Cohort, 2011, Industry, Science, Technology, & Innovation, Sector, Private Sector, Before William Blair, Jim O'Connor worked at MVC Capital as managing director after nine years with Motorola, Inc. He was also a White House Fellow for the US Treasury Department, worked for the Committee on Ways a...

Cohort, 2017, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, In 2009, after visiting his hometown of Jerusalem, Kais Salhut started a software development outsourcing company in Ramallah, Palestine, to tap into the largely underutilized talent pool Palestinian universities produced each...

Cohort, 2010, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Prior to joining Chicago Scenic Studios, Lisa McClung worked at Lismore International, W.M. Wrigley Jr. Company, and has over fifteen years of global marketing and product development experience throughout Africa, Europe, and ...

Cohort, 2026, Industry, Science, Technology, & Innovation, Sector, Private Sector, Social Media, Melissa Kessler is a regulatory and scientific affairs professional with nearly 20 years of experience ensuring compliance for cosmetics, food, feed, supplements, and over-the-counter drugs. She works...

Cohort, 2026, Industry, Government, Policy, & Public Affairs, Sector, Non-profit, Social Media, Brian Gill oversees government relations and legislative and policy agenda at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium. Through developing and maintaining key relationships with stakeholders, elected officials, and go...

Cohort, 2017, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Based in Chicago, Julie Steffen-Layda leads the Midwest hub for the international desk for JLL. In this role, she is responsible for expanding the growth of the company's international business across the Americas, Europe, the...

Cohort, 2017, Industry, Law, Sector, Private Sector, Kruti Trivedi is previously an assistant US attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, where she served in the securities and commodities fraud section. A federal prosecutor based in Chicago, Trivedi has investigated and prosecuted a wide ...

Cohort, 2011, Industry, Advocacy & International Development, Sector, Academia, Before teaching at the University of Rochester, Milena Novy-Marx worked at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, co-leading a two-year effort to develop the foundation’s initiative on global migration a...

Cohort, 2014, Industry, Law, Sector, Private Sector, Before joining Boeing, Anthony P. Garcia was with the US Department of Justice. His last assignment was to the gangs and narcotics section in the US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois. He served as the US Department of Just...

Cohort, 2012, Industry, Banking & Finance, Sector, Private Sector, Daniel Bryant is the former founder and chief executive officer of Sheridan Road Financial, an investment consulting and management company that services middle-market companies and their executives. Before founding Sheridan Road,...