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-…
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Ajar Chekirova

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…
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Doug Scott

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

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…
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Lonnie Bunch

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

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…
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Lloyd Blankfein

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…
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Leigha Crout

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…
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Jana Puglierin

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…
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Georgina Wright

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…
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