Cohort, 2025, Industry, Law, Sector, Private Sector, Social Media, Rebecca Knight is an assistant general counsel with Aon's law and compliance team. She is a business-focused attorney with over 15 years of experience partnering with leaders to meet strategic objectives, mitigate risk, and drive ...

Cohort, 2012, Industry, Culture & the Arts, Sector, Private Sector, Before becoming a consultant, Jason Palmquist was the executive director of  Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, having spent his early career in Washington, D.C., working for the Washington Ballet and the John F. Kennedy Center for t...

Cohort, 2010, Industry, Marketing, Communications, & Media, Sector, Private Sector, Tracey Yearwood joined enSanity Productions after previously working with the Chicago Urban League, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and various national cable news networks. She produced segments for th...

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, 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...

Caroline Pavlecic is a recent graduate of the University of Minnesota, where she received a degree in supply chain & operations management and minors in business law and strategic management. While at Minnesota, Pavlecic was involved in student government and several student boards on campus. She...

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