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, 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...

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, Government, Policy, & Public Affairs, Sector, Public Sector, Julien Rosan joined Global Affairs Canada in 2019 and serves as trade commissioner at the Consulate General of Canada in Chicago. In this role, he is responsible for trade and innovation initiatives to support Ca...

Cohort, 2012, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Kevin Willer is a partner at Chicago Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital fund. He oversees all aspects of Chicago Ventures, including fund management, deal sourcing, investments, and working directly with portfolio companie...

Cohort, 2024, Industry, Food & Agriculture, Sector, Non-profit, With a decade of experience in the nonprofit sector, Christopher Swann's impactful journey at Feeding America began as an intern and ascended to the role of Senior Program Manager. His pivotal work with the MealConnect platform has n...

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Cohort, 2015, Industry, Science, Technology, & Innovation, Sector, Private Sector, After nearly 20 years in leadership roles at Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL), Benjamin Bader now leads the global workplace function for HERE Technologies, managing real estate across nearly 40 countries. He oversees a di...

Cohort, 2024, Industry, Government, Policy, & Public Affairs, Sector, Public Sector, Tina Kotrych is the senior investment officer at the Consulate General of Canada in Chicago. In this role, she leverages broad networks on both sides of the border to help Midwest-based firms navigate all aspects...