a involving the growing solar market in all Carolina A&T State University and her Juris Doctor funding sources to support the growth member of the Chicago Foundation for Women’s Midwestern states . With nearly a decade from Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, of programs, managing and growing Southside Giving Council . Brittany holds a of legal experience, Nakhia previously . She resides in the Oakland neighborhood the Chicago Board of Directors, Bachelor of Arts in Communications from Howard worked for the Illinois Commerce Commission, in of Chicago with her husband, Wesley . and providing fiscal and organizational oversight University and a Master of Arts in Sports private practice at Schumacher Electric Corporation for PHE Chicago . Administration from Northwestern University . and as a law firm owner serving entrepreneurs .

Michelle Mills Clement Nubia Murray CEO, Chicago Association of REALTORS® Global Family Marketing Manager McDonald’s Corporation Michelle Mills Clement is CEO of the integral in the election of Congresswoman Robin Chicago Association of REALTORS® . Kelly (D-IL) from Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District . Nubia joined McDonald’s with over a Nubia was previously a Vice President in JPMorgan She previously served as President In 2019, she was elected trustee for Bradley decade of experience in sponsorship Chase’s Sports & Entertainment Marketing division, and CEO of the Commercial Brokers University and is active in the university’s Black and partnership marketing, spear- and served the Chase Foundation on the Strategic Association and association exec- Alumni Alliance . She is an active member of Delta heading global sports properties in Initiatives team . Nubia is an active member of utive for the Washington State Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc . the US, Frankfurt, Singapore, South Junior League Chicago and Delta Sigma Theta’s Commercial Association of REALTORS® . Africa and . At McDonald’s, Chicago Alumnae Chapter . Crediting sports for Michelle holds a bachelor’s degree in communica- She is an active member of Association Nubia contributes to the strategic developing her strong work ethic and competitive tion from Bradley University and a master’s degree Forum of Chicagoland and ASAE: oversight of the Family Experience in drive, Nubia competed in track and field at Howard in nonprofit management from DePaul University . The Center for Association Excellence, 120+ countries and 36,000 restaurants University and is a proud finisher of five Olympic- She has a certificate in commercial real estate where she was recently named to their prestigious worldwide . She also tackles brand distance triathlons and two from the University of Washington and earned the Fellows program . alignment and relationship management of Marathons . Nubia is married to her elementary Certified Association Executive (CAE) certification McDonald’s nearly 30 different licensing partners, school sweetheart, Brian Davis . A native Chicagoan, she enjoys political campaign from ASAE . including Universal, DreamWorks, and Disney . 12 fundraising and volunteer management . She was 13 IMPACT Earlier fonts used

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IMPACT black high school students start BlackEntrepreneur com,. DNAInfo Chicago and her more recent work has been in English from the University of Illinois in 2005, a socially conscious businesses . She . She has also spoken at several nonprofit fundraising . At World Master of Science in Public Service Management has several years of experience conferences and panels about the value of Business Chicago, she has primary from DePaul University in 2008, and a Certificate in working within Chicago’s business/ community development . responsibility for developing key Fundraising Management from North Park tech community, including with some external alliances through the cultiva- University in 2014 . In her spare time, Melanie Britney is passionate about entrepreneurship, of Chicago’s top venture capital firms tion and solicitation of corporate and enjoys running half marathons and destination education, youth and community and believes in and incubators: Sandbox Industries, foundation support, special events, races, baking and volunteering with her sorority, empowering others to use their passions and Lightbank and 1871 . as well as individual giving . Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc . strengths to create opportunities . She is also a She has been recognized as one of Ariel Investments’ published children’s book author . Britney received Prior to joining World Business Chicago, Melanie 40 Under 40 Gamechangers and in Essence her Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric with an English held fundraising roles at the University of Chicago, Magazine’s Woke 100 . She was a finalist for Ebony minor from the University of Illinois in 2009 .

