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Dana
Dimitri
Event Co-Chair
Email: ddimitri2008@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Dana is a second-year
student at the Kellogg School of Management
with intended majors in Marketing, Management
and Strategy, and Entrepreneurship and Innovation.
This past summer, Dana worked at Wal-Mart,
Stores Inc. where she developed the short and
long term strategy for the world's largest
food and beverage private label. Prior
to Kellogg, Dana worked in Washington, DC as
a Counterterrorist Consultant at Booz Allen
Hamilton where she advised government agencies
on how to prepare and respond to terrorist
attacks. While at Booz Allen Hamilton, Dana
spent time in Turin preparing Italy for the
2006 Winter Games. During her time in DC, Dana
established The Madison, a non-profit organization
of 100 young, professional women who volunteer
and raise money through social events for Prevent
Child Abuse America. Dana also worked at Hewitt & Associates
in Chicago where she delivered health benefit
systems to new clients. Dana is a graduate
of Vanderbilt University where she majored
in Human and Organizational Development.
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Raquel
Lachman
Event Co-Chair
Email: rlachman2008@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Raquel L. Lachman is a second-year student
at the Kellogg School of Management, focusing in
Marketing, International Business and Management. At
Kellogg, Raquel has been involved in the Marketing
Conference, Women in Business Association and Black
Management Association. Originally from New
York, she attended Harvard, where she received
a BA in Economics and a language minor in Spanish. After
completing her studies at Harvard, she returned
to New York to pursue a career in financial services. During
this time, she had the opportunity to grow her
firm's wealth management business, spearheading
various marketing-related projects. From
this experience, she realized she wanted to focus
on developing her marketing skill set and further
strengthen her finance skills - hence the decision
to attend Kellogg. Outside of Kellogg, Raquel
is active in organizations such as A Better Chance,
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity and the Harvard
Black Alumni Society.
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Vivian
Cheung
Registration Chair
Email: vcheung2008@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Vivian Cheung is a second-year student
at the Kellogg School of Management, focusing
in Marketing and Technology Management. At
Kellogg, Vivian is a leader in the High Tech
Club and volunteers at Holy Angels School
in southside Chicago. Originally from
California, she attended UC Berkeley, where
she received a BS in Business Administration. Staying
in the Bay Area, Vivian spent four years
at Intel Corp as a senior financial analyst
working on financial planning and strategic
projects for manufacturing and sales and
marketing organizations. At Intel,
she also served on the board of the Women
at Intel Network for two years as well as
an organizer of the annual leadership conference. Because
of its focus on leadership and teamwork,
Vivian decided to attend Kellogg to pursue
professional and personal growth. This
past summer, she returned to the Bay Area
to work as a product marketing management
intern at Cisco Systems for their Voice Technology
Group. After Kellogg, Vivian plans
to pursue a marketing or business development
career in the technology industry.
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Anneliese Gerland
Registration Director
Email: agerland2009@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Anneliese Gerland is a first-year student at
the Kellogg School of Management, focusing on Health
Industry Management. At Kellogg, Anneliese has
been involved in the Business of Healthcare Conference;
Neighborhood Business Initiative, a non-profit
consulting club; and the Women in Business Association. Originally
from Massachusetts, she attended Princeton University,
where she received a BA in the Woodrow Wilson School
of Public and International Affairs. Thereafter
she accepted a one-year fellowship with a Non-Governmental
Organization in Kigali, Rwanda. Ending that year
with a newfound interest in public health, she
then spent three years at the Center for Studying
Health System Change (HSC), a nonpartisan health
policy think tank in Washington, DC. Over
her tenure at HSC, Anneliese realized that in the
long term she wanted to move away from research,
but continue to pursue her passion for healthcare.
She chose to pursue an MBA to help build the tools
necessary to take on a more hands on role in this
dynamic industry. After Kellogg, Anneliese
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Jessica
Zazworsky
Marketing Chair
Email: jzazworsky2008@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Jessica is a second-year student at the
Kellogg School of Management, focusing on
Marketing, Strategy and Management & Organizations. She
grew up in Columbus, Ohio and graduated from
Wake Forest University with a degree in business. Upon
graduation Jessica gained four years of experience
in the field of marketing, both in market
research and brand management. In her
free time, Jessica enjoys playing tennis
and is an avid college basketball fan. After
graduation from Kellogg, Jessica plans on
continuing her career in marketing.
