Authors

Elena Son-LaRocco

Executive Director, Central Asia Business Council

Elena V. Son-LaRocco is the executive director of the American-Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce, the US-Kyrgyzstan Business Council, the US-…

Assistant Professor, Politics, Lake Forest College

Ajar Chekirova is an assistant professor of politics at Lake Forest College. Her research interests include comparative politics and urban…

Chair, Illinois Commerce Commission

Doug Scott is chair of the Illinois Commerce Commission, having been appointed in 2023 by Governor Pritzker after…

William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor, Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics, University of Chicago

Robert Rosner is the William E. Wrather Distinguished Service Professor in Astronomy & Astrophysics and Physics at the University of…

Secretary, Smithsonian Institution

Lonnie G. Bunch III is the 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian. He assumed his position June 16, 2019. As Secretary, he…

Global Head of Institutional Client Business and Head of Chicago Office & Midwest Region, Goldman Sachs

Chris Keogh is global head of the Institutional Client Business, head of the Chicago office and Midwest region, and a…

Former Chairman & CEO, Goldman Sachs

Lloyd Blankfein is senior chairman of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and served as the firm’s chairman and chief executive officer from 2006…

Assistant Professor of Law, DePaul University

Leigha Crout is an assistant professor of law at DePaul University and a nonresident fellow at the Neukom Center for the Rule of Law at Stanford…

Head, Senior Policy Fellow, European Council on Foreign Relations

Dr. Jana Puglierin is a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations and head of its Berlin office since January 2020. She…

Senior Fellow, Special Adviser to the President, German Marshall Fund

Georgina Wright is a senior fellow and special adviser to the president at GMF. Before joining GMF, Wright was deputy director for international…