Meet tms’ 2025 Summer Interns

Joseph Adebowale  

• Title: Commercialization Strategy Intern  
• Favorite Sports Team: Barcelona FC  
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item: Big Mac  
• Go-to Karaoke Song : Any cool Afrobeat, like Kizz Daniel
  

Amelia Hoerr  

• Title: Creative Intern (P&A)  
• Favorite Sports Team:  Cubs  
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item:  Spicy McCrispy  
• Go-to Karaoke Song :  Bohemian Rhapsody  
• Most Unique Hobby / Trend: I can play the violin while on roller blades.  

Anna Doane  

• Title: Studio Intern  
• Favorite Sports Team:  Chicago Blackhawks   
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item:  Spicy McCrispy  
• Go-to Karaoke Song :  Higher by Creed   
• Most Unique Hobby / Trend:  Wearing Converse every day since 6th grade!  

Anushka Vilankar  

• Title: HR / People Team Intern – Learning & Development  
• Favorite Sports Team:  Mumbai Indians – The cricket team is a part of the Indian Premium League (IPL)
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item: Pizza McPuff
• Go-to Karaoke Song :  Material Girl – Madonna   
• Most Unique Hobby / Trend: I spend most of my time trying to cook new recipes these days.   

Audrey Mougammadou  

• Title: Commercialization Strategy Intern  
• Favorite Sports Team:  F1- Williams Racing  
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item:  Snack Wrap  
• Go-to Karaoke Song : Mamma Mia from Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again  
• Most Used App:  Netflix   

Ava Brancato  

• Title: Strategy Intern  
• Favorite Sports Team: Chicago Cubs, of course  
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item: They have my favorite iced coffee!  
• Go-to Karaoke Song : My Way by Frank Sinatra  
• Most Unique Hobby / Trend: I love to draw.  

Carson Krulewitch  

• Title:  Analytics intern – T-Mobile  
• Favorite Sports Team:  Chicago Bears  
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item:  French Fries  
• Go-to Karaoke Song :  Mr. Brightside   
• Most Unique Hobby / Trend:  Scuba Diving  

Caroline Gonzalez  

• Title: Account Intern – P&A  
• Favorite Sports Team: Chicago Blackhawks  
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item:  McFlurry with Oreos  
• Go-to Karaoke Song: Valerie by Mark Ronson (feat. Amy Winehouse)  
• Most Unique Hobby / Trend:  Sudoku   

Dylan Burgess  

• Title: Jr. Art Director Intern  
• Favorite Sports Team: Chicago Cubs   
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item: McCrispy   
• Go-to Karaoke Song: Unwritten – Natasha Bedingfield   
• Most Unique Hobby / Trend: Pickleball   

Jordan Wadell   

• Title: 3D Motion Design Intern  
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item: The Happy Meal, hamburger with the fries!   
• Go-to Karaoke Song: Bad Romance by Lady Gaga   
• Last Amazon Purchase: Cool D&D dice holder   
• Most Unique Hobby / Trend: Rock climbing and cosplay   

Marcella (Marce) Griffin  

• Title: Creative Intern  
• Favorite Sports Team: Bengals!  #WHO DEY!!  
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item: Chicken nuggets with honey mustard & buffalo sauce / Egg & Cheese McGriddle!  
• Go-to Karaoke Song: Rich Girl by Gwen Stefani – my way of manifesting!  
• Most Unique Hobby / Trend: I write poetry, screenplays and I like to draw on occasion! Recently, I’ve also been into making collages of new movies I watch.   

Rocque Lipford  

• Title: Corporate Accounting and Tax Intern  
• Favorite Sports Team:  Chicago Cubs  
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item:  Sausage McGriddle  
• Go-to Karaoke Song:  Don’t Stop Believing, Journey  
• Most Unique Hobby / Trend:  Fishing/Camping   

Thomas (Tom) Steil

• Title: Finance Intern
• Favorite Sports Team:  Chicago Bears
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item:  Plain McDouble Cheeseburger
• Go-to Karaoke Song: ” I ain’t as good as I once was,” By Toby Keith
• Most Unique Hobby / Trend:  Golfing

Abigail Pierce  

•  Title: Marketing Operations Intern  
• Favorite Sports Team:  Auburn Tigers or Atlanta Braves  
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item:  McNuggets and Baked Apple Pie  
• Go-to Karaoke Song :  Hamilton, The Schuyler Sisters OR Natasha Bedingfield, Unwritten  
• Most Unique Hobby / Trend: I haven’t found my niche hobby quite yet however, I enjoy doing crafts and organizing spaces for others.   

Ella Skelton  

• Title: Business Operations Intern  
• Favorite Sports Team:  Milwaukee Bucks and San Jose Earthquakes!  
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item:  Oreo McFlurry – always  
• Go-to Karaoke Song :  Adele – Rolling in the Deep  
• Most Unique Hobby / Trend:  Ping Pong  

Michael Cunningham  

• Title: Production Intern  
• Favorite Sports Team: Chicago Bears   
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item: Spicy Nuggets   
• Go-to Karaoke Song : Upside down Jake Johnson   
• Last Amazon Purchase: Polaroid film   

Molly Fahey  

• Title: Legal Intern  
• Favorite Sports Team: The Chicago Bears  
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item:  French fries   
• Go-to Karaoke Song: Our Song – Taylor Swift  
• Most Unique Hobby / Trend:  Cooking and baking; trying new recipes!   

