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Age: 30
Title: Senior Risk and Controls
Consultant
Name of Organization: WEC
Energy Group
Title: Vice President of Universi-
ties and Student Relations
Name of Organization: Associa-
tion of Latino Professionals For
America Chicago
Bio: In just a short time, Mi-
chael J. Rodriguez has led the
Association of Latino Professio-
nals For America (ALPFA) Chi-
cago to record-breaking heights.
Over the last two years that he's
served as Vice President of Uni-
versities and Student Relations,
Rodriguez has transformed AL-
PFA Chicago's student program-
ming and extended the chapter's
student presence across Illinois.
During his tenure, ALPFA Chica-
go doubled the number of stu-
dent chapters in their network,
doubled student membership
and hosted the largest student
symposium in the organization's
history, breaking attendance
and revenue records nationally
two years in a row.
In 2013, Rodriguez co-foun-
ded Sprouting Leaders, a non-
profit dedicated to promoting
academic growth and personal
development among youth
in some of Chicago's most di-
sadvantaged neighborhoods.
Sprouting Leaders believes that
through mentorship, education
and service, youth can become
leaders within their communi-
ties. Sprouting Leaders has de-
dicated more than 7,000 hours
to mentoring youth, impacted
more than 300 students and re-
ceived support from more than
50 of Chicago's greatest compa-
nies.
Rodriguez is also a Senior Risk
and Controls Consultant for the
Milwaukee-based WEC Energy,
which serves over four million
customers throughout the Mid-
west. Before that, he spent more
than four years at PwC, most re-
cently as a senior auditor in the
financial services industry.
He holds a bachelor's degree
and a master's degree in accou-
nting from the University of Illi-
nois at Chicago and is a Certified
Public Accountant in Illinois.
Michael J.
Rodriguez
Transforming
programs
for students
"I
f you want to have a lasting
influence, you must invest
in people's lives. By taking the
responsibility as leaders to mentor,
and to build each other, we create
longevity and sustainability of our
organizations and communities."
Michael J. Rodriguez