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Blaire
Fraser
Marketing Director
Email: bfraser2009@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Blaire is a first-year student at the Kellogg
School of Management, focusing on Management & Strategy
and Marketing. At Kellogg, Blaire has been involved
in the Admissions Committee, Consulting club, Women
in Business Association, Marketing Competition
and the Neighborhood Business Initiative, providing
pro-bono consulting to local nonprofit organizations. After
growing up in Toronto and Connecticut, Blaire went
west to attend Stanford University, where she received
a BA in International Relations. After graduation,
she moved to New York where she spent four years
in a variety of marketing and business development
roles at American Express. From this experience,
she realized that she wanted to broaden her general
management skill set and focus on her personal
leadership development, hence her decision to attend
Kellogg. After Kellogg, Blaire plans to pursue
a career in management consulting.
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Hiral
Parekh
Sponsorship Chair
Email: hparekh2008@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Hiral Parekh is a second-year student
at the Kellogg School of Management, focusing
in Finance and Operations. Hiral grew
up in Oklahoma City and then attended Stanford
University where she studied Mechanical Engineering. She
moved to New York to pursue product design
work at Deskey Integrated Branding. Then,
she took on implementation roles at two healthcare
information technology start-ups - CureMD
in New York and PatientKeeper in Boston. After
Kellogg, Hiral plans to pursue corporate
finance in the Bay Area. Hiral has
been on the leadership team of women's development
organizations such as Women's Performance
Collective at Stanford and Developing Aspiring
Women Nationally (DAWN) in both New York
and Boston. She continues to be very interested
in creating opportunities and programs for
women's advancement.
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Katherine
Nelson
Sponsorship Director
Email: knelson2009@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Katherine A. Nelson is a first-year student
at the Kellogg School of Management, focusing on
Social Enterprise, Analytical Consulting and Management & Strategy. At
Kellogg, Katherine has been involved in the Social
Impact, Women in Business Association, and Consulting
clubs and the Neighborhood Business Initiative
providing pro-bono consulting services to local
nonprofits. She is the Treasurer for the
Global Immersion in Management trip to Southern
Africa, a Project Director for the Kellogg Corps,
and she is researching HIV clinical guidelines
in Africa for the Global Health Initiative. Katherine
is a native Texan who studied International Relations
and Economics at Boston University for two years
before transferring to the University of Texas
at Austin to complete a BBA in Finance. After
graduation, she joined Kimberly-Clark Corporation
in a business analysis role at a manufacturing
site in South Carolina. She later moved to
the World Headquarters in Dallas to pursue a Corporate
Treasury opportunity where she worked with affiliates
all over the world and traveled extensively to
Ireland and England. It was through this
experience that Katherine decided to come to Kellogg
to pursue her dream of consulting and working in
emerging markets.
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Yvonne
Oyetakin
Logistics Chair
Email: yoyetakin2008@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Yvonne Oyetakin is a second-year student
at the Kellogg School of Management, focusing
in Finance and Management & Strategy.
At Kellogg, Yvonne has been involved in the
Women in Business Association, African Business
Association and the Diversity & Inclusion
Council. Originally from Lagos, Nigeria,
she attended the University of Toronto, where
she received a BSc. in Computer Science and
Mathematics. After college, Yvonne
began a career in Technology Consulting. During
this time, she had the opportunity to advise
organizations on how to improve their Technology
strategy. From this experience, she realized
she needed to further expand her skill set
outside of Technology in order to accelerate
her career and chose to build these skills
through an MBA at Kellogg. Outside
of Kellogg, Yvonne is active at her church.
