Jack Saccaro ’26 spent the past summer using his Business, Economics, and Society (BESoc) major while interning at Baxter Credit Union (BCU) on the Business Development and Corporate Relations team.
“I felt well-prepared for the internship thanks to Colorado College’s Block Plan,” Saccaro says. “While I didn’t know everything going in, the model taught me how to quickly dive into a new environment, learn rapidly, and apply those skills. Within the BESoc major, my Statistics and Data, Math, and Modeling classes were especially valuable in preparing me for the analytical and model-building aspects of the work.”
Saccaro is passionate about using data and strategy to solve complicated problems. His classes at CC gave him a strong background in economics, business strategy, and analytical thinking, which he was able to use throughout his internship.
“When I was searching for internships this past summer, BCU stood out as a place where I could gain meaningful hands-on corporate experience while also working in a culture where people genuinely care about both the work and each other,” Saccaro says. “It turned out to be exactly that—and even more.”
Saccaro says that joining the Corporate Relations and Business Development team was the highlight of his summer. The team focused on engaging company partners and the community to attract new members through different activities, such as hosting table events, leading educational sessions, and playing in community sports tournaments.
Saccaro’s role included supporting those community events, and his manager also encouraged him to leverage his strengths in data and analytics.
“I created strategic models and optimization tools that the team found valuable, which was work I truly enjoyed,” Saccaro says. “My main project was a model to optimize company partner relationships by integrating data on new member acquisition, events hosted, and a scoring system I built using more than 300 quantifiable variables. The result was a tool that identified both direct and indirect drivers of new membership and helped tailor partner-specific engagement strategies. That type of data-driven work is my passion, so I was thrilled to contribute.”
Beyond this individual work, Saccaro also co-led the 2025 Intern Collaborative Project, where all interns designed a campaign targeting young professionals between 20 and 30 years old. Saccaro was one of two presenters for the group’s final pitch to executives and staff, which he says was an exciting experience and a chance to showcase the team’s collective creativity.
Saccaro and the 24 other interns worked full-time, Monday through Thursday, in a suburb outside Chicago for almost ten weeks. Saccaro, however, chose to go in on Fridays as well because he enjoyed the experience so much.
While being able to pursue his interests in business and consulting was important to Saccaro, finding a good company culture was also very important to him. He values collaborative, hard work, and caring for community members, something he also finds in CC’s campus community.
“Every day looked a little different, but I loved coming into the office for the culture,” Saccaro says. “Everyone was approachable, collaborative, and sharp, and I learned so much from simply being there.”
Saccaro is also an engaged student on campus, where he works as a First-Year Program mentor and served as the Men’s Club Volleyball captain and team manager last year.
Saccaro plans to pursue a career in consulting or data science and analytics after graduating next May. “My time at BCU confirmed how much I enjoy learning new things, working on diverse projects, and applying data-driven insights to solve problems,” he says. “Overall, this summer was an incredible introduction to the corporate world.”