Johnni Rodgers Alexandra “Alex” Sims Director of Marketing, The Laughing Cow, Founder and CEO, APS & Associates Bel Brands USA Alex Sims believes that one’s birthplace campaign manager for Kurt Summers’ race for City With more than 10 years of experience Throughout her career, Johnni has played an and economic status should not Treasurer and directed his impactful 77 in 77 in the consumer products industry, integral role in the marketing, innovation, and turn- disproportionately determine one’s life platform . After Summers’ election, Alex was named Johnni Rodgers has taken on the around efforts across many well-known brands, journey . A native of Metro Detroit, Alex Senior Advisor for the Treasurer’s Office and helped challenge of reinventing the historic including but not limited to Planters®, Kashi®, majored in social policy at Northwestern advance an agenda of financial equity . flagship brand, The Laughing Cow, Eggo®, FruitLove® and Kraft® Macaroni & Cheese . University . Inspired by President Barack which is core to Bel Brands’ $4 billion Obama’s social policies, she accepted The establishment of APS & Associates distills the Johnni serves on the Board of Directors for Chicago global portfolio . Her responsibilities an appointment to head his 2012 remarkable skills and talents Alex has honed . Two Debates (formerly Chicago Debate Commission) . range from full-brand P&L respon- presidential campaign for Missouri . years into business, her vast client base has ranged She received a bachelor’s degree in economics sibility to developing and executing Following President Obama’s historic from the Obama Foundation to the Black Aldermanic from UCLA and an MBA from the University of the roadmap to accelerating victory, she became a state coordinator with Caucus to JB Pritzker for . Chicago Booth School of Business . Originally from growth in the U S. . Organizing for Action before relocating to the San Diego, Johnni currently lives with her husband, Chicago headquarters . Alex later served as Prior to joining Bel, Johnni came from the Aaron, in Chicago’s South Loop neighborhood . Breakthrough Innovation group at Kraft Heinz .

Mironda Ross Rendel L. Solomon Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers Managing Director, Muller & Monroe Asset Management LLC Mironda Ross is a Deals Director in When Mironda is not helping her clients realize the PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) value of a deal, she proudly serves as a volunteer Rendel Solomon is a Managing his MBA from Columbia Business School . In June Advisory practice . She has more than with Ladies of Virtue and a mentor with Chicago Director with Muller & Monroe Asset 2016, he founded the nonprofit One Stock One 10 years of consulting experience, Scholars, organizations committed to empowering Management (M2), a Chicago-based Future NFP (OSOF) to turn one million youth into helping her clients strategically and the next generation of leaders in underresourced private equity firm that manages $1 .2 public company shareholders . OSOF uses workshops tactically execute on mergers and or underrepresented communities . Mironda billion on behalf of public pension to expose young people to stocks and ownership; integrations, divestitures and carve- graduated with honors from the University of plans . He serves on the investment then the organization purchases gift certificates for outs, and overall business transfor- Alabama with a Bachelor of Science in Manage- team and leads sales & marketing public company stocks so that each student can open mation across a range of industries . ment Information Systems and Computer Science and client services . Prior to joining M2 their first investment account . Rendel is a member of Her expertise includes large-scale and an MBA from the University of Michigan’s Ross in 2008, Rendel worked as an 100 Black Men of Chicago and has been recognized project management, human resources, change School of Business . Mironda currently resides in engineer at P&G in Cincinnati . by Ariel Investments, Chicago Defender, Chicago management and communications, Day 1 readiness, Community Trust, Chicago Urban League, Ebony, and Bronzeville on the South Side of Chicago . Rendel obtained his Bachelor of Science in employee transitions and workforce planning . WVON for his accomplishments . Electrical Engineering from Tulane University and 14 15 IMPACT Earlier fonts used

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IMPACT President, Intention Mastery Art Director of Global Digital Content Marketing, Groupon An alum of the Tennessee State (ThinkLikeAStartup .global), teach entrepreneurs As Art Director of Global Digital Before joining Groupon, Jeremey held a number of University Electrical Engineering and business leaders practical ways to quickly close Content Marketing for Groupon, creative and industrial design roles, including Jeremey Watson sets the strategy for furniture design, fashion design and package IMPACT department, ironically, Thomas K .R . gaps between intentions, deliberate actions, and Stovall has never actually worked a day measurable outcomes, to make bottom line revenue visual storytelling and marketing design for a range of consumer brands including as an engineer . He started his entre- predictable, and amplify growth in their companies . campaigns for digital channels across KitchenAid, SC Johnson and Ed Hardy . Outside of preneurial career selling luxury custom 16 countries . He also manages the work, Jeremey is an avid photographer, artist and Thomas is an author, a sought after speaker and car accessories online from New York international design team . Since fashion designer who also finds inspiration facilitator, a Google Entrepreneur in Residence, the to California out of his dorm room at 19 joining the company in 2012, Jeremey through his passion for travel . Jeremey currently founder of an enterprise microfeedback company, years old, and he never looked back . has held a number of leadership roles resides in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood . and the creator of an organization that catalyzes that have elevated the Groupon brand Thomas’ online courses and group growth for Black and Latinx entrepreneurs through the new channels he has defined globally . training programs (IntentionMastery com),. (ImBlackInTech com),. with almost 6000 people in along with his problem/solution think tanks the membership network across 16 countries .

