2017 INTERNS

2017 Intern Line-Up

NAME : CHENG ZHANG

Nickname(s): -
University/College: University of Michigan
Major/Minor: MBA
Hometown: Boardman, OH
Email: [email protected]
Hobbies and Interests: Biking, photography, travelling,
Best thing about your
college/university: Ann Arbor is a solid town and allows the MBA classes to build great bonds
Something we don’t know about
you: I played tuba and was the dot in my high school band’s Script Ohio; I am still an Ohio
Favorite styles, types or genres of State despite the fact I am a Michigan student
music:
Commonly used expression: Indie

Person you admire most: Interesting ….
Bill Gates
Favorite movies:
Homeward Bound
This summer you are most The first 3 Bourne movies
looking forward to: The opportunity to apply what I’ve picked up throughout the academic year and apply
those concepts in practice

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NAME: HUBERT WONG

Nickname(s): HUB, HUBE
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University/College: INFORMATION SYSTEMS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT
Chicago, Illinois
Major/Minor: [email protected]
Basketball, Technology, Fitness, Traveling, Netflix, Reddit, Guitar
Hometown: The Main Quad

Email: I have too many shoes

Hobbies and Interests: EDM, Pop, R&B, Hip Hop

Best thing about your
college/university:

Something we don’t know about
you:

Favorite styles, types or genres of
music:

Commonly used expression: Stay Humble

Person you admire most: My Mom

Favorite movies: Get Out, 10 Cloverfield Lane, Fight Club, Click, John Wick
Interning at Takeda, Traveling to California, Spending time with family and friends
This summer you are most
looking forward to:

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NAME: IRENE CHEN

Nickname(s): -
University/College: University of Southern California School of Pharmacy
Major/Minor: PHARMACY
Hometown: Cypress, CA
Email: [email protected]
Hobbies and Interests: Tennis, hiking, volleyball, boxing
Best thing about your
college/university: The Trojan family
Something we don’t know about
you: I was a middle school science teacher in the Bronx before changing careers to
Favorite styles, types or genres of pharmacy.
music:
Commonly used expression: I like all types of music

Person you admire most: My mother

Favorite movies: Disney movies

This summer you are most Meeting other students and exploring opportunities within the company after
looking forward to: pharmacy school

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NAME: KRISTEN MCCLELLAN

Nickname(s): NONE
University/College: Indiana University
Major/Minor: ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE
Hometown: Arlington Heights, IL
Email: [email protected]
Hobbies and Interests: Basketball (IU and the Bulls), music, playing with my dog
Best thing about your
college/university: The beautiful campus, Little 500, Kelley School of Business
Something we don’t know about
you: I am an only child
Favorite styles, types or genres of
music: Pop, EDM, Rap
Commonly used expression:
None
Person you admire most: My Dad since he has built a successful career for himself in business.

Favorite movies: 21& 22 Jump Street, Bridesmaids, We’re the Millers
Going to Hawaii and having the opportunity to learn a lot from this internship!
This summer you are most
looking forward to:

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NAME: LAURA KIM

Nickname(s): MIMI
University/College: Univ of IL, Urbana-Champaign
Major/Minor: BIOCHEMISTRY
Hometown: [email protected]
Email:
Hobbies and Interests: My guilty pleasure is eating a bag of chips (family-size!)
Best thing about your
college/university: =)
Something we don’t know about My father
you:
Favorite styles, types or genres of
music:
Commonly used expression:

Person you admire most:

Favorite movies: Harry Potter
Nice weather
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looking forward to:

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NAME: LIZ BAJEMA

Nickname(s): -
University/College: Northwestern University
Major/Minor: Chemistry (PhD)
Hometown: Grand Rapids, MI
Email: [email protected]
Hobbies and Interests: Reading, snowboarding, and over-caffeinating
Best thing about your
college/university: Unlike other universities, they pay *you* to attend sporting events
Something we don’t know about
you: I LIKE TURTLES
Favorite styles, types or genres of
music: Is butter a genre?
Commonly used expression:
“Either give me more wine or leave me alone” -Rumi, ~1200 CE
Person you admire most: My roommate Laura, who is currently looking over my shoulder

Favorite movies: The Princess Bride, V for Vendetta, Sharknado 2: The Second One
Learning about more career opportunities and meeting people in the field
This summer you are most
looking forward to:

