EVC Co-Chairs
EVC Co-Chairs have both general and specific responsibilities. General responsibilities include group programming, working with the Polsky Center, developing opportunities for students, and building relationships with alumni.
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Ian Connell Prior to coming to Booth, Ian was the Vice President of a California based startup focusing on improving state and local government through SaaS program management solutions. Mid 2012, Ian took a duel role as a summer associate at Kapor Capital working on early and seed-stage investments in the EduTech and Human Capital vertical and as a strategy intern for one of Kapor's portfolio companies UniversityNow Inc. Since moving to Chicago, Ian took a position as an associate with Hyde Park Venture Partners and Hyde Park Angels. Outside of work, Ian is involved with Management Leadership for Tomorrow (MLT), a nonprofit focusing on increasing the pipeline of under-represented groups in top universities. Ian received his undergraduate degree in economics and management from the University of California, Irvine. |
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Tricia Felice Tricia comes to Booth from Los Angeles, where she founded her own brand consulting company. Prior to this, she worked as an account executive for BLT & Associates, a creative design agency specializing in advertising and marketing for movies and television. She is currently working on two startups: Vintage, a consumer technology startup dedicated to capturing and archiving stories of senior citizens and D.Note, a social initiative focused on providing classroom supplies to children in underserved Chicago Public Schools. She dreams of Cleveland sports teams winning any sort of championship and hopes to visit each location in the book "1000 Places to See Before You Die." |
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Lizzie Gay Prior to Chicago Booth, Lizzie was a Trader at DRW Trading Group, working on everything from Asian futures to domestic High-Yield debt securities. In 2012, she spent her summer as a Fellow at StartUp Health, an accelerator for Health Tech entrepreneurs. Lizzie earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, concentrating in Finance and Marketing. At Booth, she is focusing on Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship and is interested in venture capital in the health and wellness space, including everything that has to do with fitness, nutrition and preventative wellness. |
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Will Lee Will came to Booth with ten years of product development experience at Internet companies, including eBay, Wikia and BigTent. While at Booth, he co-founded Fund My Future, a nonprofit crowdfunding venture that helps low-income students afford college. Post-MBA, Will is interested in returning to the startup world through venture capital. Will graduated from Harvard with an A.B. in Computer Science. Will has finished five marathons, traveled abroad to four continents and appeared on three games of Jeopardy! |
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Felisha Liu Felisha is currently the co-founder and CEO of Serenity Sender, a virtual community for seniors to prevent loneliness, depression and cognitive decline by partnering with community supporters to provide senior-relevant programming. Prior to Booth, Felisha worked in healthcare strategy and non-profit consulting at Accenture. She received her undergraduate degree in healthcare management and policy from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. |
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David London David is a career-switcher and founded CoupleCircle, a platform for couples who are interested in expanding their social network, as soon as school began. He is passionate about entrepreneurship and uses all the amazing resources at Booth to support his adventure, as well as opportunities throughout the city of Chicago. Prior to joining the Booth community David worked in management consulting focused on the public sector and helped to open his company's State of Texas office. David is originally from New York and after graduating from Cornell University has lived in DC, San Francisco, and Austin before coming to Chicago. |
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Whitney Morgan Prior to coming to Booth, spent time in venture capital working on deals in the health IT and digital media industries. Before that she worked in cyber security engineering in classified environments in the Washington DC area. Whitney graduated from the University of Virginia with a B.S. in Systems & Information Engineering and has experience in systems analysis and business development for engineering, consumer, and design firms. Whitney has been published twice in the IEEE and is active on the Executive Committee of the Associate Board of the Brain Research Foundation. At Booth, she is working on startups in the financial tech, immersive video, and fashion sectors. She loves traveling, dumplings, sailing, and being a Redskins fan! |