Cohort, 2017, Industry, Law, Sector, Private Sector, Before founding Croke Fairchild Duarte & Beres, Patrick Croke was an attorney at Sidley Austin LLP where he has represented a wide variety of clients—including Fortune 100 companies, technology start-ups, venture capital and private equity fu...

Cohort, 2017, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Benjamin Hernandez is the founder and CEO of NuMat Technologies, a software-driven chemistry design company focused on solving generational challenges at the atomic level. Prior to NuMat, he worked at a global private equity f...

Cohort, 2017, Industry, Government, Policy, & Public Affairs, Sector, Public Sector, Before working at ID.me, Mike Cassel was director of global corporate citizenship (GCC) for Boeing's corporate offices in Chicago and in the broader Great Lakes region. Cassel managed the region’s charitable po...

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, 2013, Industry, Marketing, Communications, & Media, Sector, Academia, Deb Fiddelke has led strategic communications and government relations for some of the world’s most influential organizations. She served in the White House under President George W. Bush as a legislative liaison to t...

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,...

Cohort, 2011, Industry, Government, Policy, & Public Affairs, Sector, Public Sector, As a scientist, clean energy entrepreneur, CEO, and now a member of Congress representing Chicago's western suburbs, Congressman Sean Casten has dedicated his life to combating climate change. In Congress, Casten...

Cohort, 2021, Industry, Advocacy & International Development, Sector, Non-profit, Social Media, Beth McCostlin and her UNICEF USA Chicago-based colleagues support UNICEF’s work for every child through fundraising, advocacy, and education throughout the Midwest. Before UNICEF, McCostlin worked i...

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, 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...