Samantha (Sam) McClary is a first-year MBA student at Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University. Previously, Sam worked at Bain & Company in Chicago and had short stints at two startup companies, the first being a small coffee chain and the second providing affordable housing solutions. Sam grew up outside of Chicago and earned a B.S. in Finance and B.S. in Information Systems from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is involved in two Chicago-area non-profits, loves trying new coffee shops, and usually has a deck of cards on hand. Her favorite National Park is Grand Teton.