Last Wednesday, we welcomed Maureen Fan, Co-Founder and CEO of Baobab Studios, for our final Creative Connect of 2026.
Baobab Studios is a ten-time Emmy Award–winning animation company known for blending storytelling with cutting-edge technology to build immersive worlds and family IP across platforms. Maureen shared many insightful perspectives on the rise of animation, the global market, and how creatives can think about attracting investors and building ideas with long-term potential.
Our Creative Connect speaker series brings impactful leaders from creative industries to share their career journeys and insights with the MSLCE program and the Northwestern community in intimate, conversational settings. All events are free and open to the public.
We’re grateful for Maureen sharing her time and experience with us, and inspiring our community through such a thoughtful conversation. A huge thank you as well to our moderator, MSLCE Faculty Director Aymar Jean Escoffery, and to everyone who joined us.
We had a wonderful time talking with Maureen, as well as our Winter and Fall Quarter guests, Sam Bailey and Vance Garrett. We’re appreciative of all of our incredible guest speakers, as well as all who were able to join us this year. We’re looking forward to bringing more impactful leaders to campus for Creative Connect conversations next year.