Meet the Inaugural Cohort Class of 2021

Meet the Inaugural Cohort Class of 2021

Meet the Inaugural Cohort Class of 2021


Anthony Driver, Jr.

Executive Director, SEIU IL State Council / President, City of Chicago Community Commission for Public Safety & Accountability 

Ariel Rainey

CEO & Founder, Urban Mom Collective National Coalition for Black Moms

Arthur Mitchell

Deputy Director of Litigation & Policy, All On The Line

Ashley Munson

Government Relations Manager, HopSkipDrive, Producer/Host, CAN TV

Chantal Grant

President, Civ3 Ventures, Chairman, Black Chamber of Commerce of Illionis, Co-founder, Level Up & Vote

Consuela Hendricks

Co-founder & Co-president, People Matter

Crystal Bland

Community Planning & Development Representative, U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development

David Peterson

President & Executive Director, National A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum

Ibienebo "Ibie" Hart

Director of Business Development, Women Employed

Jauwan Hall

Intergovernmental Affairs Liason

Kendra Spearman

Executive Director, The Justice Renewal Initiative / Attorney 

Kennedy Bartley

Chief of External Affairs, Office of The Mayor

Kimberly Egonmwan

Talk Show Host, WVON 1690 AM The Talk of Chicago Afternoon Show / Attorney 

Kyra Woods

Consultancy Director, Sustain Our Future

LeAaron Foley

Senior Director of Government & Community Relations - Midwest, Lime

Maurice Green

Head of Market Development & Community & Government Affairs, PsiQuantum

Maxwell Little

Regional Survey Manager, U.S. Census Bureau

Michael Wilder

Chairman & Co-founder, Black Men Lawyers' Association, Shareholder & Employment Lawyer, Littler

Michelle Jenkins

Assistant General Counsel of Policy, Chicago Housing Authority

Michelle Rashad

Executive Director, Imagine Englewood

Neal Stevens-Jackson

Digital Directors, JB for Governor 

Robert Emmons, Jr.

Owner & Operator, Emmons Consulting LLC

Sean Anderson

Director, We Are Rally

Shantenae Robinson

Head of U.S Strategic Partnership, Aon

Shareese Pryor

First Assistant Deputy Governor, Office of the Governor Illinois

Steven Clark

President, 8th Ward Young Democrats, State Farm Agent

Tai Duncan

Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility, Cresco Labs

Tamara Allen

Co-founder & Managing Principal Consultant, The Be! Agency, People, PEP!IN

Tregg Duerson

Director, Standard Communities 

Tyrone McGowan

Associate Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ 

Will Collins

Chief External Affairs Officer, Surge Institute 

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