Marcus Thomas James Williams Senior Manager of Customer Marketing, Reynolds Director of Finance, Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives Consumer Products James Williams has more than 15 James serves on the board of directors of the Village Method, a nonprofit youth development Marcus Thomas has more than 10 managing pricing and promotional plans for Hefty years of experience in accounting and organization, and of the Roseland Youth Center . He years of leadership experience in products across all sales channels . finance . As Director of Finance at marketing, sales and operations plan- Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives (CNI), received a Bachelor of Science in Business with an Prior to joining Reynolds, Marcus held positions at ning, and supply chain management . In he is responsible for financial manage- emphasis in Accounting from San Francisco State Kraft Foods, ConAgra Foods, and OfficeMax, Inc . He his current role at Reynolds Consumer ment across all subsidiaries and University and a Master of Science in Nonprofit received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics Products, he is responsible for develop- affiliates . He is also responsible for Management from North Park University in Chicago . from the Wharton School at the University of ing sales and marketing strategies to facilitating strategic planning for new He also is a CFA Charterholder . James resides in Pennsylvania in Philadelphia . Marcus currently resides drive market share, revenue, and profit business opportunities . Prior to joining the Hyde Park neighborhood on the South Side of in the near western suburbs of Chicago with his growth for the Hefty Brand . He is also CNI, he was an investment officer at Chicago, with his wife Paris and their three children, wife, Dawn, and their two daughters, Leah and Avery . James III, Zariah and Gabriella . responsible for developing and the California Public Employees Retirement System .

Anthony D. Tindall Nykia Wright Policy & Special Projects Manager, Forest Preserve Interim Chief Executive Officer, Chicago Sun-Times District of Cook County Nykia Wright is Interim Chief Executive Consulting, and North Highland Worldwide Consulting . Anthony Tindall manages the policy, Anthony received a Bachelor of Arts in Political Officer of the Chicago Sun-Times . In Nykia has a Bachelor of Science in Finance from sustainability, and climate resiliency Science from Johnson C . Smith University in May of 2019, she was named one of Carnegie Mellon University, International Business agenda for the Forest Preserve Charlotte, N C. ., and a Master of Public Admini- the top 10 most powerful women in Certification from the University of Cambridge District of Cook County, a 70,000-acre stration from DePaul University in Chicago . Chicago journalism . Before joining (England), and an MBA from the Tuck School of Busi- public land management agency . Anthony currently serves on the National Advisory the Sun-Times, Nykia was a strategy ness at Dartmouth . She has also studied business at Prior to joining the Forest Preserve, Board for the Union of Concerned Scientists in consultant with experience in financial the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad, India . Anthony served as an associate Cambridge, Mass . He is also a coach for One management, business restructuring, She is a member of the 2018 Crain’s Chicago Business director at the Francis W . Parker Million Degrees in Chicago and was one of the performance improvement, supply 40 under 40 class, and also a member of the 40 game- School . He also previously held inaugural fellows for Chicago United for Equity in chain, and human resources . Her work changers under 40 class, a recognition bestowed from positions at the University of Chicago 2018 . Anthony resides in the Rogers Park history included roles with JPMorgan Chase, Huron a partnership between WVON and Ariel Investments . and the Daniel Stowe Botanical Gardens . community in Chicago .

