With more than 300 members, the Emerging Leaders community is a dynamic cross-sector network of Chicago’s visionary, globally minded, locally committed leaders.
In her last role at Accenture, Allison Myers focused internally on Accenture’s efforts to grow and evolve its North American business. Previously, Myers was in a client-facing role within Accenture Strategy, focusing on energy, mobility, and built environment sectors, helping clients develop new strategies to solve challenges and opportunities related to new and emerging business models or technologies.
Chris Myers is a Chicago-based businessman, military officer, community servant, investor, and political activist. He's a partner in Ernst & Young’s merger and acquisition (M&A) consulting practice, where he specializes in international M&A transactions. He is also an officer in the United States Navy Reserves, where he currently supports Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 25.
Mark Palchak started his career growing proprietary trading groups in Chicago at Infinium Capital Management. In time, he assumed leadership of Infinium in a distressed situation, immediately taking the company through a successful sale process and returning the successor company, V3 Markets, to profitability.
Matt Pelton is an audit & assurance (A&A) managing director at Deloitte & Touche LLP and serves as the US A&A sustainability offering leader for the technology, media, and telecommunications industry. He focuses on advising executive teams of multinational companies and investment firms on global regulations, sustainability standards and frameworks, and strategic communications.
Nalini Prakash Hart is a principal at KPMG, after previously serving as a managing director in the firm's economic and valuation services practice, with a specific focus on transfer pricing. She has over 15 years of experience assisting multinational corporations and has built and delivered complex transfer pricing solutions.
Alison Ranney is currently managing director at Russel Reynolds Associates, and formerly led the nonprofit and education practice in the Midwest for the global executive search firm. She recruits senior leaders to nonprofit organizations and institutions of higher education in the United States and internationally.
Rebecca Riebe is a global technology professional currently advising at CVS Health and previously consulting with Strategic Systems and Innovation at Hyatt Corporation. She spent the early part of her career in operations with DHL, Procter & Gamble, and Fritz Companies/UPS, among others, focusing on data project management, import/export regulation, global supply chain, and strategic market focus.
Girish Rishi is the former CEO of Blue Yonder, where he launched a cloud-based portfolio powered by machine learning and edge intelligence to help companies better forecast supply and demand. Before that, he led Tyco International’s global retail solutions and North American building automation businesses.
Justin Rose serves clients primarily in the industrial goods and energy industries. In addition to supporting his clients on a host of strategic and operational issues, he has also co-authored various high-profile reports, including the series of "Made in America, Again" reports focused on the return of manufacturing to the United States.
Christopher Roth directs a nationwide federal real estate team representing the US General Services Administration (GSA) and has testified about the GSA’s national broker contracts before the US Congress. He's also a registered architect, having studied vernacular housing in Guatemala and urban design in Italy.
