Jon is on course for the rare WashU trifecta of MFA in Creative Writing, PMBA, and staff role. He currently serves as the Interim Director of Treasury Planning and Operations, focusing on the University’s treasury functions and financing needs in both the day-to-day operations and long-term strategic planning. Before WashU, Jon led a derivatives trading desk at IMC in Chicago and wrote fiction in Brooklyn. He lives in the Grove neighborhood with his wife, Marcela, and two sons (5 and 7). Jon and Marcela perpetually entertain the idea of getting a puppy, but they quickly come to their senses. In his imaginary spare time, Jon wonders what it’d be like to experience actual spare time.
Facts, mostly fun:
Met his wife in a folk-country-pop band that they co-founded.
Principal cellist of his college orchestra at Northwestern.
USTA 5.0 tennis player on good days; grumpy tennis player on bad days; pickleballer on one particularly bad day.
Born in Korea, raised in Central Ohio, now spends a month out of the year in Honduras.
Worked two months as a chef-slash-potato-peeler at a Michelin-star Italian restaurant; still has a soft spot for handmade pasta and a cold Peroni.
Favorite spots in STL: Taqueria Hectorito on Cherokee; Pulitzer Foundation/CAM/The Sheldon; happy hour menu at Basso; the Zoo; chai tea at AO&Co; Donut Drive-In (or John’s Donuts late night); Left Bank Books; any and all snooty third-wave coffeeshops.
Memorable experiences at Olin: team member of PassBack (classmate Maggie Pike’s nonprofit startup for upcycling soccer equipment); CEL with Cortex; Capstone in DC; teaching Passport summer program; organized socials at cool venues around STL; core team.
