Cohort, 2025, Industry, Housing & Transportation, Sector, Private Sector, Social Media, Ghanem Zureikat is a global senior product manager at UL Solutions and a leader in product safety and compliance. With over 18 years of experience, he has become a recognized authority in fire and life safety ...

Cohort, 2023, Industry, Education, Sector, Academia, Christopher Graves is the principal at Jordan Elementary and was previously the principal of LaSalle Language Academy, a K-8th-grade magnet lottery school in Chicago Public Schools. With over a decade of experience as a school administrator, he...

Cohort, 2021, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Joi Freeman is the founder of Remnant Strategy consultancy where she works at the intersection of culture and commerce to help legacy and emerging businesses navigate the ever-evolving global terrain. As a strategist, youth cu...

Cohort, 2021, Industry, Healthcare, Sector, Academia, Suchi Bansal is a gender and adolescent health consultant and previously a senior health research specialist at the Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health (Ci3) at the University of Chicago. Ci3 i...

Cohort, 2021, Industry, Environment & Sustainability, Sector, Private Sector, In his previous role at engineering consulting firm Sargent & Lundy, Jon Horek advised clients and delivered projects in the electric utility, gas utility, heavy industry, institutional, and commercial building sectors....

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, 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, 2026, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Social Media, Loukas Kozonis is an attorney, CPA, and civic leader bridging law, business, and public service. He is the founding partner of Kozonis Law, Ltd., a boutique law firm focused on real estate, corporate governance, ...

Cohort, 2026, Industry, Science, Technology, & Innovation, Sector, Public Sector, Social Media, Matthew Halek is a public servant and national security leader who served as a Special Advisor for Innovation in the Pentagon. Working at the intersection of defense, technology, and congressional poli...