Andy Ayers is a principal software development specialist and team lead in Argonne’s Environmental Science division. He has been significantly involved in developing a new online tool called the Energy Zones Mapping Tool that will help identify geographic areas suitable for the development of clean energy resources, such as solar, wind and biomass. Read more.

Ray Konopka founded Raize Software in 1995. He started as a consultant for the Walt Disney Co. in 2002 and has worked on several software projects for them, most notably, the Fastpass system, which is used in all of the Disney Parks worldwide. He was honored in 2012 with the first ever Mathematical and Computational Sciences Alumni Achievement Award.  Read more.

Deborah Pagel is the Senior Organizational Development Advisor for Boeing Company and has over 20 years of strategic business experience. She is a leader in her field, and has published a dozen articles focusing on organizational development, human resources, culture change and nuclear energy. Deborah has received a number of awards from the Organizational Development Institute, most notably, the 2006 Outstanding OD Project of the Year Award; and has been recognized by the Boeing Company for Human Resource Excellence Awards in both 2011 and 2013.

Brian Walker is the CEO of AE Marketing Group and Chairman of the AE Foundation Group. Throughout his career, Brian has won numerous awards and led brand marketing strategy and creative across a number of B2C industries. An avid philanthropist and social entrepreneur, Brian is a member of the Young Associates Board at the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago.

Brian led our July webinar about branding and its career benefits.

Dana Wright is the 1st Deputy Chief of Police for the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. She has nearly 14 years of Law Enforcement experience and over 8 years of Administrative, Managerial and Leadership experience with one of the largest Sheriff’s Offices in the nation. She is also a graduate of the highly competitive FBI National Academy in Quantico, Virginia, and the founder of Wright Vision Consulting, LLC.

Donald Wyma has led a unique and impressive career that includes pharma consulting, project management and operations. Wyma spent almost a decade in various leadership positions within the Department of Defense and the U.S. Intelligence Community. He currently works at AbbVie as Assistant Director of Planning and Portfolio Support. Watch video.