Mentor Program
The Harris School has a very established mentoring program. This program was initiated by Irving B. Harris in 1988. It matches students in the Harris School with leading policy professionals in order to bridge the gap between the classroom and the real world of policy. There are over a hundred volunteer mentors ranging from state & local officials to international diplomats to corporate executives to directors of non-profits.
Below are some of the volunteer mentors:
- Navaid Abidi, Partner, and Director of Financial Research and Development, Business Logic Corporation
- Ellen Alberding, President, The Joyce Foundation
- MarySue Barrett, President, Metropolitan Planning Council
- Elissa Bassler, CEO, Illinois Public Health Institute
- Edward M. Burke, Alderman, City of Chicago
- Richard Carlson, President, Carlson Environmental, Inc.
- Mary Ellen Caron, Commissioner, Department of Family and Support Services, City of Chicago
- Caroline Cracraft, Former Vice Consul, British Consulate-General, Chicago
- Tom Derdak, Founder and Executive Director, Global Alliance for Africa
- Joseph Lower, Vice President, Corporate and Strategic Development, The Boeing Company
- Robert H. Malott, Former Chairman & CEO, FMC Corporation
- Daniel Sullivan, Senior Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
- Kay Torshen, CEO, Torshen Capital Management, LLC
- Paula Wolff, Senior Executive, Chicago Metropolis 2020
- Adlai Stevenson, Former US Senator, and President, SC&M Investment Management Corporation
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