Cohort, 2019, Industry, Banking & Finance, Sector, Private Sector, Prior to joining Thrivent Mutual Funds—a subsidiary of Thrivent Financial—Michael Hubbard was an analyst covering U.S. small cap financials and real estate at William Blair Investment Management. While in this role, he founded...

Interns on this team will have the unique experience of gaining knowledge of the business community while also learning about global issues affecting businesses and corporations around the world.

Cohort, 2017, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Based in Chicago, Julie Steffen-Layda leads the Midwest hub for the international desk for JLL. In this role, she is responsible for expanding the growth of the company's international business across the Americas, Europe, the...

Cohort, 2015, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Ross Shelleman is the CEO of Aisle Rocket, after previously serving as president and CEO of Target Data, a venture-backed "Big Data" and analytics company focused on the life event of moving. Before founding Target Data, Shell...

Cohort, 2014, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Non-profit, Before joining the Zeno Group, Courtney Thompson served as Boeing's government operations leader for the Great Lakes region, which included Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. In this capacity, she led the compa...

Cohort, 2013, Industry, Banking & Finance, Sector, Private Sector, Jamie Wildman became one of the youngest managing directors at William Blair, where he now leads business development efforts with private equity and venture capital firms. His earlier experience includes investment banking roles ...

August 1, 2016, RESEARCH Working Paper by Karen Weigert, Download Report (PDF), Karen Weigert examines research, initial findings, potential implications, and suggestions for future research on benchmarking and energy efficiency programs., In 2013, the City of Chicago passed the Chicago Energy Be...

July 10, 2019, RESEARCH Report by Catherine Bertini, Download Report (PDF), This paper provides guidance for new leaders through various stages of the early days of UN leadership., Introduction, From preparations made upon appointment to the position to the first 100 days in office and finally th...

Ten years after The First 1,000 Days book began, we revisit Shyamkali and her six daughters to see how they are faring.