SARAH HUGHEY

Sarah Hughey’s recent Chicago credits include Miss Bennett: Christmas at Pemberley, The City of Conversation, The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens, and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord, Butler (Northlight Theatre); Dutchman / TRANSit, The Rainmaker (American Blues Theater, Artistic Affiliate), Moby Dick (Blair Thomas & Co.), Cocked, The Who and the What, Samsara (Victory Gardens Theater); Le Switch (About Face Theatre); Love and Information (Remy Bumppo Theatre Company); Doubt: A Parable, The Diary of Anne Frank (Writers Theatre). Upcoming projects include Straight White Men (Steppenwolf Theatre Company) and The Scene (Writers Theatre). Sarah received a 2011 Jeff Award (Scorched, Silk Road Rising) and the 2013 Maggio Emerging Designer Award.

Bio as of 2016

JAI L. WINSTON

Associates Board Member Since 2014

Program Director

John S. and James L. Knight Foundation

Jai L. Winston joined the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in 2016. Previously, Jai was an Associate of Strategy and Corporate Development in the Office of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer at Ariel Investments, a minority-owned money management firm in Chicago. At Ariel Investments, he focused on working with senior members of the firm and on other firm-wide strategic initiatives. In addition, he co-led several of the CEO’s special projects, including some of the firm’s national work on financial literacy and minority entrepreneurship.

Jai was an integral member of Ariel’s team leading the Chicago Financial Education Initiative, which brought together the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans, the city of Chicago treasurer’s office, Chicago Public Schools, and several other city agencies, community organizations, and private-sector partners. Jai also managed the Black Corporate Directors Conference, an annual gathering of black directors serving Fortune 500 boards, which focuses on corporate governance and advancing diversity and inclusion in the boardroom. Preceding that role, Jai was special assistant to the chief of staff in the Office of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.

Prior to joining Ariel Investments, Jai spent four years working at the nexus of politics, policy and business. He worked on the 2013 Presidential Inaugural Committee with the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs. He served as the Illinois Deputy Finance Director for President Barack Obama’s 2012 re-election campaign and as the North Carolina Deputy Finance Director for the 2012 Democratic National Convention Committee.

Jai serves on the board of the Illinois Humanities Council, and is also a member of buildOn junior boards, the Emerging Leaders Board for the Mikva Challenge, and the advisory board of INVEST Chicago. He is a former steering committee member for the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago’s Financial Services Pipeline Initiative.

Jai earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Howard University in Washington, D.C.

Bio as of 2017

MELINDA WETZEL

Associates Board Member Since 2015

Associate

Johnson & Krol, LLC

By day, Mindy is an Associate Attorney at Johnson & Krol, LLC. She practices in ERISA litigation, representing multi-employer benefit funds. Mindy moved to Chicago in 2003 to attend the Chicago College of Performing Arts’ Theatre Conservatory at Roosevelt University. She received her BFA in Musical Theatre Performance in 2007.

After a couple of years performing as a singer/actor/dancer/tumbler/aerialist in shows with The Actors Gymnasium, Chicago Children’s Theatre, Lifeline Theatre, TimeLine Theatre and BoHo Theatre, among others, Mindy switched gears and went to law school. She received her J.D. from the DePaul University College of Law in 2013.

In addition to being a member of the Associates Board at Lookingglass, Mindy also serves on the Board of the Neo-Futurists. Mindy is a certified yoga instructor and avid lindy hopper. She still sings on occasion, too, if you ask nicely. Mindy joined the Lookingglass Associates Board in 2015.

Bio as of 2017

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