Cohort, 2017, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, In 2009, after visiting his hometown of Jerusalem, Kais Salhut started a software development outsourcing company in Ramallah, Palestine, to tap into the largely underutilized talent pool Palestinian universities produced each...

Cohort, 2010, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Prior to joining Chicago Scenic Studios, Lisa McClung worked at Lismore International, W.M. Wrigley Jr. Company, and has over fifteen years of global marketing and product development experience throughout Africa, Europe, and ...

Cohort, 2024, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Patrick Hanley is a businessman and community leader in Winnetka, Illinois. He manages Mason Rocque, a family office investing in Midwest businesses, and serves as a senior advisor at Piglet in Bed, a direct-to-consumer sustai...

Cohort, 2021, Industry, Government, Policy, & Public Affairs, Sector, Public Sector, S. Mayumi "Umi" Grigsby is the chief of policy for the City of Chicago. She's also the chair and a commissioner on the Cook County Human Rights Commission and serves on the board of Planned Parenthood of Illinois...

Cohort, 2025, Industry, Food & Agriculture, Sector, Non-profit, Social Media, Dion Dawson is the founder and chief dreamer of Dion’s Chicago Dream, a nonprofit social enterprise combating food insecurity through logistics and last-mile delivery in the United States Midwest region. His system pr...

Cohort, 2015, Industry, Education, Sector, Academia, Sarah Elizabeth Ippel is the founder and executive director of the Academy for Global Citizenship, a Chicago Public Elementary School on a global mission that serves 96% minority children and families. AGC is developing the next generation of c...

Cohort, 2013, Industry, Environment & Sustainability, Sector, Private Sector, Murali Kanakasabai is a leader in the derivatives industry, having designed and launched exchange-traded products in several industries. Previously, his work focused on inventing, designing, and developing new financial...

An announcement made following the G7 Hiroshima Summit brings the group one step closer to a proposed “Economic Article 5.”

Cohort, 2014, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, William Krehbiel is the founder and CEO of Topography Hospitality, LLC, and co-managing partner of Ballyfin Demesne, a luxury hotel in Ireland. He previously founded and led A Better Chicago, a venture philanthropy fund suppor...