Cohort, 2011, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Previous to joining EMPLOYERS, Barbara Higgins was the senior vice president of customer experience and retention at Allstate Insurance Company. Before that, she was vice president, customer experience at United Airlines, wher...

Cohort, 2012, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Social Media, Jason Schmitt is a global CEO with a track record of unlocking growth across Fortune 500 and private equity-backed companies in retail and consumer goods, most recently as interim CEO of a $100M Southern Californ...

Cohort, 2025, Industry, Science, Technology, & Innovation, Sector, Academia, Birju Shah is a clinical assistant professor of product and AI at Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, where he teaches and mentors students and executives on how to design, develop, and deploy AI and ...

Todd Graham, CNN debate analyst and "America’s Debate Coach," takes a minute to explain what voters expect to learn from presidential debates and why it's helpful for the candidates to debate more than once.

Cohort, 2020, Industry, Science, Technology, & Innovation, Sector, Private Sector, Social Media, Shima Rayej is the co-founder and chief product officer at Safe Rate, an AI-native mortgage technology firm helping borrowers navigate the complex process of shopping for a mortgage loan. Before Safe ...

Cohort, 2025, Industry, Environment & Sustainability, Sector, Non-profit, Social Media, Elizabeth Andrews has lived and worked across Africa, Asia, and Europe for the past 15 years representing award-winning newsrooms, startups, international nonprofits, and the United Nations. She received her m...

Cohort, 2023, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Before joining Invenergy, Arthur Colby was a director at DaVita Kidney Care, creating an integrated corporate strategy and driving sustained growth for more than 120 kidney dialysis clinics in the Chicagoland and Wisconsin mar...

Cohort, 2022, Industry, Healthcare, Sector, Private Sector, Sonia Bobra is an assistant professor of Neuroradiology at the Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital and Loyola Stritch School of Medicine. Bobra serves as education director for radiology residents and medical students and as a mentor to inter...

Cohort, 2018, Industry, Law, Sector, Private Sector, Before joining the Diocese of Rockford, Ryan Blackney was an associate in the Commercial Litigation Practice Group and the Bankruptcy and Financial Restructuring Group, and was a member of the Fraud and Internal Investigations Team at Freeborn ...

Cohort, 2021, Industry, Healthcare, Sector, Private Sector, Manuel Chavez joined the firm William Blair & Company in 2010 and works in the healthcare group, focusing on pharmaceutical services and outsourced medical device manufacturing sectors. He's passionate about the healthcare industry and w...