ML313: Brian Van Korn (Author of HEALTHCARELESS)

by | Feb 19, 2024 | Author, Health & Wellness | 0 comments

Brian Van Korn is the author of HEALTHCARELESS, a true story of a very special man whose life was suddenly and forever changed by a rare disease. Dealing with a severe backache for three days, he was taken to an emergency room. For five grueling months his world, his dignity, his very self was stripped away. Trapped in a system that all too often is not healthcare but healthcareless.

Brian is a rare storyteller with a powerful ability to recall fine details. From the first word to the last, he will take you on an emotional roller coaster ride. His path began in a hell none of us would hope to experience. In the end, it ascends into a tale of triumph and inspiration. This is one man’s journey to and from paralysis.

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ML312: Watchen Nyanue (CEO of I CHOOSE THE LADDER)

by | Jan 29, 2024 | CEO, Leadership | 0 comments

Watchen Nyanue is the Founder and CEO of I Choose the Ladder, an employee development and retention agency that helps Fortune 500 execs develop and retain their high-performing Black women talent.

She and her team have worked with top companies like Nike, McDonald’s, Best Buy, and Walgreens, empowering countless women to conquer imposter syndrome, master work-life balance, and unlock their career potential. 

As a result, the companies have created positive high performance work cultures, achieved reduced employee turnover, lower executive recruitment costs, and benefited from happy and motivated staff.

Watchen was born in Liberia and immigrated to the U.S. in 1991 to escape the war in her country. She has spent the last 15+ years overcoming everyday workplace biases against Black women and immigrants to reach the pinnacle of corporate America. 

Before founding I Choose the Ladder, Watchen was a senior marketing and business development executive at renowned companies like Comedy Central, Hearst Digital, Yahoo!, Johnson Publishing Company, and the 2021 WNBA champions, Chicago Sky.

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ML311: Adam Jason (Leader @ Legacy Group)

by | Jan 7, 2024 | CEO, Entrepreneur, Leadership | 0 comments

Adam Jason is a partner at the alternative investment firm, Legacy Group, and a board member at the Green Coffee Company, Colombia’s largest coffee producer. He is an attorney specialized in corporate finance, governance, securities regulation and international business transactions. He has advised Fortune 500 companies and investment banks, including JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Citibank and Goldman Sachs, through initial public offerings (IPOs) and offerings of debt and equity securities exceeding an aggregate of $10 billion. Adam is based in Medellin, Colombia.

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ML310: Kerry Stover (Leader at Pariveda Solutions)

by | Dec 17, 2023 | Leadership | 0 comments

Kerry Stover is a leader at Pariveda Solutions, a leading management consulting firm that specializes in developing extraordinary talent that helps hundreds of businesses, from small startup ventures to Fortune 500 companies, solve complex technology and business problems.

The company has been recognized as one of the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies in the US 10 times, a milestone less than 1% of all US-based companies have achieved. Fortune, Glassdoor, and Great Place To Work have also named them as one of the best places to work.

Kerry has over three decades of management and technology consulting experience and is a strong advocate of investing in the growth of employees, so they’re well-equipped to lead company transformation and growth initiatives.

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ML309: Dr. Jill Kushner Bishop (CEO of Multilingual Connections)

by | Dec 3, 2023 | CEO, Leadership | 0 comments

Dr. Jill Kushner Bishop is the Founder & CEO of Multilingual Connections, a Chicago-based company that provides translation, transcription, transcreation, multimedia localization and research services in over 75 languages.

Jill’s early fascination with language and culture led her to pursue a BA in the Teaching of Spanish and an MA/PhD in Linguistic Anthropology. Her dissertation, More than a language, a travel agency: ideology and performance in the Israeli Judeo-Spanish revitalization movement, focuses on Judeo-Spanish, an obsolescing language spoken by descendants of Jews exiled from Spain in 1492.

An unexpected opportunity brought Jill to the corporate world, where she worked as a user experience researcher for a business and technology consulting firm. She was later able to leverage her skills and background—plus her love of burritos—when she was hired to oversee language, culture, and diversity programs for Chipotle Mexican Grill.

In 2005, Jill took the next step in her career by launching Multilingual Connections. She is passionate about creating a great work environment for her team and she is proud of the impact of their work in the community and across the world.

When she’s not working, Jill loves spending time with her husband and teen son, renovating houses, traveling around the world, and going for long walks around Evanston.

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