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, National Redistricting Action Fund

Ashley Munson

Manager of Community Engagement & Government Affairs, Obama Foundation

Chantal Grant

Founder & CEO, Grant Stone LLC 

Consuela Hendricks

Co-founder & Co-president, People Matter

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

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

District Representative for Congresswoman Robin Kelly, U.S. House of Representatives

Kendra Spearman

Executive Director, The Justice Renewal Initiative / Attorney 

Kennedy Bartley

Executive Director, United Working Families 

Kimberly Egonmwan

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

Kyra Woods

Policy Advisor, City of Chicago

LeAaron Foley

Director of Government Relations - Midwest, Lime

Maurice Green

Political Director, SEIU Local 73

Maxwell Little

Regional Survey Manager, U.S. Census Bureau

Michael Wilder

Chairman & Co-founder, Black Men Lawyers' Association 

Michelle Jenkins

Director of Legislative Affairs, Illinois Department of Human Services 

Michelle Rashad

Executive Director, Imagine Englewood

Neal Stevens-Jackson

Digital Supervisor, Kivvit 

Robert Emmons, Jr.

Owner & Operator, Emmons Consulting LLC

Sean Anderson

Senior Director, Bully Pulpit Interactive 

Shantenae Robinson

Public Affairs Manager of Global Ecosystems & Apprenticeship Program, Aon

Shareese Pryor

Deputy General Counsel, Office of the Governor - IL

Steven Clark

President, 8th Ward Young Democrats

Tai Duncan

Vice President of Community Integration, Cresco Labs

Tamara Allen

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

Tregg Duerson

Associate Director, Standard Communities 

Tyrone McGowan

Associate Pastor, Trinity United Church of Christ 

Will Collins

Chief External Affairs Officer, Surge Institute 

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