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NAME: MARESSA SARTO

Nickname(s): -NONE
University/College: Michigan State University
Major/Minor: PACKAGING & KINESIOLOGY, MINOR IN COACHING
Hometown: Ludington Michigan
Email: [email protected]
Hobbies and Interests: Sports, outdoor recreation, boating
Best thing about your The atmosphere
college/university:
Something we don’t know about I LOVE coffee! I also love just about anything outdoors!
you:
Favorite styles, types or genres of Country, rap, classic rock, pop
music:
Commonly used expression: My parents

Person you admire most:

Favorite movies: The proposal, Grease, Mary Poppins, Argo, Fast and Furious series
Meeting new people, and learning about the industry!
This summer you are most
looking forward to:

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NAME: MARK ABRAMS

Nickname(s): -
University/College: Allegheny College
Major/Minor: BIOCHEMISTY/ ECONOMICS AND PHILOSOPHY
Hometown: Olney, Maryland
Email: [email protected]
Hobbies and Interests: Tennis
Best thing about your
college/university: Liberal arts education mindset
Something we don’t know about
you: I love finding new perspectives on things regardless of what they are.
Favorite styles, types or genres of
music: Heavy Metal, Classical, Rap
Commonly used expression:
-
Person you admire most: -

Favorite movies: -

This summer you are most Experiencing a different place of living and being introduced to the bioethics
looking forward to: discipline. I want to learn as much as I can this summer!

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NAME: MOLLY MCBRAYER

Nickname(s): MOLLY
University/College: Miami University
Major/Minor: SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Email: [email protected]
Hobbies and Interests: Working out, spending time with family and friends, being outside
Best thing about your
college/university: My parents
Something we don’t know about
you:
Favorite styles, types or genres of
music:
Commonly used expression:

Person you admire most:

Favorite movies: Developing professional skills in the field of supply chain, and growing as a business
person. I am also excited to spend time in Chicago.
This summer you are most
looking forward to:

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NAME: NADIA NABULSI

Nickname(s): None but feel free to come up with one!
University/College: University of Illinois at Chicago
Major/Minor: Masters of Public Health in Epidemiology
Hometown: Barrington, IL
Email: [email protected]
Art, playing piano, bachata/salsa dancing, fitness classes, running, music, watching
Hobbies and Interests: documentaries, reading, cooking, trying new restaurants, traveling
The location, Chicago community, and diverse campus
Best thing about your
college/university: I have a red miniature poodle named Russel
Something we don’t
know about you: I love all kinds of music! Lately, I’ve been into Latino music and Country music
Favorite styles, types or
genres of music: Not sure that I have one…
Commonly used My mom
expression:
Person you admire Catch Me If You Can, Dumb & Dumber, The Lion King
most:
Meeting everyone!
Favorite movies:

This summer you are
most looking forward to:

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NAME: SPENCER MACGRIFF

Nickname(s): -
University/College: University of Michigan Ross School of Business
Major/Minor: MBA
Hometown: Grosse Pointe, MI
Email: [email protected]
Hobbies and Interests: Soccer, Hiking, Dogs
Best thing about your
college/university: Diversity of ambitions. Also, cookie delivery until 3 a.m.
Something we don’t know about
you: I cannot stand grape-flavored candy
Favorite styles, types or genres of
music: Classic Rock
Commonly used expression:
“I like to score goals”
Person you admire most: Joshua Sloccum

Favorite movies: Jurassic Park
Learning about pharma, and Sarkis Cafe
This summer you are most
looking forward to:

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NAME: SRILAKSHMI PRASAD

Nickname(s): SRILU (PRONOUNCED “SHREE-LOO”)
University/College: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Major/Minor: MAJOR: COMPUTER SCIENCE; MINOR: BUSINESS
Hometown: Gurnee, IL
Email: [email protected]
Hobbies: reading, watching movies, spending time with family, cooking, shopping
Hobbies and Interests: Interests: learning about other cultures, anything that is a hybrid of Computer Science
and Business (like IS/IT!)
Best thing about your
college/university: The variety of amazing libraries; there’s always an interesting place to study!
Something we don’t know about
you: I am an undercover meme enthusiast
Favorite styles, types or genres of
music: Changes rapidly; currently it’s basic pop music, before it was Brit Rock and classical
Commonly used expression: “Grab a latte, talk it out” – works as a solution to various problems 
Person you admire most: My mother
Favorite movies: The Artist, 3 Idiots
This summer you are most
looking forward to: Working with enterprise software at Takeda and expanding my skills

