2024 Chicagoans for Cincy! Celebration Digital Program

Chicagoans for Cincy!

Celebration May 9, 2024

Chicagoans for Cincy! Celebration

WELCOME Bruce Hopple, Bus ’75, Law ’80 Co-Chair, Chicagoans for Cincy! Celebration Jacki Adkins, A&S ’13 UC Alumni Chicago Network Leader

SCHOLARSHIP PRESENTATION Taylor Fost, DAAP ’29 Chicagoans for Cincy! Alumni Scholarship Recipient

REMARKS Rich Bundy President, UC Foundation

AWARDS PRESENTATION David W. Jaberg, PhD, Bus ’90, ’92 Outstanding Achievement Award Savannah F. Bell, Bus ’12 Distinguished Service Award Antwone D. Cameron, CAHS ’14, CECH ’15 Rising Star Award

CLOSING REMARKS Jennifer Heisey, A&S ’97 Chief Alumni Officer

Honorees Outstanding Achievement Award This award is presented to Chicago-area UC alumni based on professional contributions and notable achievements in their fields.

David W. Jaberg, PhD, Bus ’90, ’92 David Jaberg is President & CEO of GX2 Systems and its wholly owned broker-dealer subsidiary, GX2 Spread Markets. After beginning in the financial industry as a runner in the treasury futures pits at the Chicago Board of Trade, he now has over 30 years of experience in proprietary trading focusing on relative value treasury yield curve trading, statistical arbitrage, and market making. Dave’s recent focus is on leading projects that integrate the vast possibilities of technology into the objective of increasing the profitability of trade.

Outside of the professional realm, Dave earned his PhD in Economics from the University of Illinois at Chicago in 2015, beginning the program as a part-time night student in 2007 and continuing to completion while founding and building GX2 Systems. He is a proud Bearcat, graduating with a BA in Economics in 1990 and an MA in 1991. Dave, his wife Annette and their three children live in Glencoe, Ill.

Chicagoans for Cincy! Celebration Celebration Honorees Distinguished Service Award This award is presented to a Chicago-area UC alumnus, who through their volunteerism elevate the University of Cincinnati

Savannah F. Bell, Bus ’12 Toledo native Savannah Bell graduated from UC with a double major in Finance and International Business after having been a Kolodzik Business Scholar and a leader in campus life. She completed co-ops at Chiquita Brands, KAO Brands, and Great American Insurance, as well as study abroad programs in France/Belgium and the UK. As an alumna, Savannah become a Teach for America elementary school teacher on the South Side of Chicago, an assignment that turned into a life-changing passion for working with children and trying to dismantle inequities in K-12 education. She worked with her principal on the Next Generation Learning Challenges Breakthrough Schools Competition, reimagining what school could look like. They developed a blueprint for school transformation, redesigning everything from the school’s physical space and curriculum to specials classes and after-school programs. Their school was one of six to win the national competition, securing over $300,000 in grant funding to execute their plan.

Savannah continued her education at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, focused on school innovation, then returned to Chicago equipped with new tools, resources, and renewed energy to create equal opportunities for Chicago’s children. She is now Manager of Competency Based Education (CBE) supporting schools in the State of Illinois’s CBE Pilot, as well as Chicago schools transitioning to proficiency-based learning environments. She has co-chaired the Chicagoans for Cincy! Celebration several times and created Chicago’s annual BreweryWatch Fundraiser which benefits the scholarship fund.

Rising Star Award This award is presented to a Chicago-area UC alumnus based on early professional achievement, and/or recent service and involvement with the Univeristy of Cincinnati.

Antwone D. Cameron, CAHS ’14, CECH ’15 Antwone Cameron, a devoted advocate for student success, is Dean of Students at Chicago State University; previously he held the same role at Thomas More University. As he nears the completion of his doctoral degree studies from Northern Kentucky University, Antwone is guided by a passionate support for higher education, envisioning himself a catalyst for transformative change. His dedication to fostering inclusivity and representation within academia reflects his deep-seated commitment to equity. He seeks to dismantle barriers and forge new pathways, ensuring that all students, regardless of their background, can thrive in the educational environment. He lives in Hyde Park with his wife, Vaylla.

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Alumni Scholarship Chicagoans for Cincy! supports scholarships that help Chicago’s best and brightest students receive a world-class education at our alma mater, one of the nation’s top urban research universities. Since establishing an endowed scholarship fund in 2016, Chicagoans for Cincy! has raised over $180,000 to provide an annual scholarship award for incoming first-year students from the Chicago area, renewable for up to eight semesters pending fund availability and student eligibility.

Taylor Fost, DAAP ’29 2024 Chicagoans for Cincy!

Alumni Scholarship Recipient

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