Our Team

Associate Director, Marketing and Brand Strategy
Zeynep Aksoy Ata develops and leads data-driven marketing strategies to grow the Rustandy Center’s brand. She also supports event and program marketing to generate leads and engage core audiences.

Associate Director, Strategic Initiatives
Patience Baach manages the Rustandy Center’s internal impact measurement work in Chicago and Hong Kong. She provides strategic and administrative support for initiatives such as the social impact data hub and operations systems and procedures.

Associate Director, Research Partnerships and Strategy
Alissa Bolz catalyzes research projects focused on the social sector and complex social and environmental issues. She develops strategic partnerships between Booth faculty and for-profit, nonprofit, and public-sector organizations and manages data sourcing and collection efforts.

Director, Social Sector Engagement Programs and Civic Scholars
Wai-Sinn Chan leads the Rustandy Center’s social sector engagement strategy and programming for students and alumni. She also collaborates with Booth Career Services and other partners to develop new initiatives and resources for alumni interested in leveraging their business tool kit to work in social impact or engage in nonprofit board service.

Assistant Director, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Programme on Social Innovation
Iris Choi is responsible for managing the Rustandy Center’s programming in Hong Kong, including The Hong Kong Jockey Club Programme on Social Innovation.

Assistant Director, Operations
Lenese Clark supports the Rustandy Center’s internal operations and initiatives. In collaboration with the director of operations and strategic initiatives, she facilitates the development and implementation of operational procedures related to HR, IT, accounting, administrative support, and team collaboration to promote efficiency across the center’s goals.

Senior Associate Director, Edwardson Social Entrepreneurship Program
Will Colegrove is responsible for leading the Edwardson Social Entrepreneurship Program, including cultivating the pipeline for the John Edwardson, ’72, Social New Venture Challenge from across the university. He also leads programming on funding social impact, including impact investing experiential learning opportunities such as MIINT, Invest for Impact, and the Total Impact Portfolio Challenge.

Senior Assistant Director, Edwardson Social Entrepreneurship Program
Ali Galloway is responsible for supporting the Edwardson Social Entrepreneurship Program, which includes the John Edwardson, ’72, Social New Venture Challenge and programs and events that teach students about social entrepreneurship, impact investing, venture philanthropy, and social sector innovation.

Director for Hong Kong Initiatives
Francis Hon oversees the operations of the Rustandy Center’s activities in Hong Kong, and helps to plan and establish the center’s growing presence in Asia.

Associate Director, Marketing and Communications
Gina Potthoff Kacik leads content strategy for the Rustandy Center and also drives the center’s event and program marketing efforts. She works to highlight the center’s global portfolio of programming and growing community of Booth students, alumni, and faculty working to address social issues.

Senior Assistant Director, Marketing and Communications
Emma Kolander manages marketing efforts for the Rustandy Center’s global portfolio of programming, highlighting the growing community of Booth students, alumni, and faculty working to address social issues.

Research Professional
Jingwei Maggie Li is responsible for supporting academic research projects led by the Rustandy Center and Chicago Booth faculty, focused on addressing complex social and environmental issues.

Assistant Director, Programs and Partnerships

Christopher Schneider manages social sector engagement programs related to philanthropy, sustainability, and community development. He provides event planning, research, facilitation and assists the center’s strategic growth, partnerships, and social entrepreneurship programs.

Senior Assistant Director, Social Sector Engagement Programs
Prentiss Smith leads programs related to the area of social sector engagement. This includes student group support, meaningful volunteering programs, and career-related programs and events.