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Lindy
Wallick
Logistics Director
Email: lwallick2009@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Lindy Wallick is a first-year student at the Kellogg
School of Management, focusing in Finance, Management & Strategy
and Health Industry Management. At Kellogg,
Lindy has been involved in the Admissions Committee,
Women in Business Association and the Investment
Management, Investment Banking & Capital Markets,
and Healthcare & Biotech clubs. After growing
up in Northern California, Lindy moved east to attend
Hamilton College, where she received a BA in Government
and Communications Studies. After college, she went
to Washington, DC where she began a career in public
relations. Later Lindy moved to New York where she
spent three years at Weber Shandwick Worldwide in
the healthcare group supporting PR and advocacy activities
for pharmaceutical and biotechnology clients. While
she had a strong interest in healthcare, Lindy wanted
exposure to more industries and to strengthen her
business acumen. While building her financial and
strategic business skills at Kellogg, Lindy plans
to explore opportunities in financial services and
business development.
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Rupal
Patel
Networking Chair
Email: rpatel2008@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Rupal Patel is a second year student
at the Kellogg School of Management, focusing
on marketing and management strategy. Rupal
received her undergraduate degree in Industrial
Engineering from Georgia Tech in 2002. Prior
to Kellogg, she worked for Caterpillar Inc.
in the Logistics Division. Rupal began her
career at Caterpillar in a rotational leadership
program where she gained experience on the
external client business, strategy development
for the internal distribution network, and
operations management. She then transitioned
into operations where she managed safety
for the Southeast region of the US. After
coming to Kellogg, Rupal focused her career
on brand management and completed a summer
internship at Kraft Foods. She has
been involved with the Women's Leadership
Conference, MBA Food Fight Charity Competition,
and Kellogg EATZ. In her free time,
Rupal enjoys traveling, watching musicals,
and exploring new restaurants.
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Candice
Wilmuth
Networking Director
Email: cwilmuth2009@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Candice Wilmuth is a first-year student at
the Kellogg School of Management, focusing in Management & Strategy,
International Business, and Entrepreneurship & Innovation. At
Kellogg, Candice has been involved in the Neighborhood
Business Initiative, the Women's Business Association,
and the Private Equity & Entrepreneurship Club. Originally
from the Bay Area, she attended the University
of California in Los Angeles, where she received
a BA in International Economics and Interdisciplinary
French. After completing her studies at UCLA, she
postponed a consulting offer to spend six months
working for the Department of Commerce at the U.S.
Embassy in Paris. Afterward she returned to Los
Angeles and her consulting offer, beginning a career
at Accenture. Candice spent four years at Accenture
in the firm's Communications & High Tech Group,
working on various product launches and strategy
projects. These projects fueled her interest in
entrepreneurship, but she also knew that she wanted
to develop more skills in international business
and general management, hence the decision to
pursue an MBA at Kellogg. After Kellogg,
Candice plans to pursue a career in entrepreneurship,
specifically focusing on strategies for growing
companies globally.
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Luzmarina
Lalli
Programming Chair
Email: llalli2008@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Luzmarina Lalli is a second-year student
at the Kellogg School of Management, pursuing
concentrations in Management & Strategy,
Finance, and Analytical Consulting. Originally
from the suburbs of New York City, she attended
Duke University, where she received a BA
in Economics and minored in Chemistry and
Spanish. After college, Luzmarina explored
two distinct professional careers and worked
as a research assistant, performing cancer
research at the NYU School of Medicine and
as analyst in Citigroup’s Corporate and Investment
bank. Luzmarina has come to Kellogg to further
develop her leadership and management skills
and is interested in pursuing corporate internal
strategy.
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Jennifer
Kwon
Programming Director
Email: jkwon2009@kellogg.northwestern.edu
Jennifer Kwon is a first-year student at the Kellogg
School of Management, focusing in Finance, Management & Strategy
and Social Enterprise. At Kellogg, Jennifer has been
involved in the Women in Business Association, Investment
Banking and Capital Markets Club, and Neighborhood
Business Initiative for the Chicago Children's Museum.
Originally from Philadelphia, she attended the University
of Pennsylvania, where she received a Bachelor of
Arts in Communication. After completing her studies
at Penn, she joined the Vanguard Group where she
began her career as a Client Relationship Associate
for high net worth clients. Less than a year later,
Jennifer moved into the Fixed Income Group where
she spent two years trading bond securities for Vanguard's
index mutual funds. Prior to attending business school,
Jennifer was a consultant at Public Financial Management
where she advised municipalities on debt issuances
related to capital improvement projects. After Kellogg,
Jennifer plans to continue a career in Finance within
a bulge-bracket firm, potentially in Sales & Trading.
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