Authors

Brendan Carroll is a senior partner at Victory Park Capital Advisors (VPC), which he co-founded in 2007. He is responsible for strategic…

Maggie Westdale is the business chief financial officer for Aon, where she is responsible for managing the financial results across functions,…

Fairbank is also an adjunct assistant professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He received his MBA…

A Manhattan native who, since 2000, has been proud to call Chicago home, Levinson is civically active as a non-profit board member, volunteer…

Joe McCluskey is currently a founder and principal at JTM Advisory, an information technology and services company. He brings experience from…

Shores earned his BS in mechanical engineering from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. A leader in Chicago civic and charitable affairs, he…

Stephen Haggerty is currently a principal and founder at Bare Hill, an advisory platform focused on hospitality and wellness-related assets. He…

Andreas Michaelis was appointed German Ambassador to the United States in August 2023. Over the course of his career in the German Foreign Service…

Olga Camargo has 20 years of financial services experience and has been instrumental in helping organization leaders with their operations in…

Sarah Cahalan is senior editor for the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. Prior to joining the Council, she worked as a writer and editor at…