Cohort, 2024, Industry, Healthcare, Sector, Academia, Erick Amick is the executive director of the Susan and Richard Kiphart Center for Global Health and Social Development at the University of Chicago. As executive director, he works across academic boundaries bringing together tools and experti...

Cohort, 2024, Industry, Housing & Transportation, Sector, Private Sector, Mike Lombardo is principal, managing broker, and attorney for Blue Star Properties, which owns over one million square feet of office, entertainment, retail, and industrial properties in Chicago. Notable projects include Th...

Cohort, 2026, Industry, Healthcare, Sector, Non-profit, Social Media, Chime Asonye is the Founder of Nigerian Mental Health, the country’s largest multidisciplinary community of practitioners, comprising over 50 organizations advancing policy, research, wellness, and disability inclusion. His t...

Cohort, 2024, Industry, Food & Agriculture, Sector, Private Sector, Juan P Rossi (JP) is the president & general manager of the primary care division at Medline Industries, LP. He has over 20 years of combined international experience in the agricultural, food, and beverage industries with a rele...

Cohort, 2026, Industry, Banking & Finance, Sector, Private Sector, Social Media, Marc Lacher is a managing director and wealth advisor with William Blair’s private wealth management group. He leads a team that provides bespoke financial planning and investment management services to high-net-wo...

Cohort, 2026, Industry, Law, Sector, Academia, Social Media, Paulina Muñoz is a senior assistant general counsel with Chicago Public Schools’ legal department. In this role, she negotiates and advises complex legal and policy matters that support the district’s mission to provide equitable,...

Cohort, 2022, Industry, Banking & Finance, Sector, Private Sector, Joyce Merkel is a vice president in the foreign exchange trading department of US Bank, where she is responsible for driving the strategic growth of electronic platform trading for her company and mitigating the ever-changing risk...

Cohort, 2023, Industry, Banking & Finance, Sector, Non-profit, Gabriella Kusz is CEO of the Global Digital Asset and Cryptocurrency Association, a global voluntary self-regulatory association for the industry. Previously, she served as the principal for strategic initiatives at the International ...

Cohort, 2022, Industry, Government, Policy, & Public Affairs, Sector, Public Sector, Bria Scudder is first assistant deputy governor for public safety, infrastructure, environment, and energy in Governor JB Pritzker’s administration., Scudder helps manage more than ten state agencies, including...

Cohort, 2014, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Rebecca Riebe is a global technology professional currently advising at CVS Health and previously consulting with Strategic Systems and Innovation at Hyatt Corporation. Riebe spent the early part of her career in operations wi...