Cohort, 2023, Industry, Advocacy & International Development, Sector, Non-profit, Meredith Burlew is the director of grants at The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. Rotary is a global network of 1.4 million community leaders united in providing community service. Its foundation funds sus...

Cohort, 2022, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Before her role at Databricks, Kate Besser was a manager on the business transformation team at LinkedIn with the responsibility of leading strategic initiatives that drive global sales and business performance by scaling tech...

Cohort, 2023, Industry, Housing & Transportation, Sector, Private Sector, Mika Clark Tupy is managing director of alliances at United Airlines where she oversees the global strategic direction for United’s Alliance Operations team which strives for a seamless customer experience across United a...

Cohort, 2024, Industry, Marketing, Communications, & Media, Sector, Non-profit, Ben van Loon is an award-winning writer, researcher, and association leader from Chicago. By day he serves as managing director and editor-in-chief of AFIRE, an international trade association of institutional investo...

Cohort, 2019, Industry, Banking & Finance, Sector, Private Sector, Jeff Pajauskas is an audit partner at Grant Thornton LLP, where he has spent the past 15 years of his career. Pajauskas leverages his extensive industry and technical knowledge to serve a variety of clients including those that ar...

Cohort, 2018, Industry, Government, Policy, & Public Affairs, Sector, Public Sector, Stephanie Sutton was previously chief of staff in the Chicago office of Edelman, a leading global communications and marketing firm. Before joining Edelman, Sutton served in the Obama administration as chief of s...

Cohort, 2020, Industry, Education, Sector, Non-profit, Jonathan Chaparro leads the Chicago region of Braven, an organization that works to empower underrepresented young people with the skills, confidence, experience, and networks necessary to transition from college to strong first jobs and mean...

Cohort, 2020, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Jenna Anderson specializes in advising global industrial goods corporations on strategic issues and in developing cutting-edge marketing, sales, and pricing solutions. She actively worked on turning around global automotive co...

Cohort, 2021, Industry, Banking & Finance, Sector, Private Sector, Kay Fillingham is a risk management professional with experience providing strategic advice and analysis to international organizations, government institutions, and the financial sector. She served in a range of national security...

Cohort, 2017, Industry, Government, Policy, & Public Affairs, Sector, Public Sector, Representative Kam Buckner represents the 26th Legislative District in the Illinois House of Representatives, a district completely situated in the City of Chicago. Previously, he served as executive director of ...