I am proud to announce I am running my first full marathon this upcoming Sunday, November 20, 2022. In addition to the race, I will be raising money for a cause that hits close to home- cancer research. I lost a dear friend and roommate to cancer; no one should say goodbye at 25. 

https://www.runsignup.com/allisonhaleyrun

Thank you for your support. 

(originally published on 11.17.2019)

I met Kaitlyn Unger in the bathroom on our first day at CDW. Life was new and exciting; we were fresh college graduates, 22 years old and living on our own in downtown Chicago. The whole world was in front of us. 

Kaitlyn and I became incredibly close as we progressed through sales training, then sales academy, then onto our respective hiring teams. While we were in completely different segments, we still found ways to compete, each of us trying to come up with ways to one up the other to prove which one of us was the better account manager. We drove our other roommate crazy, always talking about...