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Carol Adams Leo Harmon Diane Primo ACCESS Community Health Network Laborers’ Local 1001 Union Jacinda Adams Darrious Hilmon Juliette Pryor Advocate Health Care Ladies of Virtue Alcatel-Lucent Technologies LINK Unlimited Scholars IMPACT Terrell Anderson Patricia Brown Holmes Reginald Reed Allianz Loop Capital Markets LLC Linda Crane Boyd Emmitt House Gary Rozier America Needs You Luckett & Ashford Attorneys at Law Carole Brown Kym Hubbard Jelani Rucker APS & Associates Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago Art Institute of Chicago McDonald’s USA Karen Caldwell Andre Hughes Shari Runner Associated Bank Metropolitan Planning Council Dorothy Capers Perri Irmer Kelly Saulsberry Bel Brands U S. .A . Molior, Inc . Dorval Carter Derrick Johnson Zaldwaynaka Scott Bernstein Private Wealth Management Morgan Stanley Investment Management Black Box Creative Inc . Morpheus Consultancy, LLC Tiffany Hamel Johnson Brian Sleet (deceased) Adela Cepeda Black Ensemble Theater Motorola Solutions, Inc . Gregory Chappell Emil Jones Eric S . Smith BMO Harris Bank Muller & Monroe Asset Management Elvin Charity Eugene Jones Melody Spann Cooper Canadian National Railroad Noble Network of Charter Schools CDW North Lawndale Employment Network Virginia Clarke Sharon Jones Lovetta Spencer Chicago Association of Realtors Northwestern University Karen Collins Karen Kerr Stephanie Springs Chicago Housing Authority Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Michelle Collins Lerry Knox Kurt Summers Chicago Mayor’s Office Office of the Cook County Assessor Les Coney Connie Lindsay Jonathan Swain Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives Office of the Cook County Board President Chicago Police Department Office of the Honorable Roderick T . Sawyer Cheryl Cooke Phyllis Lockett Desiree Tate (deceased) Chicago Public Schools Office of the Illinois State Treasurer Tarrah Cooper Lyle Logan Stuart Taylor Chicago Scholars Olive-Harvey College Toni Cornelius William Lucas Stephen Thomas Chicago State University Peer Health Exchange Chicago Sun Times Peoples Gas Risa Davis Gregg Lunceford Donna Thompson Chicago Transit Authority PwC Ronald DeNard Sonya Malunda Dominque Jordan Turner Chicago Urban League Reynolds Consumer Products Donna Grant Dorsey Lester McKeever Paula Thornton-Greear Children’s Home + Aid Society Riley Safer Holmes & Cancila LLP CIBC US RLM Media Eric McKissack Sherri Thorton-Pierce Sidney Dillard City of Chicago Robert R . McCormick Foundation Derek R .B . Douglas Dorri McWhorter William Towns Commonground Marketing Rush University Medical Center William Farrow Marquis Miller Chad Walker Cook County Board of Review SGA Youth & Family Services Cook County Health and Hospitals System Solar Energy Industries Association Michael Fisher Dara Munson Alex Washington Cook County Pension Fund St . Bernard Hospital Rahni Flowers Ina Murray Pamela Wedgeworth Cook County Risk Management St . James Lutheran Church Rebecca Ford Terry Cheré Nabor Darrell Williams Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office Teach for America Janel Forde Stephanie Neely Melvin Williams CS Insurance Strategies The Gray Matter Experience Curtis R . Monday Insurance Agency The Kellogg Company Esther Franklin Gerald Nixon Rufus Williams Digital Bridge Solutions The Northern Trust Corporation Anne Fredd Cheryl Pearson-McNeil Vince Williams Dominican University Thornton Township High School District 205 Richard Gamble Audrey Peeples Sherman Wright EnTrust Realty Advisors Travelers Insurance Federal Defender Program Underwriters Laboratory (UL) Gary Gardner Terry Peterson Andrea Zopp Bank of Chicago United Airlines Maria Green J . Todd Phillips Fetch Public Relations Attorney’s Office Nickol Hackett Adrienne Banks Pitts Firefly Millward Brown United Way of Metropolitan Chicago Flowers Communications Group University of Chicago Foley & Lardner LLP University of Chicago - Section of Emergency Medicine Fonterra USA University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center Forest Preserve District of Cook County University of Illinois at Chicago Gogo Inflight Urban Partnership Bank Greene & Letts US Bank Groupon US Foods, Inc . Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP Walgreens Co . Hyatt Hotels Corporation Wang Kobayashi Austin, LLC Illinois Department of Central Management Services Washington, Pittman, & McKeever Illinois Department of Children & Family Services WillowCreek Community Church - Chicago iMentor Wintrust Financial Corporation Inner Vision International WisdomTree Inc . Intention Mastery World Business Chicago JLL World Sport Chicago Jones Day Year Up K .L .E O. . Community Family Life Center Zekelman Industries Kirkland & Ellis LLP Zoro, Inc . 20 21 IMPACT Earlier fonts used

