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Students Attend Networking and Career Events in Chicago

Activities During Chicago Connections: Business Immersion Spring 2018

  • Lunch meeting with Duke Petrovich '74, retired president and CEO of Wrigley, current president of Petrovich Investments, LLC and the Petrovich Family Foundation
  • Tour and meeting with administrators at the Shedd Aquarium
  • Tour and meeting with professionals at the LinkedIn Chicago office
  • Lunch with guest speaker Chanda Harrell '15, Finance Associate at GLP US Management LLC
  • Meeting with entrepreneurs Bob Gillespie '90 and Olivia Keneipp '17
  • Tour of WeWork Chicago Center for Technology and Entrepreneurship
  • Speed-Networking Event with Knox Alumni
  • Lunch with Knox alumni Ben Van Vlerah '98, Matt Hannam '98, Anthony Balthazor '03, and Tyler Frankel '03 of Huntington Bank and Rick Stiles '77 of Schaumburg Bank and Trust Company
  • Meeting with Chicago's 49th Ward Alderman Joe Moore '80
  • Leadership and success breakfast with Anthony Bennet '90, Inspection Leader at the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
  • Wealth and financial management meeting with Marty Glickman '80 and Harry Mathur '03 of Northwestern Mutual

Students who went on the Chicago Connections trip:

Farzana Ahmed '19
Poorva Anand '19
Jasmine Artis '19
Jonathan Banham '18
Dana Brown '18
Rodrigo Carvalho '19
Phuong Dang '19
Alessandro Isoardi '18
Joseph Loh '18
Xinyue Lu '18
Jessica Peterson '18
Michael Resch '18