This month’s Lunch and Lead features a panel of esteemed guests who will discuss what can happen when we create the space for curious reflection, emergent collaboration, and continuous progress.

Shontrai DeVaughn Irving, a resident of Gary, Indiana is a Clinical Associate Professor in the College of Business at Purdue University Northwest and a practicing attorney. He is a former Deputy Prosecutor in Lake County, Indiana and was previously selected as a Governor’s Fellow as well. Attorney Irving spent nearly a decade as a corporate attorney for State Farm Litigation Counsel.

Maceo Rainey is the Director of Educational Talent Search at Purdue University Northwest.

Shanita D. Starks is an Early Outreach Admissions Coordinator for Purdue University (West Lafayette). Shanita works primarily with increasing the college-going rate of underrepresented student populations in Lake County, Indiana, with a special focus on African American students.