Cohort, 2025, Industry, Advocacy & International Development, Sector, Non-profit, Social Media, Johannes Favi is a committed community and human rights advocate. As deputy director of the Illinois Community for Displaced Immigrants (ICDI), he oversees strategic planning, fundraising, and developm...

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, 2022, Industry, Business & Consulting, Sector, Private Sector, Vidisha Suman is a partner with Kearney’s digital transformation practice in the Chicago office. She has over 15 years of industry and consulting experience in the digital space, serving leading companies as they navigate th...

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, 2021, Industry, Education, Sector, Non-profit, Social Media, At the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, Kim Tran serves as the chief executive officer, overseeing the organization's operations, financial health, and strategic initiatives. Working with the executive committe...

Cohort, 2023, Industry, Advocacy & International Development, Sector, Non-profit, Meredith Burlew is the director of grants at The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International. Rotary is a global network of 1.4 million community leaders united in providing community service. Its foundation funds sus...

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Cohort, 2018, Industry, Law, Sector, Private Sector, Before her time at Jenner & Block, Shoba Pillay was an assistant United States attorney in the United States Attorney’s Office for the northern district of Illinois—assigned to the national security and cybercrimes section. As a former fede...