Cohort, 2018, Industry, Law, Sector, Private Sector, Before joining the Diocese of Rockford, Ryan Blackney was an associate in the Commercial Litigation Practice Group and the Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Group, and was a member of the Fraud and Internal Investigations Team at Freeborn ...

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, 2014, Industry, Government, Policy, & Public Affairs, Sector, Non-profit, Before his role at the Chicago Job Council, Jacob Sitati cofounded Maurice + Fischer, an international advocacy firm focused on public affairs, public policy, and market entry strategy. He directed the overall busin...

Cohort, 2020, Industry, Healthcare, Sector, Private Sector, Bobby Bacci is the founder and CEO of Prominence Advisors, a technology firm focused on helping the nation’s leading healthcare organizations do more with their data. He has led Prominence to support over 50 healthcare organizations, i...

Cohort, 2015, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Ross Shelleman is the CEO of Aisle Rocket, after previously serving as president and CEO of Target Data, a venture-backed "Big Data" and analytics company focused on the life event of moving. Before founding Target Data, Shell...

Cohort, 2015, Industry, Banking & Finance, Sector, Private Sector, Social Media, Alexander Ross is a certified financial planner and a principal at Main Street Investment Advisors, LLC, as well as the owner of Pallas Investments, LLC. Daily, he works closely with a wide variety of multi-generatio...

Cohort, 2013, Industry, Healthcare, Sector, Private Sector, Seema Kumbhat's experience includes directing medical device innovation, in addition to performing due diligence for strategic alliances and risk management activities, for the global pharmaceutical and medical device company Hospira. Sh...

Cohort, 2013, Industry, Housing & Transportation, Sector, Private Sector, Joseph Seliga practices in state and local government law with a focus on major infrastructure public-private partnership transactions. He's advised on the leases of the Chicago Skyway Toll Bridge and the Indiana Toll Road,...

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, 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...