Meet the Cohort Class of 2024

Meet the Cohort Class of 2024

Meet the Cohort Class of 2024


Ahmed Karrar

Director of Strategic Initiatives, Ichor Strategies

Amber Wilson

Policy Advisor, Office of the Mayor

Brandon Bradford

Chief of Staff, Office of the 16th Ward Alderman

Brionna Poole

Communications Associates, APS & Associates

Calvin Cottrell

Constituent Services Director, Office of the 4th Ward

Alderman

Christopher Swann

Senior Program Manager, Feeding America

Chynna Hampton

Equity Director, Climate Jobs – IL – ALF-CIO

Cleopatra Draper

CEO & Founder, Roses in Roseland, Radio Host WVON 1690 AM

Crystal Gardener

Associate Political Director, United Working Families, Board Member, Bethel New Life, Housing Forward

Darius (Dee) Nix

Interim Impact Director/Instructional Coach, City Year Chicago, President/CEO Friends in the City Foundation

Imani Clayton

Senior Executive Appointments Associate, Office of

the IL Governor

Jalen Brown

Associate Attorney, Reed Smith LLP

James Mendez

Director of Policy, Cook County Assesor's Office

Jamie Brown

Co-founder, Period: Ending the Sentence

Janella Curtis

Director of Public Affairs, TLG Development LLC

Jillian Carew

Education & Leadership Consultant, InnerG Unlmtd Manager of Targeted Student Support, Noble Schools, Local School Council Member, Chicago Public Schools

Josh Harris

Vice President of Public Engagement, Obama Foundation

Kendra Clayton

Assistant Director of Community Relations Outreach

and Engagement Specialist, Bobby E. Wright

Comprehensive Behavioral Health Center

Maggie Mendenhall Casey

Deputy Corporation Counsel of the Torts Division, City of Chicago

Margaret Decker

Chief of Staff, IL Department of Labor

Mariana Thomas

Program Manager of Black Organizing Program,

Planned Parenthood IL

Marvin Slaughter

Senior Research Portfolio Manager, UChicago Inclusive

Economy Lab

Nino Rodriguez

CEO & Founder, R3VOLUTIONINO

Noel Green

Chief Executive Officer Founder, CoLiberate USA

Phasha Spencer

Executive Director, Playworks Illinois

Taylor Bishop

Director of External Affairs, Cook County Government

Tommie Robinson

Legislative Coordinator, Cook County Presidents Office

Walter Redmond Burnett

Principal, Hannibal Valley Company

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