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Carter is a rising junior at North Park University and one of two operators with experience in the exhilarating field of professional ice cream scoopage. As the Chicago Foam Company’s resident daredevil, Carter can be seen on social media doing what he assures us are very safe tricks on his motorcycle. If you ask him nicely, he may do a backflip for you.

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Gavin is a rising junior in engineering at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He’s a proud volunteer for the Best Buddies program and a member of the Computer Coding Club and Art Club, so he is really rooting hard against AI.

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Hawley’s a natural for foam parties because. As a children’s board game specialist, she’s helped match kids with the perfect challenge-in-a-box; and as a play coordinator for STEAM Stackers, she leads creative and cooperative play for young children.

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Hugh is a 2025 graduate in economics at the University of Chicago. A former camp counselor and Eagle Scout, Hugh is active in Model UN and founded his college’s Geography Club. He’s so excited about foam parties, he created his playlist before he even interviewed with us. He recently completed a one-day walk of the full length of Western Avenue, longer than a marathon (for fun!!!?).

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Peter is a rising senior at the University of Illinois, majoring in history and human geography. His making-children-happy experience is in three years of scooping ice cream and training other ice cream scoopers. He’s also an avid waterskier and wakeboarder who has worked in operations for a charity that helps refugees living in Chicago.

SENIOR OPERATOR

Quinn is an accomplished playwright and performer who now teaches for CPS. Originally from Phoenix, she has no problem with Chicago’s summer heat, but loves that she gets to be the reason for cool summer fun for so many children. She lives in Logan Square with a reptile menagerie.

SENIOR OPERATOR

Rafa is a psychology major at McGill University in Montreal, and plans to become a clinical psychologist. During the week he does field studies on children, and on weekends he does foam parties for children in fields. He lives in West Town, where he has easy access to the honey and salami pizza at Coalfire, which he thinks you should try.

PHOTOGRAPHER / OPERATOR

If you see Shawnee and her camera at your event, you’re about to get the most epic foam photos ever. With three summers’ experience as a Chicago Foam Company operator, she knows how to get the perfect shots of happy children. She developed her artist’s eye majoring in photography at Columbia College, and has worked in photography from weddings to school pictures. Aside from photography and foam she spends her falls, winters and springs as a preschool teacher.

FOUNDER / OWNER

Scott and his wife live in North Center with their two children, 12 and 9. He founded the Chicago Foam Company on his own front lawn, the first company of its type in Chicagoland and still the largest and the best. Outside of foam he’s a professional magician whose credits include “Penn & Teller: Fool Us,” countless appearances on Chicago TV, and a stint as team magician for the Chicago Bulls; a stand-up comedian who’s appeared at theaters and comedy festivals across North America; a five-time game showcontestant; and a pinball enthusiast and collector.