‘educational and employment oppor
‘tunities. The Kellogg MBA finance
graduate is doing something to change
Teality for the better.
Born in Chicago's tough Engl
‘wood neighborhood, Reynolds, $3,
understands the devastating effects
that joblessness has when it breeds
crime and addiction, He also knows that
transforming this situation requires
strengthening the community's
‘economic foundation. Thisis why
hoe figures are striking: Only 38 percent
of black males in Chicago graduated
high school between 1995 and 2005.
Some 53 percent of Chicago's black men
between the ages of 25 and 34 are either
‘unemployed or else earn too litte to
supporta family of four. More than 60
percent ofinmates in linois prisons Reynolds, inaddition to running the
are African-American, despite compris- firm he co-founded in x997 after serving
ingjust 13 percentof thestate's overall #8