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, 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 ...

Cohort, 2015, Industry, Healthcare, Sector, Private Sector, Ikbel Achour is passionate about translating cutting-edge science into patient care. She is the global head of translational medicine at AstraZeneca, and previously a senior research scientist at IO Bispecifics Franchise in genomics and ...

Cohort, 2026, Industry, Law, Sector, Private Sector, Social Media, As a global human capital and compliance attorney, Andrew Cockroft delivers workforce solutions to companies worldwide across nearly every major industry. Widely regarded by his peers as a skilled advocate, he has been named to Be...

Cohort, 2026, Industry, Environment & Sustainability, Sector, Private Sector, Social Media, As Ferrara’s sustainability manager, Vanessa Flores Andersen plays a central role in shaping the company’s sustainability vision and transforming it into action. She leads cross-functional initiatives ...

Cohort, 2014, Industry, Advocacy & International Development, Sector, Non-profit, Amy Maglio is the founder and executive director of Women’s Global Education Project (WGEP), an organization recognized for its innovative women's empowerment approach by the Obama Foundation, IBM, and the UN Girl...

Cohort, 2013, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Girish Rishi is the former CEO of Blue Yonder, where he launched a cloud-based portfolio powered by machine learning and edge intelligence to help companies better forecast supply and demand. Before that, he led Tyco Internati...