A born and bread Chicagoan, Shantae Howell attended DePaul University where she had the opportunity to learn from marketing professionals at the peak of their careers. Putting what she learned in the classroom to use, Shantae interned in a variety of industries while serving on DePaul’s Public Relations Student Society of America executive board. As the chapter’s first black president, Shantae led efforts that diversified programming and worked with minority student groups to create a community that was more reflective of DePaul’s diverse student body.

After dipping her toes in multiple disciplines, Shantae graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree in PR and advertising with minors in Psychological Research Methods and Graphic Design, excited to contribute to the evolving digital media landscape. Since graduating, she’s developed media relationships as an Account Coordinator on Ketchum Chicago’s CPG team and collaborated and generated millions of dollars in revenue as a Partner Manager at Facebook before joining Vox Media as a Creative Strategist in December of 2018.

Above all, Shantae prides herself on consistently leveraging her experience and resources to support immigrant, queer and black and brown communities in and outside of the workplace.