Cohort, 2011, Industry, Banking & Finance, Sector, Private Sector, Prior to his time at Equator Capital Partners, Paul Christensen was a faculty member of the finance department at Northwestern University and the president and COO of ShoreCap Management, an international private equity company ba...

Cohort, 2011, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, A Manhattan native who, since 2000, has been proud to call Chicago home, Levinson is civically active as a non-profit board member, volunteer mentor, and community-based religious educator. He’s a cum laude graduate of Princ...

Cohort, 2025, Industry, Law, Sector, Private Sector, Social Media, Rebecca Knight is an assistant general counsel with Aon's law and compliance team. She is a business-focused attorney with over 15 years of experience partnering with leaders to meet strategic objectives, mitigate risk, and drive ...

Cohort, 2014, Industry, Banking & Finance, Sector, Private Sector, Emilia Lopez is the former vice president in the strategy group at CapitalOne, based in the McLean office. She worked to support CapitalOne's lines of business in critical strategic efforts. Before joining CapitalOne, Lopez was a ...

About Us, Meet the Team, News, Climate, Conflicts & Crises, Culture, Justice, Money, Tech & Innovation, Africa, Americas, Asia Pacific, Australia, Europe, Middle East, Newsletter, Videos, Search, Donate, Christina Colón, Director, Editorial and Digital Content, Christina Colón joined the Chicag...

Cohort, 2017, Industry, Healthcare, Sector, Private Sector, Jacob Plummer's background is in management, operations, and investment in technology-enabled health services, and he previously led global business development at Allscripts, an international health software company. At Allscripts, he o...

Cohort, 2012, Industry, Culture & the Arts, Sector, Private Sector, Before becoming a consultant, Jason Palmquist was the executive director of  Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, having spent his early career in Washington, D.C., working for the Washington Ballet and the John F. Kennedy Center for t...

Cohort, 2010, Industry, Marketing, Communications, & Media, Sector, Private Sector, Tracey Yearwood joined enSanity Productions after previously working with the Chicago Urban League, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and various national cable news networks. She produced segments for th...

Cohort, 2011, Industry, Education, Sector, Academia, Melissa Zaikos co-founded Intrinsic Schools in 2013. Previously, as chief of elementary schools, Pershing Network for Chicago Public Schools, she oversaw the performance and management of over 100 autonomous schools within the school system. Sh...

Cohort, 2014, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Seth Kravitz is the former co-founder of Technori, a publication that celebrates entrepreneurship, and Bow Truss, a premium coffee roasting company. After falling in love with the Chicago entrepreneur community, Kravitz starte...