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, 2013, Industry, Banking & Finance, Sector, Private Sector, Jamie Wildman became one of the youngest managing directors at William Blair, where he now leads business development efforts with private equity and venture capital firms. His earlier experience includes investment banking roles ...

Cohort, 2011, Industry, Education, Sector, Academia, Melissa Zaikos co-founded Intrinsic Schools in 2013. Previously, as chief of elementary schools, Pershing Network for Chicago Public Schools, she oversaw the performance and management of over 100 autonomous schools within the school system. Sh...

Cohort, 2015, Industry, Healthcare, Sector, Private Sector, Social Media, Kuliva Wilburn holds a Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry from Drexel University, a Master of Public Health degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago, and is currently a doctoral candidate in the DrPH divisi...

Cohort, 2014, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Seth Kravitz is the former co-founder of Technori, a publication that celebrates entrepreneurship, and Bow Truss, a premium coffee roasting company. After falling in love with the Chicago entrepreneur community, Kravitz starte...

Cohort, 2016, Industry, Law, Sector, Private Sector, Now with Kirkland & Ellis, Mark Schneider was previously an assistant United States attorney for the Northern District of Illinois and served as chief of appeals. A federal prosecutor based in Chicago, he's also served as deputy chief of financ...

Cohort, 2014, Industry, Banking & Finance, Sector, Private Sector, Emilia Lopez is the former vice president in the strategy group at CapitalOne, based in the McLean office. She worked to support CapitalOne's lines of business in critical strategic efforts. Before joining CapitalOne, Lopez was a ...

Cohort, 2021, Industry, Government, Policy, & Public Affairs, Sector, Public Sector, Before joining Illinois' Department of Human Rights, Jason Rosensweig was assistant director for advocacy and international affairs at the American Jewish Committee (AJC), a global Jewish advocacy organization. H...

Cohort, 2020, Industry, Law, Sector, Private Sector, Before joining Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, Brian Axelrad was chief investment officer at Beyond Capital Fund, a nonprofit social impact fund investing in social enterprises in India and East Africa. In this role, he oversaw investment decis...

Cohort, 2015, Industry, Environment & Sustainability, Sector, Private Sector, Social Media, Kevin Johnson is an accomplished executive, entrepreneur, and investor in the clean energy and power generation industries with over 15 years of experience managing government relations, corporate developm...