Cohort, 2018, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, In his current role, Vamsi Bonthala leads all corporate efforts at Arbor Lodging Partners, including general corporate strategy, investor relations, strategic relationships, acquisitions, dispositions, and asset management. He...

Cohort, 2021, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Public Sector, Chris Myers is a Chicago-based businessman, military officer, community servant, investor, and political activist. He's a partner in Ernst & Young’s merger and acquisition (M&A) consulting practice, where he specializes in in...

Cohort, 2020, Industry, Education, Sector, Academia, Austin Wright is an associate professor at the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy. His research on substate conflict largely focuses on the political economy of insurgent violence, examining how rebel groups adopt new technolo...

Cohort, 2014, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Nate Laurell is the former CEO of The Fresh Factory and current board chair, advising the company on all aspects related to continued growth and high-level strategic considerations. He previously founded New Frontier Holdings,...

Cohort, 2012, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, As founder and CEO of Roads United, Eliot Dam offers a wealth of global product management, business development, and leadership experience in numerous technology markets, including connected vehicles, smart infrastructure, wi...

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, 2015, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Mark Palchak started his career growing proprietary trading groups in Chicago at Infinium Capital Management. In time, he assumed leadership of Infinium in a distressed situation, immediately taking the company through a succe...

Cohort, 2018, Industry, Education, Sector, Non-profit, Kristin Ziemke is an urban school educator and the author of Amplify: Digital Teaching and Learning in the K-6 Classroom. Since establishing her own consulting company in 2011, Ziemke has worked with schools around the world to develop learni...

Cohort, 2023, Industry, Law, Sector, Private Sector, Matt Meltzer is a co-founder and partner at Meltzer Hellrung, a business immigration law firm. In his capacity as an attorney, he advises corporate clients, ranging from individual entrepreneurs to large multinational corporations, on securing ...

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...