Cohort, 2018, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, In his current role, Vamsi Bonthala leads all corporate efforts at Arbor Lodging Partners, including general corporate strategy, investor relations, strategic relationships, acquisitions, dispositions, and asset management. He...

Cohort, 2014, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Nate Laurell is the former CEO of The Fresh Factory and current board chair, advising the company on all aspects related to continued growth and high-level strategic considerations. He previously founded New Frontier Holdings,...

Cohort, 2023, Industry, Law, Sector, Private Sector, Matt Meltzer is a co-founder and partner at Meltzer Hellrung, a business immigration law firm. In his capacity as an attorney, he advises corporate clients, ranging from individual entrepreneurs to large multinational corporations, on securing ...

Cohort, 2012, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Kevin Willer is a partner at Chicago Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital fund. He oversees all aspects of Chicago Ventures, including fund management, deal sourcing, investments, and working directly with portfolio companie...

Cohort, 2024, Industry, Housing & Transportation, Sector, Public Sector, Kelwin Harris is the chief civic engagement officer and deputy assessor with the Cook County Assessor’s Office, where he leads public participation and stakeholder outreach for the nearly two million property owners in Coo...

Cohort, 2018, Industry, Government, Policy, & Public Affairs, Sector, Non-profit, Rebecca Neale Hampson was previously the chief of staff and US director of the CEO Council for Sustainable Urbanization at the Paulson Institute. In this capacity, she was a senior advisor to the institute’s chair...

Cohort, 2010, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Piyush Chaudhari is the CEO at Salsify, after previously working at Aon Consulting, IBM, Motorola, and McKinsey and Company. He has been awarded two U.S. patents in the area of microelectronics. He earned his BS and MS in mech...

Cohort, 2015, Industry, Culture & the Arts, Sector, Non-profit, Since 2006, Sarah Herda has been director of the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts. Founded in 1956, the Graham Foundation is the largest foundation in the United States committed to awarding project-based grant...

Global Cities Book Award Finalist "Emergent Tokyo" examines how the city balances massive growth and local communal life and can be a model for other cities.