You might be aware of the academic enrichment classes, character education classes and sports matches that occur throughout the six-week long summer programs at Midtown for boys & Metro for girls. But in addition to the fun and edifying activities happening in the classrooms and on the sports field, Midtown & Metro kids discover a world of opportunity beyond the walls of the centers as they go behind the scenes at Chicago corporations, meet and gain exposure to top Chicago professionals, and partake in some of the city's finest cultural and recreational sites.

We are amazed and thought that the MEF community might be as well at the sheer number of fascinating tours, career speakers, and field trips that Midtown & Metro students enjoyed this summer:

Dr. John Tracy

Naveen Sachar

Persephone Floral Atelier

Geoff Euston

Kate Maddock

Michael Scudder

Discover Financial Service and Burr & Forman

Midtown Architecture Panel

Skinner Park

St. Chrystosdom

Summer Career Speakers at Midtown for boys & Metro for girls

Patrick Fitzgerald & Michael Scudder, Skadden Arps
Geoff Euston, CBRE
Tonise Paul, CEO Energy BBDO
Mike Jamieson, Bank of America and John Martin, Antares Captial
Dr. John Tracy, Senior Vice President, Boeing
Candice Smith, ‎Director Global Engineering & External Technical Affiliations, Boeing
Mari Craven, Chaddick Foundation
Naveen Sachar, Naveen’s Cuisine, Cooking Demo
Erik Ojala and colleagues from Harbor Capital
John Edelman, Edelman PR
Arthur J. Schmitt Foundation Board
Patti Lechner
Mary Brigid Burch, Persephone Floral Atelier
Lupita Castaneda, "The Importance of Personal Style and a Professional Demeanor"
Yessenia Mina, Goldmine Events, "Turning your Passion into a Profit"
McKensie Mack, Communications Workshop
Stephanie Leese Emrich, "Writing an Elevator Pitch"
Nicole Phillips, Physical Therapy
Marie P. Anderson, Business Integrity
Jackie Simon, Biomedical Engineering
Stacey Stevens, PR/Communications, FoodMinds
Dan Santow, Edelman PR
Mike Mullins & Katie Mariani, Winston & Strawn
Alfonso Barrera, Hispanic Pro, "The Importance of Networking"
Maria Girgenti, Art Career Speaker
Kate Maddock, Cake Workshop
Rafa Carreira, Alexander Demeter, Barbara Lareau, Josh Williams, and Akash Reina (student at IIT) for architecture panels at the Midtown Architecture Apprenticeship (read the full article)
Tony Herrera, Amar Moolayil, Ryan Moore, Max Gaston to the Midtown Law Apprenticeship
Mike Willis, Angel Diaz, Bruce Fisher to the Midtown Business Apprenticeship
Ron Culp, Don Ingle, Matt Ragas, Jason Martin, Jim Motzer, Janet Trzaska, Yara Ismail, DePaul University to the Midtown PR/Communications Apprenticeship
Adrian Sakowicz, Dover Corporation
Hub Arkush, Pro Football Weekly
Thomas Burke, CB Burke, to the Midtown Engineering Apprenticeship
7 attorneys from Discover Financial Services and 2 partners from Burr & Forman (read full article)
Howard Karesh, Hill-Rom Inc.
Edward Bury, UIC
Midtown Middle School Students Career Speakers: Tony Herrera, CPD; Umberto Brizeula, trader; Rafael Padilla, FDA; Ryan Hagen, teacher; Carlos Salinas, engineer; Amar Moolayil, law student; Richard Straub, airline administration; Raul Vasquez, medical school; Mike Seelinger, engineering professor; Angel Diaz, business; Otis Acevedo, graphic design; Austin Kapustka, accounting; Joe Ryan, social worker; Max Gaston, lawyer; Gordon Meyer, technical writer for Apple; Alex Bonner, film maker; Mike Kenny, entrepreneur; Liam Ford, journalist/writer; Joe Jaime, marketing; James Favere, financial services.
Tour guests: Beth Purvis, IL Secretary of Education; Aamer Madhi, USA Today; Ford Foundation; Christopher Donnelly; G. A. Finch; Hoogendoorn & Talbot; Dr. Terry Peabody, Northwestern Memorial Hospital; Bob Otter, Third Street AG Investments; Maria Wynne, Leadership Greater Chicago; Mr. & Mrs. Pete Tomaselli; Meghan Morgan & Erika Dawson, Girls in the Game