Sessions
Spark Sessions
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM Fri
W2C’s founding director, Elyse Danckers leads the organization focused on helping to fill a crucial gap in the financially-challenged Waukegan public school system; preparing motivated first-generation college students for university admissions and beyond. She works with the broad community to develop resources for the organization including volunteers, advisors, presenters and funders.
Under her direction, the organization has grown from a start up with 25 students to a financially sound operation with 170 students and more than 50 first-generation college graduates.
Prior to joining W2C she was a business development director with an international publisher and a management consultant. She earned an MBA at the University of Chicago and a BA in mathematics from Northwestern University.