Stephanie Pace Marshall is the Founding President and President Emerita of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy® — the nation’s first three-year public residential institution for high school age students academically talented in science, mathematics...

Vicky Kalogera received an undergraduate degree in physics from the University of Thessaloniki in Greece and a doctorate in astronomy from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Following this she completed a prize postdoctoral fellowship...

Dr. Mitra Dutta is a UIC Distinguished Professor Emerita of Electrical and Computer Engineering since 2024. She was the Vice Chancellor for Research and a Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University...

Since 2004, Mary Dempsey has served as President of the Philip H. Corboy Foundation. The work of the Foundation is devoted to education, arts and culture, social justice, access to the courts and preserving the...

Katherine Baicker, PhD, is the Provost of the University of Chicago and the Emmett Dedmon Professor at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. She received her BA in economics from Yale and...

Nina Appel is the former Dean of Loyola University Chicago School of Law. She joined the full time faculty in 1973, served as Associate Dean from 1976-1983, and as Dean for 21 years till she...

Dr. Paula Allen-Meares is an international expert on human services in educational settings, mental health in under-resourced communities, and educational access and success. From 2009 to 2015, she served as Chancellor of the University of...