Cohort, 2018, Industry, Advocacy & International Development, Sector, Non-profit, Lauren Buitta is founder and CEO of Girl Security, a nonpartisan, non-profit organization closing the gender gap in national security through learning, training, and mentoring support. Prior to this, Buitta served ...

Cohort, 2018, Industry, Government, Policy, & Public Affairs, Sector, Non-profit, Rebecca Neale Hampson was previously the chief of staff and US director of the CEO Council for Sustainable Urbanization at the Paulson Institute. In this capacity, she was a senior advisor to the institute’s chair...

Cohort, 2021, Industry, Government, Policy, & Public Affairs, Sector, Public Sector, Before joining Illinois' Department of Human Rights, Jason Rosensweig was assistant director for advocacy and international affairs at the American Jewish Committee (AJC), a global Jewish advocacy organization. H...

Cohort, 2021, Industry, Education, Sector, Academia, Meredith Stricker is also a senior fellow at The Soufan Center, a think tank focused on global security and emerging threats. She previously served as the founding executive director and led the organization’s research team and speaker series...

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, 2021, Industry, Law, Sector, Public Sector, Barbara Barreno-Paschall was previously a commissioner with the State of Illinois Human Rights Commission following her appointment by Governor JB Pritzker. As a commissioner, she adjudicated complaints of discrimination filed under the Illinois...