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...

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, 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,...

Global Cities intern Paula Pelletier examines what cities should do with programs formed in response to COVID-19.

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, 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, 2018, Industry, Marketing, Communications, & Media, Sector, Non-profit, Social Media, Rebekah Raleigh is Director of Strategic Communications at the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago., Her career spans photojournalism, global nonprofit communications, healthcare marketi...

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, 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...