District 214 Pitch Night at Forest View Educational Center: Thursday, April 28th, 2022 (6:00PM - 8:30PM)
Meet The Sharks
Rod Pickett
Rod began his entrepreneurial journey in fourth grade with an early-morning paper route. He worked alongside his father at the family laundromat repairing washers and dryers. Later he also helped his father maintain several rental properties.
Today Rod owns Rod Pickett Photography, is the Managing Real Estate Broker for American Heritage Referral Corporation, is an Adjunct Professor at Indiana Wesleyan University, and is a Certified Personal Trainer and Health Coach.
Rod is a member and Past-President of the Elk Grove Rotary Club, as well as a Director and Past-President of Elk Grove Village Italian Sister Cities.
Today Rod owns Rod Pickett Photography, is the Managing Real Estate Broker for American Heritage Referral Corporation, is an Adjunct Professor at Indiana Wesleyan University, and is a Certified Personal Trainer and Health Coach.
Rod is a member and Past-President of the Elk Grove Rotary Club, as well as a Director and Past-President of Elk Grove Village Italian Sister Cities.
Jack Redding
Jack Redding is the Vice President of Intrapreneurs@Allstate (I@A). He merges a love of technology innovation with a pragmatic problem-solving attitude to help enable the "dreamers who do" in bringing their dreams to life. In his “day job,” he is a Technical Delivery Lead at Allstate Corporation, where he drives personal computer and collaboration technology strategy and execution.
He is passionate about giving back through his roles with several local non-profits and is currently working to found a Chicago chapter of the Circle of Young Intrapreneurs, a fast-growing movement designed to empower social intrapreneurship to help corporations do well by doing good. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
He is passionate about giving back through his roles with several local non-profits and is currently working to found a Chicago chapter of the Circle of Young Intrapreneurs, a fast-growing movement designed to empower social intrapreneurship to help corporations do well by doing good. He is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.