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Loyola University Chicago Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise & Responsibility

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Meet Baumhart Scholar Jennifer Hodges

Jennifer serves as Director of Whole Child Fund with KIPP Chicago. She is leading the convening of educators, families, policymakers, and community members in partnership strategies to influence the long-term success of students. Her work centers the needs of KIPP students, families, and teachers ensuring holistic development of all, for the benefit of successful matriculation of students and elevated economic capacity for households.

Meet Baumhart Scholar Annie Weinheimer

Annie Weinheimer is an Engagement Manager at Ryan Specialty Group, a wholesale insurance brokerage company. Outside of her job functions, Annie passionately pursues her goal of improving racial equity and diversity and inclusion in the private sector.

Meet Baumhart Scholar Adam Shafer

Adam is the Business Development Associate for BuzziSpace for the northern Illinois and Wisconsin region. BuzziSpace is a burgeoning office furniture, lighting and acoustic solutions company based in Antwerp, Belgium. In a relentless pursuit of bettering the world, BuzziSpace provides key building blocks needed to create happy and healthy workspaces and improve well-being at work.

The John Edelman Scholarships seek to prepare the next generation of business executives to lead for sustainability and corporate responsibility.

John Edelman Scholarships to support sustainability and responsibility in business

A new gift will help empower emerging leaders to gain the tools to accelerate sustainability and social responsibility in business.

Meet Baumhart Scholar Erica Loper

Erica works for Hyatt Hotels Corporation as a Manager of Operations Analytics. Beyond being an invaluable asset to her team, Erica brings her passion for workplace equity, especially for people of color, to Hyatt as the B.L.A.C.K. diversity business resource group Events Chair. She also works directly with Hyatt’s HR team to build and execute initiatives to recruit and retain top talent from Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

Spiritus Founder and CEO Susan Ramonat visits with students in Quinlan’s social enterprise class, sharing her career journey and offering sage advice for the aspiring social entrepreneurs.

Spiritus Founder and CEO Susan Ramonat visits with Loyola students

Spiritus Founder and CEO Susan Ramonat visits with students in Quinlan’s social enterprise class, sharing her career journey and offering sage advice for the aspiring social entrepreneurs.

Iva Vurdelja brings CSR toolkit to Nepal

Loyola faculty member, Iva Vurdelja, brought her passion for doing good and developing others all the way to Pokhara, Nepal this fall to teach a course in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The week-long course guided students through designing their own products and businesses.

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Nonprofit management students enjoy a special visitor: President Rooney

Loyola students exploring nonprofit management had a special visitor in their class in November: Loyola President Jo Ann Rooney, JD, LLM, EdD.

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Thought leader discusses responsible business

Corporate citizenship executive David Logan shared his vision with Loyola students and Chicago leaders, emphasizing that “responsible business isn’t a choice – it’s a business necessity.”

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Quinlan professor makes impact through teaching and research

Dr. Clifford Shultz, Professor and Charles H. Kellstadt Chair of Marketing, is a role model for Loyola students preparing to lead extraordinary lives. As a teacher and a researcher, he has made a dramatic difference in the lives of others.

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Inclusion + Innovation Summit

Hear how Comcast NBCUniversal and the Baumhart Center are partnering to build a more inclusive Chicago.

Dorri McWhorter, CEO of the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago, shares how she has brought a business mindset to energize a 140-year-old nonprofit organization.

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Leaders discuss integrating impact into business

Chicagoland leaders gathered at "Leading Business for Good" to discuss how business can tackle social issues and how business schools can support this.

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The Hub for Impact

Seth Green, founding director of Baumhart, shares how the Center is bringing together leaders of all sectors to accelerate impact in Chicago and well beyond.

From left: Social Impact Scholars Meg Lassar, Katie Welge, Daisy Fedt, Rachel Graham, and Liz Summy meet with philanthropist Art Mollenhauer (middle).

Baumhart News

Five leaders selected as Social Impact Scholars

The first cohort of the Baumhart Center’s Social Impact Scholars program launched with five extraordinary social impact leaders.

Baumhart Center events and initiatives reached across the Loyola campuses and throughout Chicago during the 2017-18 academic year. (Image: Getty)

The Baumhart Center’s impactful year

The center moved social business forward through initiatives involving more than 4,000 people and 100 speakers during the 2017-18 academic year.