Natalie Duncan  

• Title: Content Management Intern  
• Favorite Sports Team: Chicago Cubs   
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item: French fries   
• Go-to Karaoke Song : Stay by Rihanna   
• Most Unique Hobby / Trend: Journaling every day!   

Caroline Skok  

• Title: Account Intern – REx  
• Favorite Sports Team: Chicago Bears  
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item: French Fires  
• Most Unique Hobby / Trend: Playing racket sports  

Leanne He  

• Title: Software Engineering Intern  
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item:  McNugget   
• Go-to Karaoke Song:  Hozier-work song  
• Most Used App:  Twitter  
• Most Unique Hobby / Trend:  Drawing on my iPad  

Ellie Exler  

• Title: Account Intern – Boxer  
• Favorite Sports Team:  Pittsburgh Steelers  
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item:  McNuggets  
• Go-to Karaoke Song:  Hot N Cold by Katy Perry  
• Most Unique Hobby / Trend: I love to run and have been getting into scrapbooking recently!  

Ava Stauber  

• Title: Account Intern – Happy Meal  
• Favorite Sports Team: Chicago Blackhawks  
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item:  French fries  
• Go-to Karaoke Song:  lie to girls by sabrina carpenter  
• Last Amazon Purchase:  A new golf bag  

Isabelle Biehler  

• Title: Engagement Strategy Intern
• Favorite Sports Team: The France national soccer team—my dad is French, and we make sure to watch all of their World Cup games together.  
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item: The fries. Hands down the best in the world.  
• Go-to Karaoke Song : Bad Romance by Lady Gaga. I’m more of a Lana Del Rey girl, but she’s not quite the vibe for karaoke night.  
• Last Amazon Purchase: Sunrise on the Reaping by Suzanne Collins. I was obsessed with The Hunger Games in middle school, so I obviously had to buy the newest book. I could talk about this series for hours. 
• Most Unique Hobby/Trend: Ballet! I trained pre-professionally in high school at Joffrey and now just take classes for fun.  

Jake Brown  

• Title: Account Intern – Team Ops
• Favorite Sports Team: Bears, Cubs, Michigan State   
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item: McDouble   
• Last Amazon Purchase: Charger Adapters for Italy   
• Most Used App: Twitter (X)   

Lily Garski  

• Title: Digital Project Management Intern  
• Favorite Sports Team: Cubs   
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item: Oreo McFlurry or McChicken   
• Go-to Karaoke Song : Rich Girl by Hall and Oates   
• Last Amazon Purchase: Nespresso coffee pods   

Maritza Machuca  

• Title: Digital Asset Management Intern  
• Favorite Sports Team: Chicago Bulls  
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item: 2 Cheeseburger Meal and the chocolate chip cookies  
• Go-to Karaoke Song: Headlines – Drake  
• Most Unique Hobby / Trend:  playing recreational sports (such as soccer and beach volleyball)  

Maddy Goodman  

• Title: Account Intern – Samsung  
• Favorite Sports Team:  Chicago Blackhawks  
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item: Chicken Nuggets  
• Go-to Karaoke Song:  Shallow by Lady Gaga  
• Most Unique Hobby / Trend: I enjoy making my own clothes with my sewing machine.   

Marissa Isaacs  

• Title: Marketing Operations Intern  
• Favorite Sports Team: Wisconsin Badgers   
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item: McFlurry   
• Go-to Karaoke Song: “Mr. Brightside” by The Killers   
• Most Unique Hobby / Trend: Walking my two mini boxers at the same time (it’s basically a sport!)   

Michael Fogarty   

• Title: Global Accounting Intern  
• Favorite Sports Team:  Cubs  
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item:  McFlurry  
• Go-to Karaoke Song:  Baby Come Back by Player  
• Last Amazon Purchase: Volleyball  

Sophie Mansour  

• Title: Account Intern – REx  
• Favorite Sports Team: Memphis Grizzlies   
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item: Quarter pounder with fries and sweet and sour sauce   
• Go-to Karaoke Song: Hips Don’t Lie (Shakira)   
• Last Amazon Purchase: A Bluetooth keyboard that connects to my iPad (Don’t recommend the one I purchased because it is so glitchy)   
• Most Used App: Spotify   
• Most Unique Hobby / Trend: Canva editing and for fun designs in my free time   

Wanda Felsenhardt   

• Title: Creative Intern  
• Favorite Sports Team:  Richmond Flying Squirrels  
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item:  Unsweet iced tea and fries  
• Last Amazon Purchase:  Holographic sticker paper  
• Most Unique Hobby / Trend:  I like designing zines, comics, and stickers in my free time  

Jack Zoller  

• Title: PMO/VMO Intern  
• Favorite Sports Team: Either the Bears of the Cubs  
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item: Big Mac  
• Go-to Karaoke Song:  Something Just Like This by Coldplay  
• Last Amazon Purchase:  A Happy Gilmore golf club cover  

Maida Askari  

• Title: Security Intern  
• Favorite Sports Team: Chicago Bulls    
• Favorite McDonald’s Menu Item: Cookies and the french fries   
• Go-to Karaoke Song: Perfect by Ed Sheeran    
• Most Unique Hobby / Trend: It’s not unique but I love to read and pottery