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NAME TAYLOR BIELANSKI

Nickname(s): -TBAL
University/College: University of Dayton
Major/Minor: ACCOUNTING
Hometown: Glenview
Email: [email protected]
Hobbies and Interests: Hockey
Best thing about your
college/university: Mac N Cheese Mondays in Marycrest Dinning hall
Something we don’t know about
you: I’ve studied abroad in China
Favorite styles, types or genres of
music: Big J. Cole fan
Commonly used expression: “What’s up?”
Jonathan Toews
Person you admire most:

Favorite movies: Miracle, Mystery Alaska, The Sixth Sense
Hanging out with old friends
This summer you are most
looking forward to:

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NAME: WENDY WAINSCOTT

Nickname(s): N/A
University/College: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
HEALTHCARE ADMINISTRATION, MINOR IN INFORMATICS
Major/Minor: Naperville, IL
Hometown: [email protected]
Email: Hanging out with friends, working out
Hobbies and Interests:
Best thing about your How large it is and the people!
college/university:
Something we don’t know about My parents moved to the Lake of the Ozarks, Missouri this past year.
you:
Favorite styles, types or genres of Pop, Country
music:
Commonly used expression: Not sure on this one
My Mom and Dad
Person you admire most:

Favorite movies: Grease, Gone Girl
Learning new things!
This summer you are most
looking forward to:

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NAME: QINSHU LIAN

Nickname(s): SHIRLEY
University/College: University of Minnesota
Major/Minor: BIOSTATISTICS
Hometown: Beijing, China
Email: [email protected]
Hobbies and Interests: Doing crafts, swimming
Best thing about your Mississippi National River runs through our campus
college/university:
My Chinese name is written as
Something we don’t know about
you: K-pop

Favorite styles, types or genres of Sheryl Sandberg
music:

Commonly used expression:

Person you admire most:

Favorite movies: Iron man

This summer you are most the opportunity to work hands on in a professional environment and obtain a behind-
looking forward to: the-scenes view of real life in industry. Networking

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NAME: SHU-HUNG(STEVE) CHOU

Nickname(s): Shu
University/College: National Tsing Hua University
Major/Minor: Economics/Quantitative finance
Hometown: Taipei, Taiwan
Email: [email protected]
Hobbies and Interests: Independent traveling
Best thing about your
college/university: Beautiful and large campus view compare to other universities in Taiwan
Something we don’t know about
you: Independent traveling in over 20 countries among Europe and Asia
Favorite styles, types or genres of
music: Pop music, country music, J-Pop, K-Pop
Commonly used expression:
Person you admire most: I am not sure I have one…
My father
Favorite movies: Click, The Family Man, Marvel’s movies
It will be my first time to work in U.S. and gain real-world finance working
This summer you are most experiences. I am so exciting and look forward to cooperating with colleagues and
looking forward to: other interns.

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NAME: JEREMY BLOOMFIELD

Nickname(s): Denison University
University/College: ECONOMICS AND SPANISH
Major/Minor: Buffalo Grove, IL
Hometown: [email protected]
Email: Running, golf, and the Cubs
Hobbies and Interests: Denison is a very tight knit community of students and faculty, and it’s a pleasure to
Best thing about your be able to attend such a great university. The fall foliage is cool too!
college/university:
Something we don’t know about The biggest fish I’ve ever caught was a 55” Musky, so now I’m retired from fishing.
you:
Favorite styles, types or genres of Rock, Alternative
music:
Commonly used expression: Try not to suck! and That’s sweet!
Joe Maddon (and my mom and dad).
Person you admire most:
Step Brothers, Good Will Hunting, The Departed
Favorite movies:
Spending time with friends and family and playing as much golf as possible!
This summer you are most
looking forward to:

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NAME: EVA-MARIE REYNOLDS

Nickname(s): EVA
University/College: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Major/Minor: HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT
Hometown: Zion, IL
Email: [email protected]
Hanging out with my dog, trying new foods, shopping, and watching movies.
Hobbies and Interests:
The price tag.
Best thing about your I’ve attended 3 different colleges with UW-Milwaukee being the one I will obtain my
college/university: BBA from this December.
Something we don’t know about
you: Everything except country and heavy metal

Favorite styles, types or genres of My grandpa
music:
Commonly used expression: I have way too many to list…I used to work at a movie store.

