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...returned to Chicago to run a nonprofit for investment banker and Obama backer John W. Rogers Jr.--his mentor since their years together at the Lab School, where Duncan says he followed Rogers around "like a puppy dog." Duncan proceeded to co-found a small school with his sister. He then ran the magnet program for the Chicago board of education and was the system's deputy chief of staff, before being tapped to serve as its head. His 7½ years as superintendent produced mixed results. While he oversaw modest gains in student achievement, Duncan's tenure was most notable...
...buyouts, in which the employees of a faltering firm buy an ownership stake to prevent plant closings or job losses. The idea of an economy of worker cooperatives may seem utopian, and the notion of using the tools of modern finance to do so absurd. But Bloom and his mentor at Lazard, Eugene Keilin, helped prove it possible—and did so with no less than the largest airline in the nation: United...
...House seat in 2001 in a special election following the death of Representative Spence, a mentor. Represents the 2nd District, which includes Hilton Head Island and much of the state capital, Columbia...
...Since Rogers arrived on campus, Akpan has immediately assumed the role of mentor, spending extra time with the rookie at practice and sitting next to him on the team...
...your choreography and academic goals?LDK: For a long time I thought it had to be an either/or kind of thing. But there are living examples of how dance can coexist with the medical field. For example, through CPIC (Center for Public Interest Careers), I had the opportunity to mentor with a physician who runs a youth orchestra with her husband.Figuring out how to navigate how to do both is tricky, but you have to give yourself permission to take one and put it in the backseat. It can be hard. People have exacting standards for themselves and sometimes there?...