co-chairs

 

WINNIE LIU

Winnie is from Chicago and went to UChicago to study economics. Prior to Booth, she worked in New York as a wholesale payment and global corporate banking analyst. She is interested in pursuing product management in the tech industry. In her free time, she enjoys watching thriller movies, video editing, and trying new restaurants with her friends.

KELSEY KING

Kelsey grew up in Vancouver, Canada and graduated from Saint Louis University where she played tennis and majored in Finance and Analytics. Prior to Booth, she worked in Chicago and Seattle as a tech consultant at Deloitte. Kelsey is interested in pursuing product management within the Analytics space. In her free time, Kelsey loves going for a run along the lakefront, playing tennis in Maggie Daley Park, taking advantage of her Epic pass and watching adventure movies like The Alpinist and 14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible. Currently, she is reading the Harry Potter series for the first time.

JONATHON ZUNIGA

Jonathon hails from Dallas, TX. He graduated from MIT, majoring in Chemical Engineering. Prior to Booth, he worked at ExxonMobil in a variety of roles from process engineering to supply chain logistics, where he got his first taste of the power of #data. At Booth, he is diving into the analytics and leadership curriculum with the goal of helping everyone start their own analytics journey, and aiming to work in product management after graduation. Outside of school, he enjoys coffee (an industry with a surprising amount of analytics!), trivia, and watching soccer and hockey.

ELEANOR SUN

Eleanor is from Edmond, OK and graduated from Yale where she studied economics and biochemistry. Prior to Booth, Eleanor worked at Bates White, an economic consulting firm, where she specialized in performing economic and statistical analyses on high profile antitrust litigation cases. She is a student in the joint MBA/Masters in Computer Science program. Outside of school, Eleanor is an avid distance runner and a diehard OKC Thunder fan. She loves running along the Lakefront Trail, watching Asian dramas, eating carbs, baking, napping, and showing people pictures of her adorable dog Tiger.

CATHY DENG

Cathy was born in Wuhan, China, briefly went to school in Shanghai, and proceeded to live in 10 different states on the East Coast of the US. She studied finance and math at Boston College, earned a master's degree in data science at UC Berkeley, and worked as a data scientist at Liberty Mutual, where she introduced various machine learning models to enhance human decision-making, including models to detect if people are telling the truth. She is currently working on an edtech startup to improve STEM learning for the next billion people. In her free time, she enjoys making cocktails, reading mystery novels, and watching indie films.

WILL SCHWIEDER

Before Booth, Will studied economics and public policy at the University of Virginia. His first foray into advanced analytic concepts was a humbling 20% on an econometrics midterm exam before he found his footing and worked as a TA for a graduate-level econometrics course. In the five years since graduation, he has worked as a quantitative researcher, data scientist, and tech consultant with Guidehouse in Washington, D.C. He finds ways to incorporate analytics into his daily life in his free time, tinkering with Raspberry Pis and Arduinos and using them to build prototypes like Magic Mirrors or automated watering systems.

NABEEL KANGOO

Nabeel grew up in Kashmir,India and graduated from IIT Roorkee, India with a degree in Civil Engineering. Prior to Booth, he worked as an Analytics Consultant for EXL where he consulted 7 of the top 10 insurance companies in the US on analytics transformations. Outside of work, he is an avid fitness enthusiast and a jazz music lover.