Nancy Chon

As the Operations & Special Projects Manager, Nancy Chon oversees projects across multiple departments including operations & finance, communications, and internal capacity building. In addition, she is in charge of CRED’s grant and vendor management.

Prior to joining Chicago CRED, she was the executive assistant to two partners at What If Syndicate, a Chicago-based hospitality group with an award-winning portfolio of brands including Maple & Ash and etta.

Born and bred in Anchorage, Alaska, Nancy is a graduate of the University of Alaska Anchorage where she received a Bachelor of Arts in English with a concentration in professional writing, rhetoric, linguistics and literacies, and a minor in history.