This week we interviewed Nick Henning who has 15+ years of executive search and sales experience. Throughout his career, he has personally participated in 10,000+ interviews, placed 400+ professionals, and led recruiting teams to place 1,200+ professionals. Nick has served as a strategic staffing advisor for organizations ranging from venture…

Neha O’Rourke is the Founder and Career Coach at Somewhere In Between Coaching, a coaching company that empowers women around the country and across industries in designing a career and life they love. Prior to Somewhere In Between Coaching, Neha worked in advertising where she architected strategies and campaigns for…

Brad Edwards is an investigative reporter and main anchor at CBS 2 Chicago. Brad's work has netted more than 100 awards: including eight consecutive regional Emmy Awards for News Writing [2003-’10], nine Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, including three at WBBM for Excellence in Writing – 2013, 2019 & 2020,…

This week we interviewed Amir Badr, the CEO of Upkey. Upkey provides remote career readiness and talent engagement tools for students, universities, and companies. Upkey offers a digital learning platform that prepares students to be successful in the professional world by educating them on the skills necessary to make positive…

This week we interviewed Bruce Richman, the Senior Advisor of Business Valuations Advisory Services at Mazars USA LLP. Bruce's practice at Mazars includes business valuations, mergers and acquisitions, and financial and tax consulting. Bruce oversees national and international valuation and forensic/litigation assignments for both private equity sponsors and individual corporate…

Colin McMahon is editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune and chief content officer of the newspaper’s parent company, Tribune Publishing. He also oversees all editorial operations at Tribune Content Agency, the syndication and premium content arm of Tribune Publishing. Colin became the Tribune’s top editor in February 2020, after a long…

The Best Podcast for People in their 20s! The 20s are the most important time in your life to “figure it out.” We all have so many questions about what we should be doing at this point in our lives. Many people have a difficult time finding the best mentors…

Jewel Burks has been an entrepreneur for as long as she can remember. In her early 20s, she founded the tech company Partpic, which she sold to Amazon. She currently serves as the Head of Google for Startups in the US. In addition to her role at Google, she is…

At 22 years old, AJ Vaynerchuk co-founded VaynerMedia and helped grow the business to a $100 million dollar agency. VaynerMedia is the fastest growing agency in the history of agencies. While serving as COO, AJ and his team developed social media campaigns for Fortune 500 companies like Budweiser, Chase Bank,…

An expert in communications strategy and messaging, Carolyn draws on her deep background in government, broadcast journalism and politics to counsel Grisko’s clients on reputation management, crisis communications and building relationships with community, corporate, civic and government leaders. She led communications for Mayor E. Lightfoot’s run-off campaign and served as…

In his 20s, Darius Fleming was drafted into the NFL by the San Francisco 49ers. In 2014, he was signed by the New England Patriots, where he played alongside Tom Brady. After his career in the NFL, Darius worked for LinkedIn as an Account Executive. Darius now works for Cameo…

Ron Culp held senior public relations positions at four Fortune 500 corporations and two major agencies. Ron’s career spans a broad range of communications responsibilities in government and industry sectors including business-to-business, consumer products, pharmaceutical and retailing. Ron’s two agency stints include being partner and managing director of Ketchum’s Midwest…

Season 1 featured influential guests including: Michelle Hollis, Tomer Yogev, Dawn Dickson, Scott Kucirek, Zoaib Mirza, and Doctor Aaron Spitz. Watch the full video and learn more about each influential guest using the link below: Michelle Hollis - https://youtu.be/fbgulq9TUN0 Tomer Yogev - https://youtu.be/oRku8sPkm-U Dawn Dickson - https://youtu.be/10cOIndGfi8 Scott Kucirek -…

Tim Hardaway Sr. is a 5-time NBA All Star and 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist. Drafted by the Golden State Warriors in 1989, Tim went on to have a legendary career in the NBA. In his 20s, Tim played against NBA greats like Michael Jordan, Karl Malone, Gary Payton, and many…

Rodney Herenton is the Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer at Channing Capital Management. Rodney has more than 16 years of investment management experience, including first vice-president of the Private Fund Group at Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. He was also an associate in the Investment Banking Department at Bear Stearns,…

Jonny Imerman is the Co-Founder of Imerman Angels and CLOZTALK. Imerman Angels' connects a person/family with cancer to another person/family who's been through a similar cancer journey. CLOZTALK's mission is to raise awareness and funds for important non-profit organizations. They try to inspire people to rock their favorite non-profit logo…

Rapper and entrepreneur, Soulja Boy, gave In Their 20's a shout out on Cameo! Amazing to see what he was doing while in his 20’s! Thank you to Soulja Boy for the shout out! Follow In Their 20s on Social Media: Instagram: www.instagram.com/intheir20s/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/intheir20s/ Join our Facebook community for…

Dennis Bautista currently serves as the Vice President of Data Analytics at HUB International, which is an insurance company based in Chicago, IL. In his 20s, Dennis began his career in the insurance industry as a large group underwriter from nationally recognized insurance companies. He held roles on the service…

Kevin Coval is the Artistic Director of Young Chicago Authors (“YCA”), which won a MacArthur Award for Creative & Effective Institutions, & the founder of Louder Than a Bomb: The Chicago Youth Poetry Festival, the world's largest youth poetry festival, now in more than 19 cities around the world. Kevin…

Ron Louis has built a very strong foundation for himself within both the Chicago fashion scene and the thriving streetwear industry. He has used his influence from other designers such as Virgil Abloh, Don C, and Kanye West to create garments that have gained recognition from Chicago legends. Ron is…

Landon and Michael were interviewed by the DePaulia to find out why they started In Their 20s. They were asked about their goals for web series and some of their favorite moments from interviews. Check out the full DePaulia article: https://bit.ly/3lYZO34 Join our Facebook community for exclusive advice from our…

Beto O’Rourke is an American politician who represented Texas's 16th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Beto is most notable for his 2018 campaign for United States Senate where he had endorsements from celebrities including Beyonce, Lebron James, and Travis Scott. Recently, Beto ran as a Democratic…

Steve Stoute currently serves as the Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Chief of Staff at DePaul University. In his role, Steve serves as the university president’s senior advisor and oversees operations in the Office of the President. His responsibilities include facilitating the implementation of the university’s strategic plan, as…

Chris Johnson is currently working as the Managing Director of Ground Operations at Southwest Airlines. Chris leads the daily efforts of domestic Ground Operations to ensure that the Customer Service, Operations, and Ramp Employees working at the airports have the tools and support they need to deliver the safest, most…