Person you admire most: Not having to take a summer course

Favorite movies:

This summer you are most
looking forward to:

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NAME: HOLLY THIEMAN

Nickname(s): N/A
University/College: Purdue University
Major/Minor: DOUBLE MAJOR IN PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCE & APPLIED STATISTICS
Hometown: Newburgh, IN (suburb of Evansville)
Email: [email protected]
Hobbies and Interests: Painting, Creative Writing, Running
Best thing about your Welcoming community; there’s always a lot going on for people with a variety of
college/university: interests
Something we don’t know about
you: My best friend when I was 3 years old is still my best friend
Favorite styles, types or genres of
music: Christian music, some alternative/soft rock, oldies, some classic rock
Commonly used expression:
N/A
Person you admire most: St. Francis de Sales

Favorite movies: Anything Star Trek (old & new), Love Comes Softly, Amazing Grace, Marvel movies

This summer you are most Putting the knowledge I gained from classes into practice in my first industry
looking forward to: experience

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NAME :JOSHUA KIM

Nickname(s): JOSH
University/College: Washington University in St. Louis / Washington University School of Law
Major/Minor: B.S. Biomedical Engineering / J.D.
Hometown: North Potomac, Maryland
Email: [email protected]
Hobbies and Interests: Tennis, concerts
Best thing about your
college/university: Amazing campus
Something we don’t know about
you: I once used to think WWE was real!
Favorite styles, types or genres of
music: EDM, trap, hip hop, dubstep
Commonly used expression:
“Cool cool”
Person you admire most: Too many great people out there

Favorite movies: Fast and Furious franchise (#2 is completely underrated!)
Getting to work with great people in an exciting industry!
This summer you are most
looking forward to:

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NAME: LIANGYI FAN

Nickname(s): FAN
University/College: Yale School of Management
Major/Minor: MBA
Hometown: Santiago, Chile
Email: [email protected]
Hobbies and Interests: Cycling, skiing, foodie, hitting the beach in summer ;)
Best thing about your
college/university: Feels like Hogwarts sometimes
Something we don’t know about
you: Spanish is my first language
Favorite styles, types or genres of
music: Alternative, Jazz, Electronic, a bit of everything
Commonly used expression:
Add oil! (Chinese expression for do your best!)
Person you admire most: Shelby Davis, successful businessman and cofounder of the Davis UWC scholar
program

Favorite movies: Ender’s Game, Interstellar, Avatar, love sci-fi/adventure/action movies!
To learn about Takeda and have fun in Chicago!
This summer you are most
looking forward to:

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NAME: ELIZABETH ZHAROVSKY

Nickname(s): LIZ
Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University
University/College: MD
Major/Minor: Northbrook, IL
[email protected]
Hometown: Writing, eating, sports, playing with dogs & dog-sitting
Sense of community
Email:
I’m fluent in Russian - it was my first language.
Hobbies and Interests:
Best thing about your I let Spotify choose my music for me.
college/university:

Something we don’t know about
you:

Favorite styles, types or genres of
music:

Commonly used expression:

Person you admire most:

Favorite movies: Airplane!, Midnight In Paris, The King’s Speech
Warmth and good company
This summer you are most
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NAME SYDNEY POWERS

Nickname(s): - SYD
University/College: University of Missouri
Major/Minor: JOURNALISM/PUBLIC RELATIONS WITH MINOR IN BUSINESS
Hometown: Lake Forest, Illinois
Email: [email protected]
Hobbies and Interests: Going to concerts, playing tennis and just being outside in general
Best thing about your
college/university: The campus, the people and the tailgates
Something we don’t know about
you: It’s been my dream to study abroad in Australia since I was seven years old and I get
Favorite styles, types or genres of to go next year!
music:
Commonly used expression: I listen to everything but country music is my favorite

Person you admire most: “I’m not going to say I survived, I’m going to say I thrived”
My mom
Favorite movies:
Bridesmaids, Fast Five, Sully, The Proposal, The Wedding Planner & any crime
This summer you are most documentary
looking forward to: Meeting new people, learning about the corporate communications world and being
back in Chicago!