Cohort, 2013, Industry, Government, Policy, & Public Affairs, Sector, Public Sector, Bridget Gainer is a member of the Cook County Board of Commissioners, where she chairs the pension committee and leads the reform of the county's foreclosure policy and treatment of women and mothers incarcerated...

Cohort, 2016, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Steve Babitch’s work lies at the intersection of the social sciences, business strategy, and design. As a consultant who has worked with leading-edge innovation and design consultancies Doblin, now part of Deloitte, and IA C...

Cohort, 2012, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Craig Bennett, now retired, was one of eight executive committee members responsible for managing the strategic direction of Recycled Energy Development, LLC, an independent power producer that acquires, develops, owns, and op...

Cohort, 2011, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Previous to joining EMPLOYERS, Barbara Higgins was the senior vice president of customer experience and retention at Allstate Insurance Company. Before that, she was vice president, customer experience at United Airlines, wher...

Cohort, 2012, Industry, Law, Sector, Public Sector, Scott Fehlan has served the City of Chicago since 2004, advising on finance and economic development programs. Previously, he worked for Shefsky & Froelich, Universal Access Global Holdings, Kirkland & Ellis, and Sidley Austin Brown & Wood. He i...

Cohort, 2015, Industry, Healthcare, Sector, Private Sector, Ikbel Achour is passionate about translating cutting-edge science into patient care. She is the global head of translational medicine at AstraZeneca, and previously a senior research scientist at IO Bispecifics Franchise in genomics and ...

Cohort, 2025, Industry, Banking & Finance, Sector, Non-profit, Shaska Chirinos is a senior responsible investment manager for the UN-supported Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI). PRI is recognized as one of the world’s leading proponents of responsible investment, committed to integrat...

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, 2020, Industry, Advocacy & International Development, Sector, Non-profit, At the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors (RPA), Jon Quinn works with individual, family, institutional, and corporate donors on the strategy and implementation of their charitable giving. In his time at RPA he has s...