This report highlights sustainability accomplishments made by the City of Chicago in 2012.
Fourth quarter
Foresight: Intern (2011)
Currently: Digital Media Specialist/Production Assistant at Wilson Dow Group
Career Path: Wheaton College (Communication/Media Studies with minors in Graphic Design and Bible/Theology) > Foresight Design Intern > PowerShares Capital Management Intern > Wilson Dow Group Continue reading »
Waste To Energy Plant Like Disney World
Foresight: Immersion Travel Program 2010 Fellow
Currently: Call Center Supervisor at CNT Energy.
Career Path: B.A. Psychology, Minor in Communications from Lehigh University > JCSC Student Engagement Fellow at Emory University Hillel > Researcher/Recruiter at RA Clark Consulting > Campus Recruiting Coordinator at KPMG > Foresight Immersion Travel Participant > CNT Energy Continue reading »
Foresight: Intern (2009)
Currently: Graduate student in Health Systems Management at Rush University Medical Center.
Career Path: UC Berkeley, Business Administration > Huron Consulting Group (forensic accounting and litigation) > Foresight Design Intern > Huron Consulting Group (healthcare). When I could no longer solve clients’ complex problems, I returned to school. Continue reading »
Foresight: Intern (2009)
Currently: Entrepreneurship Development Coordinator at Depaul USA, a homeless services nonprofit based in Philadelphia.
Career Path: After working with innovative companies at Foresight Design and creative ways to get students engaged with community organizations at Loyola University, I joined Americorps VISTA. Continue reading »
Foresight NEXT 2012 Fellow
Currently: Marketing Manager – Energy Efficiency Services;
Siemens Building Technologies
Career Path: After 5 years in Sports Marketing, I went out on my own and launched a small-business within the healthcare industry, which is a proud member of 1% for the Planet. Continue reading »
What I’m Loving: Unnatural Spaces
Instigating a broad cultural shift toward greater sustainability means taking the voices of everyday people seriously. This is why I enjoyed “Unnatural Spaces,” a play created by the Performance Poetry Incubator project of the Guild Complex. The final three performances will take place this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Visit their blog for more information and to purchase tickets.
Foresight: Int
ern (2010)
Currently: Consumer Compliance Bank Examiner, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Career Path: My undergraduate degree is in Psychology, since I wanted to research psycopaths and serial killers (hah!). Then I volunteered with AmeriCorps for two years where I was introduced to the nonprofit sector. I fell in love with helping people with their money. Continue reading »
When Gillis was asked last night for key books and media sources about Climate Change, he particularly highlighted two: SkepticalScience.com and The Global Warming Reader, edited by Bill McKibben.
Are you a mission-driven company that wants to bake your values into your legal DNA? Interested in learning about a new corporate structure available for Illinois businesses? Join Foresight, B Lab, the Chicago community of Certified B Corps and local attorneys for a free workshop on the new benefit corporation structure. Find out how you can be among the first Illinois businesses to register as a Benefit Corporation when legislation becomes effective January 1st. Two sessions on 10/18: RSVP for the brown bag lunch, noon at DIRTT or for 6p at GreenChoice Bank followed by a reception.
