Cohort, 2021, Industry, Education, Sector, Academia, Meredith Stricker is also a senior fellow at The Soufan Center, a think tank focused on global security and emerging threats. She previously served as the founding executive director and led the organization’s research team and speaker series...

Cohort, 2021, Industry, Law, Sector, Public Sector, Barbara Barreno-Paschall was previously a commissioner with the State of Illinois Human Rights Commission following her appointment by Governor JB Pritzker. As a commissioner, she adjudicated complaints of discrimination filed under the Illinois...

Cohort, 2018, Industry, Law, Sector, Public Sector, Previously, Amrith Kaur Aakre was the legal director of the Sikh Coalition, where she coordinated legal and policy initiatives to protect the civil rights of all Americans, create community empowerment, and continue efforts to engage communities...

Cohort, 2025, Industry, Housing & Transportation, Sector, Non-profit, Social Media, Kenneth Gilkes Jr. is the associate director for acquisitions at the Cook County Land Bank Authority where he spearheads strategic planning and policy execution to enhance operational efficiency in asset managemen...

Cohort, 2019, Industry, Law, Sector, Private Sector, As primary outside counsel at one of the city’s premier labor and employment law firms, Tejas Shah’s career provides him with the opportunity to combine two of his passions – immigration law and civic engagement. At Barnes & Thornburg, Sh...

Cohort, 2020, Industry, Law, Sector, Private Sector, Before joining Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, Brian Axelrad was chief investment officer at Beyond Capital Fund, a nonprofit social impact fund investing in social enterprises in India and East Africa. In this role, he oversaw investment decis...

Cohort, 2022, Industry, Banking & Finance, Sector, Private Sector, Social Media, Satya Pandey is the CTO of investment banking at William Blair, specializing in implementing AI and advanced software solutions to drive transformation. Before joining William Blair, he started a real estate tech com...

Cohort, 2022, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Will Miller is a senior manager in Ernst & Young's (EY) Forensic & Integrity Services practice in Chicago. EY is a multinational professional services network and a global leader in assurance, consulting, strategy and transact...

October 28, 2014, RESEARCH Public Opinion Survey by Michael J. Green, US Dept. of Agriculture, Download Report (PDF), The American public’s foreign policy attitudes demonstrate support for the pivot to Asia and for free trade agreements and sustained forward military presence., Assessment of th...

July 23, 2015, RESEARCH Report by Rebecca S. Carson, Reuters, Download Report (PDF), A new report from the Council suggests Midwestern states are unprepared for President Obama's new immigration policies., States in the Midwest are not uniformly prepared to implement immigration policies advanced...