About Us

AHEAD helps staff get ahead at Northwestern through career and personal development programming.

AHEAD is an affinity group open to all staff at Northwestern and dedicated to helping staff get ahead at Northwestern by providing networking opportunities and personal and professional development programming through a grass-roots, peer-to-peer approach.

AHEAD was started in January, 2010 by a small group of volunteer staff members. Since that time membership has grown to over 750 people from across Northwestern’s schools and campuses.

We are now a member group of the Office of Institutional Diversity and Inclusion (OIDI), along with other Staff Affinity groups across Northwestern campuses. View our Organizational Bylaws.

Co-Chairs

Julie Cowan Office for Research
Donna Wang Su Medill

Steering Committee

Debbie Crimmins Institutional Research Office
Linda M Daniels Feinberg
Vanessa Gonzalez Feinberg
Liz Stein The Graduate School
Anahit Gomtsian Administration and Planning
Rebecca Weaver-Gill Kellogg

If you would like to participate in AHEAD@Northwestern, please email us.