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Meet Baumhart Scholar Jennifer Hodges

Jennifer serves as Director of Whole Child Fund with KIPP Chicago. She is leading the convening of educators, families, policymakers, and community members in partnership strategies to influence the long-term success of students. Her work centers the needs of KIPP students, families, and teachers ensuring holistic development of all, for the benefit of successful matriculation of students and elevated economic capacity for households.

Meet Baumhart Scholar Annie Weinheimer

Annie Weinheimer is an Engagement Manager at Ryan Specialty Group, a wholesale insurance brokerage company. Outside of her job functions, Annie passionately pursues her goal of improving racial equity and diversity and inclusion in the private sector.

Meet Baumhart Scholar Adam Shafer

Adam is the Business Development Associate for BuzziSpace for the northern Illinois and Wisconsin region. BuzziSpace is a burgeoning office furniture, lighting and acoustic solutions company based in Antwerp, Belgium. In a relentless pursuit of bettering the world, BuzziSpace provides key building blocks needed to create happy and healthy workspaces and improve well-being at work.

John Edelman Scholarships to support sustainability and responsibility in business

A new gift will help empower emerging leaders to gain the tools to accelerate sustainability and social responsibility in business.

Meet Baumhart Scholar Erica Loper

Erica works for Hyatt Hotels Corporation as a Manager of Operations Analytics. Beyond being an invaluable asset to her team, Erica brings her passion for workplace equity, especially for people of color, to Hyatt as the B.L.A.C.K. diversity business resource group Events Chair. She also works directly with Hyatt鈥檚 HR team to build and execute initiatives to recruit and retain top talent from Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Spiritus Founder and CEO Susan Ramonat visits with 黑料门students

Spiritus Founder and CEO Susan Ramonat visits with students in Quinlan鈥檚 social enterprise class, sharing her career journey and offering sage advice for the aspiring social entrepreneurs.

Iva Vurdelja brings CSR toolkit to Nepal

黑料门faculty member, Iva Vurdelja, brought her passion for doing good and developing others all the way to Pokhara, Nepal this fall to teach a course in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The week-long course guided students through designing their own products and businesses.

Nonprofit management students enjoy a special visitor: President Rooney

黑料门students exploring nonprofit management had a special visitor in their class in November: 黑料门President Jo Ann Rooney, JD, LLM, EdD.

Thought leader discusses responsible business

Corporate citizenship executive David Logan shared his vision with 黑料门students and Chicago leaders, emphasizing that 鈥渞esponsible business isn鈥檛 a choice 鈥� it鈥檚 a business necessity.鈥�

Quinlan professor makes impact through teaching and research

Dr. Clifford Shultz, Professor and Charles H. Kellstadt Chair of Marketing, is a role model for 黑料门students preparing to lead extraordinary lives. As a teacher and a researcher, he has made a dramatic difference in the lives of others.

Video

Hear how Comcast NBCUniversal and the Baumhart Center are partnering to build a more inclusive Chicago.

Community Event

Leaders discuss integrating impact into business

Chicagoland leaders gathered at "Leading Business for Good" to discuss how business can tackle social issues and how business schools can support this.

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Seth Green, founding director of Baumhart, shares how the Center is bringing together leaders of all sectors to accelerate impact in Chicago and well beyond.

Baumhart News

Five leaders selected as Social Impact Scholars

The first cohort of the Baumhart Center鈥檚 Social Impact Scholars program launched with five extraordinary social impact leaders.

The Baumhart Center’s impactful year

The center moved social business forward through initiatives involving more than 4,000 people and 100 speakers during the 2017-18 academic year.

Community Event

Leaders explore the latest trends in philanthropy

Nonprofit leaders from across Chicago filled Wintrust Hall for As Good as It Gives: America鈥檚 Philanthropy Today, an event hosted by the Alford Group, Lipman Hearne, and the Baumhart Center.

Student Leadership

黑料门students partner with social enterprises

Students in Loyola鈥檚 graduate course on social enterprise immersed themselves in real-world learning and impact this spring. The interdisciplinary course is supported by the Baumhart Center.

Baumhart News

Gift launches social impact scholarships for Mini-MBA

Art Mollenhauer recently made a generous gift to the Baumhart Center to create scholarships for social impact leaders to attend Quinlan鈥檚 prestigious Mini-MBA program.

TYRELL CONVERSATIONS

Rodriguez and Yagan encourage students to be bold

Two distinct campus visits hosted by the Baumhart Center in April embraced a single theme: the best leaders have a strong sense of self and are ready to be bold.

Four essential characteristics for working across sectors

Four leaders who have served at the highest levels of the private, public, and social sectors discuss how students can gain the skills to thrive in cross-sectoral careers.

CEOs gather at 黑料门to discuss Leading for Good

Forty-five CEOs and top executives spoke at the sold-out Leading for Good conference hosted by the Baumhart Center.

Meet Julia Stasch, 黑料门Alumna and MacArthur Foundation President

Julia Stasch, a 1974 黑料门graduate, is now the president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. She exemplifies the leadership that the Baumhart Center believes in.

Meet Ric Estrada, 黑料门Alumnus and Social Impact Leader

Ric Estrada, a 黑料门alumnus, currently leads Metropolitan Family Services, a high-impact nonprofit that supports more than 72,000 families and individuals annually.

Connie Lindsey visit excites 黑料门students interested in corporate social responsibility

Social responsibility leader Connie Lindsey addressed 黑料门students.

Meet William Towns, 黑料门Alumnus and Baumhart Advisor

William Towns, a 黑料门alumnus and Baumhart Leadership Council member, currently leads Benefit Chicago, a $100 million impact investment fund.

WBEZ quotes Baumhart Center director Seth Green on an internet outage in Chicago and corporate social responsibility.

Meet Seth Green, director of the Baumhart Center

Seth Green, director of the Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility, on his first 90 days in the role and his vision for the center.

Three ways to integrate business and social purpose

Business leaders explored the concept of "social business" at a November event hosted by the Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility — and offered three key tips.

Leading social entrepreneur visits Quinlan

Mark Hanis, the co-founder of United to End Genocide and of Organ Alliance, engaged students in an interactive dialogue about social enterprise.

Getting the Amazon Deal Right

Quinlan's Seth Green lists the top three considerations for policymakers developing the incentive package for an Amazon headquarters in Chicago.