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Adam M. Alonso is a Chief Executive Officer at BUILD Chicago and Social Work Instructor at Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) and is based in Oak Park, Illinois. He has worked as Director Illinois Welcoming Center at Illinois Department of Human Services, Director of Community Engagement at United Way of Metro Chicago, and District Manager at KinderCare Education. Adam attended Loyola University Chicago between 1999 and 2002, University of Chicago between 1989 and 1993, and Argo Community High School between 1985 and 1989.

Alex is best known for creating award-winning integrated marketing campaigns, experiential programmes and events that inspire positive action and change, whilst ensuring clients achieve their organisational goals and vision. She is an entrepreneur and published business author. Her background spans non-profit, private and public sectors and she has a particular interest in using business as a force for good. Alex is very happy to connect with businesses, non-profits or government departments interested in her work or who are seeking a new NED. - Author of 'Starting a business in 7 Simple Steps', published by Harper Collins, May 2014. - Alex has founded two companies The ARC Agency, a strategic business, marketing & events agency and Venn Street, a business consultancy. - She was a board member of MassChallenge UK, London's largest and most diverse startup accelerator and advisory board member for Astia, a global organisation for high-growth women-led businesses and Finca International, a global micro-finance institute supporting the worlds poorest entrepreneurs, predominantly women.