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, 2014, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, William Krehbiel is the founder and CEO of Topography Hospitality, LLC, and co-managing partner of Ballyfin Demesne, a luxury hotel in Ireland. He previously founded and led A Better Chicago, a venture philanthropy fund suppor...

Cohort, 2012, Industry, Law, Sector, Private Sector, In his previous role at Novartis Consumer Health, Jason Carter was a strategic advisor to the consumer health division, guiding various domestic and international issues. His work covered corporate governance, business development, compliance i...

Cohort, 2012, Industry, Science, Technology, & Innovation, Sector, Private Sector, Joshua (J.P.) Fairbank is a co-founder of Nymirum and has sat at the intersection of entrepreneurship and investments for two decades, and is an adjunct assistant professor of entrepreneurship at the University of ...

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, 2011, Industry, Education, Sector, Non-profit, Before becoming a conference minister, Lillian Daniel was the senior minister of the First Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, in Glen Ellyn. She is also the co-host of “30 Good Minutes” on Channel 11, the author of the 2006 b...

Cohort, 2013, Industry, Science, Technology, & Innovation, Sector, Private Sector, Christian Hagen has over two decades of consulting experience, specializing in leveraging digital technologies and analytics to optimize supply chains, revolutionize operations, and secure competitive advantages fo...

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, 2013, Industry, Government, Policy, & Public Affairs, Sector, Private Sector, Before her role at the Chicago Quantum Exchange, Andrea Jett Fletcher managed the civic engagement, participatory democracy, and public policy initiatives of the McCormick Foundation. Previously, she worked with...

Cohort, 2026, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Public Sector, Social Media, Tony Hayes serves as vice president at IDA Ireland, the Irish Government's inward economic development agency. Based in Chicago, he works across the Midwestern and Southern regions to identify and secure industria...