Past Rising Professionals
2024 RP’s
Trevor Lear
R&D Project Manager, Stryker
Kristen Mori
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Houston Astros, LLC.
Dr. Kyle Yarde
Veterinarian and Practice Management, Yarde Veterinary Services and The Animal Care Clinic
2023 RP’s
Shelby Swain Myers
Grain Market Intelligence Director for Ever.Ag Insights
Rachel Svetanoff
Co-Founder of The Global Futurist Initiative, Charitable Programs Lead for Johnson&Johnson
Victoria Houed
Founder- BlackByte (Non-profit for Black Women in Tech)
2022 RP’s
Laura Oelkers
Territory Business Manager at John Deere Scott Campbell
Product Design Lead at Apple
Martie Burris
Director of Product Management at Salesforce
2021 RP’s
Dr. Kirk Evoy
Clinical Assistant Professor at University of Texas at Austin College of Pharmacy
Tiffany Legge
Principal at Boston Consulting Group
2020 RP’s
Joe Rust
Freelance Project Manager
Anurag Garg
VP of Product Analytics & loT for Plex Systems
2019 RP’s
Brad Kites
Plant Financial Manager at Proctor and Gamble
Dr. Jocelyn Dunn
Human Performance Engineer for NASA
2018 RP’s
Frank Garofalo
Principle Consultant & Founder for Garfalo UX
Bradley McKinney
Director of Govt. Affairs at Michael Torrey Associates
2017 RP’s
Dr. Lauren Mioton-Connor
Surgical Resident at Northwestern Memorial Hospital
Eric Barnard
Owner & Developer for Barnard Technology Solutions
2016 RP’s
Jayne Huber
Associate Director for Joss & Main
Carlos Banks
Assistant Vice President for GENPACT
Travis Martin
Founder & President, Imagine Content & Consulting
Stephanie Martin
HR Business Manager, Cummins
Mel’Dre King
Global Supply Chain Manager for Target
Michael Fouch
Senior Consultant at Deloitte
Alissa Battocletti Noffke
Human Spaceflight Operations at NASA Johnson Space Center
Extravehicular Activities Astronaut & Flight Controller
Brett Highley
Strategic Partnership Manager for Google
Paul Marder
Legislative Liaison for Operation Warp Speed — Government COVID-19 Taskforce
Lexi Hiland
Award-Winning Film Editor in both Broadcast & Narrative
Andrew Walters
Account Executive for Lev
Sharyl Pels
Lieutenant U.S. Coast Guard
Captain Nathan Welch
Instructor Air Surveillance Officer for U.S. Air Force
Christian Angarita
Senior Consultant at Ernest & Young
Tom Seto
Management Consultant at PwC
Chelsea Hayes
CEO & Principal Consultant for The Coaching Factory
Derek Mauk
Senior Innovation Manager for Anheuser Bush
Karan Ahuja
Pursuing MBA from Harvard University at the time
Shane Hageman
President of Hageman Group
Rachel Cumberbatch
Healthcare & Policy Fellow for Senator Al Franken
Jordan Ross
Product Manager, Google
Ashley M. Munson
Manager of Community Engagement and Government Affairs, Obama Foundation; Teacher Assistant, Northwestern University and Host, Today with Munson Studios
Lauren Batalis
CX Journey Lead at Roche
Dr. Alex Mills
Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy
Co-Director of Center for Gender and Sexual Minority Health at the University of Mississippi Medical Center
Dr. Hannah Bowman
Senior Scientist for Catalent Biologics on the Manufacturing Sciences & Technology and Drug Substance team
Chris Molina
Author, Speaker, and Recipient of the 2020 NAMCA College Speaker of the Year Award
Jackson Troxel
VP of Sales & Marketing for Multiply Technology
Victoria Loong
We the People of Detroit
Lizzie Berkovitz (Siegel)
Global Product Lead for Google
Melissa Pineda
Speech-Language-Therapist for Wittenberg Village Rehabilitation Center
Daniel Van de Voorde
Project Coordinator for Strata Decision Technology
Lane Konkel
Brillian Factory Lean Leader for GE Healthcare
Tom Trachtman
Senior Financial Analyst at General Mills
Alexandra French
Litigation Associate at Barnes & Thornburg LLP
Jill Zeller
Brand Manager for Dow Agrosciences