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Creating a Better Outlook
When Jon Friedman (MDes ’03) started as a designer at Microsoft, he was told to just make things pretty. Now, he is the highest-level design executive the company has ever had.
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Road Less Traveled
When Leticia Arzuaga was asked what her dream was during a team-building exercise early in her career, she came up with an answer she didn’t expect: starting a unique travel service company.
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Garrett L. Clark went from being a steel mill engineer to helping to create some of the best-known candies in the world.
Garrett L. Clark (M.A.S. CHE ’11)
Growing up, Jessica “Jaye” Fong wasn’t allowed in the kitchen of her family restaurant. With the help of her mom, her Chicago pop-up restaurant is now winning awards and is the subject of a short documentary.
Jessica “Jaye” Fong (B.ARCH. ’12)
Keith Black has worked in the financial world for decades, focusing on “alternative” investments. His recently published eighth book taps into that same expertise, looking at the viability of cryptocurrencies.
Keith Black (Ph.D. MSC ’10)
Lieutenant Colonel Candace White quit family law to join the United States Marines. Today, she is the lead prosecutor for all serious felony cases involving Marines for half the country.
Candace White (LAW ’09)
Jeffrey Sherwin was elected to his eighth consecutive term as mayor of Northlake, Illinois, in May 2025, and he has a simple reason as to why: “I just tell people: don’t do anything stupid!”
Jeffrey Sherwin (LAW ’78)
