Jessica Armstrong (jarmstro@chicagobooth.edu)
Jessica developed marketing and communications strategy at an institutional fixed-income manager prior to attending Booth. She graduated from the University of Southern California with a BA in philosophy; her areas of focus there included logic, economics and mathematics. At various other times in her life, Jessica has owned an event production company, taught swing dancing and salsa, and consulted with various non-profits. She will intern with Accenture's Process & Innovation Performance area this summer here in Chicago. If you're an incoming Class of 2013 Boothie, ask Jessica about the 2011 Chile Random Walk!

Michael Chester (mchester@chicagobooth.edu)
Born and raised in Chicago, Michael received his BSc in Advertising from the University of Illinois. After college, Michael decided to pursue his passion for international business. He began his career in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam at TNS Global where he assisted domestic and foreign clients in shaping business strategy through research projects. Subsequently, Michael continued his career at Tractus Asia in Bangkok, Thailand where he worked with foreign investors to devise and manage Asia investment strategies. Throughout his time abroad, Michael was active in another personal passion- international development. Prior to returning to the States, he joined the team at LIN Center of Community Development, a Vietnamese organization that advises grassroots not-for-profit organizations and philanthropists, as a voluntary management consultant. Michael would like to leverage his MBA to continue supporting international development in career and life after graduating from Booth.

Denisse Cuellar (dcuellar@chicagobooth.edu)
Prior to attending Booth, Denisse worked in Ernst Young in Financial Services Advisory in Paris, France. She graduated from the Business School of Rouen and interned in Paris, Tokyo and Sao Paulo in Marketing and Project Management. She volunteered in one orphanage in Bakthapur, Nepal learning about the poverty and necessities of childhood in one of the poorest countries of the world. This summer, she will intern in consulting in Sao Paulo. Denisse speaks seven languages and she loves travelling, having visited 184 cities and 48 countries."

Carolina Ratto (cratto@chicagobooth.edu)
Prior to Booth, Carolina studied BA at DiTella University in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She worked in strategic planning at a mayor Telecommunication company. During the last four years she worked at HSBC Bank as a Relationship Manager running a portfolio of multinational financial institutions. During the summer Carolina she will intern at Mckinsey Buenos Aires. She has a special interest in emerging markets development in particular in South America, where she grew up and volunteered in different NGOs (Gente Nueva, Junior Achievement) mostly related to promote and strengthened the education and reduce the index of children leaving school before legal age. She is married to a 1st year Booth student from Chile, she loves travelling, watching movies and enjoy Chicago’ s life.