Cohort, 2010, Industry, Government, Policy, & Public Affairs, Sector, Academia, Charles Wheelan is a senior lecturer and policy fellow at the Rockefeller Center at Dartmouth College. He's the author of "Naked Economics: Undressing the Dismal Science," a monthly columnist on Yahoo! Finance, and a ...

Cohort, 2016, Industry, Marketing, Communications, & Media, Sector, Private Sector, With a unique multicultural upbringing and an extensive entrepreneurial background, John Trainor was previously a publisher and general manager of the Chicago Tribune's Hoy newspaper. In this role, he oversaw the ...

Cohort, 2012, Industry, Banking & Finance, Sector, Private Sector, Paul Bauerschmidt serves as the head of technology for digital assets at Millennium Management, a global multi-strategy investment firm. Previously, he led new growth initiatives in OTC markets as executive director of OTC product...

Cohort, 2026, Industry, Food & Agriculture, Sector, Public Sector, Flavia Lorenzon is a social policy specialist currently working for the United Nations, where she supports countries and territories in strengthening social protection systems and building equitable, people-centered emergency prep...

Cohort, 2015, Industry, Culture & the Arts, Sector, Non-profit, Since 2006, Sarah Herda has been director of the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. Founded in 1956, the Graham Foundation is the largest foundation in the United States committed to awarding project-based grant...

Cohort, 2010, Industry, Banking & Finance, Sector, Private Sector, For 15 years, Zach Egan was the fund manager of Columbia Acorn International (ACINX), which in 2012 received the Lipper award for best performance over 10 years among international small/mid-cap growth funds. From 2014 to 2018, he...

Cohort, 2017, Industry, Science, Technology, & Innovation, Sector, Private Sector, Now at Rivian, Rebecca Delaney was the youngest engineering team leader for the design firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill’s (SOM) sustainable engineering studio in Chicago. Delaney led multidisciplinary sustain...

Cohort, 2026, Industry, Banking & Finance, Sector, Private Sector, Social Media, Marc Lacher is a managing director and wealth advisor with William Blair’s private wealth management group. He leads a team that provides bespoke financial planning and investment management services to high-net-wo...

Cohort, 2022, Industry, Banking & Finance, Sector, Private Sector, Joyce Merkel is a vice president in the foreign exchange trading department of US Bank, where she is responsible for driving the strategic growth of electronic platform trading for her company and mitigating the ever-changing risk...

Cohort, 2011, Industry, Advocacy & International Development, Sector, Non-profit, Evelyn J. Diaz is the former President of Heartland Alliance for Human Needs & Human Rights, a global anti-poverty and human rights organization based in Chicago that provides a comprehensive array of services to ne...