Alumni Spotlights

Alumni Spotlights

Medill alumni have achieved great success in both the journalism and integrated marketing communications fields, capturing amazing opportunities and ultimately completing impressive work. This vast community expands across the country and world. To begin documenting this incredible reach, we're interviewing alumni on camera and posting their very own "success stories" right here.

If you'd like to share your success story with the Medill alumni community, contact Belinda Clarke, director of alumni relations, and you could be featured on our site.

Featured Alumni

Jenn Korducki (BSJ09)

Only two years out of college, Jenn Korducki (BSJ09) is preparing to launch her second business, DreamChamps.


Inyoung Hwang (MSJ09)

Hwang talks about her work as a stocks reporter at Bloomberg News.


Marla Saret (MSJ00)

As the vice president of media services at Edelman, Marla Saret (MSJ00) regularly works with Fortune 500 companies and major media outlets.


Kayla Webley (MSJ09)

Webley's post in Medill's Global program led to her position at Time magazine.


Gina Gibbs-Foster (BSJ95)

Since Gina Gibbs-Foster (BSJ95) graduated from Medill, she has held nine different positions, lived abroad and in various U.S. cities. All of these experiences came from working at The Dow Chemical Company.


Zach Graham (IMC07)

Zach Graham (IMC07) likes a challenge. Graham works as a senior planner at Critical Mass, a Chicago-based digital marketing and advertising agency.


Pradeep Kumar (IMC03)

Kumar uses his IMC training on a daily basis at Draftfcb.


Valentin Hernandez Rodriguez (IMC07)

IMC graduate Valentin Hernandez Rodriguez's company was named one of Spain's Top Five Startups by an influential financial newspaper.


Noreen Wasti (IMC09)

Noreen Wasti (IMC09) is the marketing manager at RR&Co., a full service consultancy firm based in Dubai that specializes in luxury goods brands.


Eileen Zampa (IMC08)

Eileen Zampa graduated from the IMC program at the height of the recession, but she was not deterred.


Maya Payne Smart (MSJ05)

Maya Payne Smart teaches freelancers how to be successful business owners.


Jeffrey Lee (BSJ05, MSJ06)

Lee recognizes the benefits of looking beyond obvious journalism jobs. 


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