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Karin (Dommermuth) O'Connor

Clinical Assistant Professor of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Northwestern U

Executive Director, Heizer Center for Private Equity and Venture Capital

Dr. Garth Walker

Emergency physician

Jesse Brown Veteran Affairs

Susan Tjarksen

Managing director

Cushman & Wakefield

Emily (Kline) Bucarich

Director of learning and development content

National Restaurant Association

Sandeep Pandya

CEO

Everguard

Priya Harjani

Associate VP, deputy general counsel

Northwestern University

Andrew McIntyre

VP/technology

Chicago Cubs

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Richard Hanus

Chicago immigration attorney

Inspiration for the 2019 NYC play ‘The Courtroom’

Nisa (Agrawal) Johnson

Brand manager

Modelo Especial/Constellation Brands

Merrill Thompson

Attorney

Created Merrill and Emma Thompson Endowment Fund

Gretchen Gscheidle

Former design director

Herman Miller, Inc.

Donald Harris

Stanford professor emeritus

Kamala Harris’ dad

Mike Bass

Award-winning journalist

Former DI editor-in-chief

Shawna Cooper-Gibson

VP, student services

Seton Hall University

Nikitta Foston

Content, multimedia producer

American Osteopathic Assn.

Aja Favors

Associate general counsel

Evangelical Lutheran Church

Margaret Oakes

English professor

Furman University

Lyndsay Gant

Program director

Northwestern Medicine

Daisy Porter-Reynolds

Executive director

Aurora Public Library

Phil Hockberger

Associate VP/research

Northwestern University

Deb Sokolow

Artist, writer

Northwestern professor

John Rogers

Bioelectronics pioneer

Held Swanlund chair at UI

Dan Farris

Director, athletic bands

Northwestern University

Ricca Slone

Former state representative

Northwestern lecturer

Der-Tsai Lee

President emeritus

National Chung Hsing U