Simone Newsome is the DEI coordinator for Marquette Associates. As part of Marquette’s HR team, Simone acts as a resource for all employees and supports the firm’s ongoing recruiting efforts, provides centralized support for the firm’s D&I Committee and employee affinity groups, and develops training, policies, and programs to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.

Prior to joining the firm, Simone was a senior enrollment and matching specialist at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago, where she also served on the Diversity Committee: Diversifying of Agency & Bigs Subcommittee Team and Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Board. Simone holds a B.S. in political science with a minor in sociology from Illinois State University.