MEET THE 2022 COHORT

Ryan Ahari, Field Deputy, Office of Councilmember Nithya Raman

Yasmeen Bankole, Trustee, Village of Hanover Park, IL

Natalie Copeland, School Board Member for St. Cloud Area School District 742

Binta Kanteh, Policy Director to Commissioner of the Fourth District

Ziad Kharrat, Parks Special Projects Administrator

Michelle Mussman, IL State Representative, 56th District

Wesam Shahed, Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office

Ethan D. Sweep, Councilmember, Town of Berwyn Heights, MD

Demario Turner, Chairman of the City of Champaign's Human Relations Commission

Carmen ValDez, Policy Associate

Sarah Wanja, Management Analyst, Delaware Health and Social Services

Patrick Watson, NAACP DuPage County

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The Public Leaders Council D.C. Summit is generously supported by the Aspen Institute’s Inclusive America Project.