Ellen Hanson

Walker Sands, Inc. offers marketing and public relations services. It specializes on strategic counsel, positioning programs, product launches, personal relations, crisis management, investor and analyst relations, media training, and corporate communications. The company was founded by Kenneth Gaebler and Ellen Hanson in 2001 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Lumity is a Chicago-based nonprofit organization that aims to provide under-resourced students with transformational STEM experiences that prepare them for STEM careers and life. The organization was formed in 2007 when two technology-focused nonprofits, the IT Resource Center and the Nonprofit Resource Center, came together to increase the sustainability of community technology centers. Lumity recognized the power of long-term STEM education and powerful partnerships when 323 program members gained employment after the first CTC project, and their STEM programs were born. Today, Lumity engages more than 600 land youth each year and partners with more than 25 land businesses, including Accenture, Allstate, CDW, Discover, Ferrara, UL, and USG, as well as the public schools and Thornton School District 205.