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IMPACT IMPACT Class of 2018 “I walked away from each Lessons in Leadership session more confident in my abilities than before the session began. I was encouraged to step out of my comfort zone and take steps to advance my career rather than waiting for the traditional path in the position I had at the time. Torrey L. Barrett IMPACT Class of 2015 “The support system is unmatched. I am connected to a group of people who celebrate each other’s successes and encourage each other “When I first joined IMPACT, I had an idea of building a $23.5 million through their trials. After I applied for my previous job, which was my housing development to help hardworking families on the South Side of first supervisory role, one of my fellow cohort members spent five hours Chicago have quality housing with retail options similar to those that prepping me for the interview.” downtown affluent families enjoy. IMPACT helped me take my project from concept to completion. I was able to leverage the skills and tools I gained through the program to put together a development team to complete this difficult project. Jennifer Hodges IMPACT Class of 2018 “My mentor, Gary Gardner, invested in me. He helped identify funding “I became a more self-aware and confident people leader. I was promoted sources, as well as much needed counsel to protect my interest and the twice within my organization over the course of two years and was project. As a result of the program and my mentor, whom I still speak offered more opportunities to lead initiatives across the United Way with today, we recently celebrated the grand opening of the KLEO Art system. Much of the work I was leading was important, but I was not Residences, a 58-unit mixed-use project with retail on the first floor comfortable vocalizing the impact of my contribution of projects and how that will also house an upscale, affordable boutique restaurant and banquet hall.” it affected team, and organization prioritizes. After completing IMPACT, I became more vocal in raising challenges that were being overlooked, tactfully promoting my contributions, trusting my intuition and judgement and sharing my perspective with the leaders of the organization. I trusted Jerremy Howell that as a creative, African-American woman and a business professional, IMPACT Class of 2017 my perspective is important and matters in any seat I hold.” “Not only did IMPACT meet my expectations, the program exceeded them. The connections to the market through the mentorship program provided me with exposure to names and networks that I would have never been able to access so fast without the program. The access to top professors at Booth gave me the institutionalized structure I needed to be focused and allowed me to continue to pursue my passion for education.”

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The extent to which IMPACT is successful in its One vehicle through which our alumni remain

IMPACT mission depends on the collective success of our connected to IMPACT and to each other is the alumni . We are proud of the professional and IMPACT Alumni Association (IAA) . Launched in community-oriented strides that each of our 170 2016, the IAA provides graduates of the IMPACT alumni have made since joining IMPACT and are program with opportunities for continuing excited about what they will accomplish in the education, networking, and community future as Chicago’s to leaders . trusteeship .

Jasmine Bankhead, Ed .D . Julie Félix Felicia Rauls Danielle Banks Tamara Fletcher, Ph D. . Dawn Frances Reese Left to right: IAA Vice President Jonathan Buckner, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx, Illinois Kristin Beal Jessica R . Harris Akobe Sandy Lieutenant Governor Julianna Stratton, and IAA President Charise Williams at IMPACT Day at the Alex Breland Kenya Jenkins-Wright Blake Sercye University of Chicago Gleacher Center on July 12, 2019. Micae Brown Franchella Jennett Jason Smith Frank Brown II Carnell R . Jones Kemi Solade IMPACT alumni Steve Cade Christina Jordan Tiffany Taylor gathered for a William Collins LeeAndra Khan Danielle Tillman group photo at Cory Croft Channing Lenert Shaan Trotter the IAA Annual Jeff Dase Stephen McClain, Ed .D . Bradley Washington BBQ at Pier 31 on Francine Dower Jerell Parker Destiny Woods June 29, 2019. Averil Edwards Ariel DeNey Rainey Tanesja M . Young

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