Authors
Christopher Shell
Fellow, American Statecraft Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Christopher Shell is a fellow in the American Statecraft Program at the Carnegie Endowment, where he leads a project that examines the impact of…
Adam Bodnar
Minister of Justice of Poland
Adam Bodnar was appointed Poland’s Minister of Justice in December 2023. A lawyer specializing in constitutional law and human rights, he…
Olga Bitel
Partner & Global Strategist, William Blair
Olga Bitel is a global strategist at William Blair where she develops economic research and analysis that distills macroeconomic and geopolitical…
Sarah Breen Bartecki
Senior Vice President, Business and Program Development and Chief Revenue Officer
Sarah Breen Bartecki joined the Chicago Council on Global Affairs in 2024, serving as the chief revenue officer and senior vice president of…
David Luhnow
U.K. Bureau Chief, The Wall Street Journal
David Luhnow is the U.K. bureau chief at The Wall Street Journal. Before that, he was editor for Latin America. David grew up in Mexico to…
Brendan Carroll
Senior Partner & Co-Founder, Victory Park Capital Advisors
Brendan Carroll is a senior partner at Victory Park Capital Advisors (VPC), which he co-founded in 2007. He is responsible for strategic…
Maggie Westdale
Chief Financial Officer, Aon Business
Maggie Westdale is the business chief financial officer for Aon, where she is responsible for managing the financial results across functions,…
J.P. Fairbank
CEO, Chairman, and Founder, Base4
Fairbank is also an adjunct assistant professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business. He received his MBA…
Thomas Levinson
Co-Founder and Principal, LK Advisors
A Manhattan native who, since 2000, has been proud to call Chicago home, Levinson is civically active as a non-profit board member, volunteer…
