Meet the members of the Class of 2025.

This intern will participate in professional fundraising development in a very hands-on way by participating in research, meetings, and correspondence.

Cohort, 2016, Industry, Healthcare, Sector, Academia, Currently at Yale University, Dr. Aisha Sethi also has experience serving on the steering committee as an assistant director of outreach for the Center for Global Health at the University of Chicago. After attending medical school in Pakistan,...

This intern in this role provides project-based research support to the President and assist the President’s executive assistant with a variety of tasks.

Generous support from Chicago’s top civic, corporate, and philanthropic leaders makes it possible for the Emerging Leaders Program to exist.

Cohort, 2019, Industry, Banking & Finance, Sector, Private Sector, Jeff Pajauskas is an audit partner at Grant Thornton LLP, where he has spent the past 15 years of his career. Pajauskas leverages his extensive industry and technical knowledge to serve a variety of clients including those that ar...

Cohort, 2020, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Jenna Anderson specializes in advising global industrial goods corporations on strategic issues and in developing cutting-edge marketing, sales, and pricing solutions. She actively worked on turning around global automotive co...

Learn more about our approach to the Emerging Leaders program.