Patricia Barretto (from left), Jason Baxendale, and Jennifer Steans explore the latest trends in philanthropy with moderator Brenda Asare.

Community Event

Leaders explore the latest trends in philanthropy

Nonprofit leaders from across Chicago filled Wintrust Hall for As Good as It Gives: America’s Philanthropy Today, an event hosted by the Alford Group, Lipman Hearne, and the Baumhart Center.

Loyola students join with Chowdy leaders Andrew and Elizabeth Parkinson to celebrate their semester-long work together to build a social enterprise plan.

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Loyola students partner with social enterprises

Students in Loyola’s graduate course on social enterprise immersed themselves in real-world learning and impact this spring. The interdisciplinary course is supported by the Baumhart Center.

Art Mollenhauer is building the next generation of social impact leaders through his support of scholarships for nonprofit executives to attend Quinlan’s Mini-MBA program.

Baumhart News

Gift launches social impact scholarships for Mini-MBA

Art Mollenhauer recently made a generous gift to the Baumhart Center to create scholarships for social impact leaders to attend Quinlan’s prestigious Mini-MBA program.

Richard Rodriguez, CEO of Acero Schools, and Jessica Yagan, Managing Partner of Impact Engine, each visited Loyola in April to speak with students about their paths to leading extraordinary lives.

TYRELL CONVERSATIONS

Rodriguez and Yagan encourage students to be bold

Two distinct campus visits hosted by the Baumhart Center in April embraced a single theme: the best leaders have a strong sense of self and are ready to be bold.

Loyola President Jo Ann Rooney (center) said that the ability to keep going and

Four essential characteristics for working across sectors

Four leaders who have served at the highest levels of the private, public, and social sectors discuss how students can gain the skills to thrive in cross-sectoral careers.

Wendy DuBoe, CEO of United Way of Metropolitan Chicago, addressed the sold-out crowd at Leading for Good.

CEOs gather at Loyola to discuss Leading for Good

Forty-five CEOs and top executives spoke at the sold-out Leading for Good conference hosted by the Baumhart Center.

Meet Julia Stasch, Loyola Alumna and MacArthur Foundation President

Julia Stasch, a 1974 Loyola graduate, is now the president of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. She exemplifies the leadership that the Baumhart Center believes in.

Meet Ric Estrada, Loyola Alumnus and Social Impact Leader

Ric Estrada, a Loyola alumnus, currently leads Metropolitan Family Services, a high-impact nonprofit that supports more than 72,000 families and individuals annually.

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Connie Lindsey visit excites Loyola students interested in corporate social responsibility

Social responsibility leader Connie Lindsey addressed Loyola students.

Meet William Towns, Loyola Alumnus and Baumhart Advisor

William Towns, a Loyola alumnus and Baumhart Leadership Council member, currently leads Benefit Chicago, a $100 million impact investment fund.

After days-long outage, Internet provider says service is restored

WBEZ quotes Baumhart Center director Seth Green on an internet outage in Chicago and corporate social responsibility.

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Meet Seth Green, director of the Baumhart Center

Seth Green, director of the Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility, on his first 90 days in the role and his vision for the center.

Panelists discuss top tips for successfully integrating business and social purpose in today's business environment.

Three ways to integrate business and social purpose

Business leaders explored the concept of "social business" at a November event hosted by the Baumhart Center for Social Enterprise and Responsibility — and offered three key tips.

Mark Hanis engaged Quinlan students in a conversation about social entrepreneurship and how to create change.

Leading social entrepreneur visits Quinlan

Mark Hanis, the co-founder of United to End Genocide and of Organ Alliance, engaged students in an interactive dialogue about social enterprise.

Amazon’s second headquarters is a pivotal opportunity to reshape and revitalize the Chicago economy, but requires a thoughtful incentive package, writes Quinlan's Seth Green. (Image: Getty Images)

Getting the Amazon Deal Right

Quinlan's Seth Green lists the top three considerations for policymakers developing the incentive package for an Amazon headquarters in Chicago.

Chicago joins bidding war for new Amazon headquarters

Chicago Tonight featured Baumhart Center director Seth Green in a discussion Chicago’s prospects of landing Amazon’s second headquarters.

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