Announcing Kouri C. Marshall As A Storyteller
Kouri serves as the Chief of Staff to Cook County Commissioner Richard R. Boykin of the 1st District. Previously, he served as the former Executive Director of Democratic GAIN, the national membership organization based in Washington, D.C. for progressive political professionals and organizations. We are super excited to have Kouri as a storyteller at Glappitnova for showcase #1 held July 13th 9:40 pm – 9:50 pm. He said his session will be about the experience of him and Mark Zuckerberg in Chicago. Get your tickets below.
At GAIN, Kouri worked to build the party’s talent base with an eye towards increasing diversity in the ranks of campaign operatives. In this spirit, Kouri was featured in an article for Buzzfeed Politics, calling on the 2016 Presidential campaigns to further diversify their ranks, advice which the Clinton and Sanders campaigns appear to have taken in their staffing just days after the article’s release.
Kouri is the recipient of Campaigns & Elections Magazine’s 2016 Rising Star award, one of the campaign industry’s most prestigious honors. Kouri also received the 2013 Outstanding Young Alumni award from Eureka College, the alma mater that he shares with President Ronald Reagan.
After the 2012 election cycle, Kouri founded his own public affairs firm, 3K1A Strategies, to help political candidates and corporations to reach their target audiences. Now, directing Commissioner Boykins office, Kouri is expanding the office’s reach with an effort to connect more constituents with services, organizations and opportunities to thrive.
Kouri has been featured in U.S. News & World Report and has made appearances on C-SPAN.
WHAT’S GLAPPITNOVA?
At Glappitnova we unite all types of amazing and charismatic professionals spanning all industries that traditionally aren’t in the same room and smash those different perspectives inside a hidden warehouse blending storytelling, performances, panels, and on-site mentorship. It’s our approach to inclusion blending entertainment with learning and culture. Previous participants have been Luvvie Ajayi (NYT Best-Selling Author), Harper Reed (CTO, Obama Re-elections), and you can view some of our previous +200 participants here.
OTHER 2017 PARTICIPANTS
Here are a few more of our +50 Chicago participants spanning different industries. Glappitnova is known for shops talks with panels and performances, but we’re adding on-site mentorship to help you get on your way as well. Check out some of our participants for Glappitnova Chicago that will be held July 13th and July 14th. Your ticket gets you into all of the rooms with various activities and activities range from storytelling, panel discussions, live performances, on-site mentorship, the party, and more. You can check out our programming here. Get your early bird tickets below for $45 bucks and the prices will increase June 9th. Other cities will be announced shortly.
SHIA KAPOS
COLUMNIST
Shia Kapos writes about people in power and position. She’s been published in People magazine, New York Times, Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Tribune and Crain’s Business, where she became a popular scoops and society columnist. “Taking Names” offers up-to-the-minute news on deal-makers and Chicago’s who’s who.
ANTONIO GARCIA
Showcase #1 July 13th Panelist: Building Inclusive Communities 9:50 pm – 10:20 pm
Antonio García is AIGA Chicago’s new VP of Diversity & Inclusion. Over the last year and half he helped launch Northern Lab, Northern Trust’s internal innovation accelerator focused on experience design within financial services. Before that he led gravitytank’s interaction design discipline and social innovation practice. Prior to working in innovation, Antonio was strategic director of Firebelly Design. He holds a BFA in Advertising Design from the Atlanta College of Art (now SCAD) and attended the Harvard Business School AIGA Business Perspectives for Creative Leaders Executive Education Program in 2007. Antonio teaches Visual Storytelling and Communication Design at Northwestern University’s Segal Design Institute and previously taught Customer Discovery as part of University of Chicago’s Polsky Center Entrepreneurship Essentials. A frequent contributor to community conversations on the topics of diversity, culture and creativity, Antonio believes design’s sole function is to create change.
