High School Principal at the Hmong American Peace Academy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, overseeing a charter program within a K‑12 academy that serves nearly 1,900 students and emphasizes rigorous academics and Hmong cultural heritage.


Donald Patnode
*LinkedIn connection since 5/11/23

Eleventh President of Menlo College in Atherton, California, leading a private business‑focused college with about 850 students and roughly 280 faculty and staff.


Steven Weiner
*LinkedIn connection since 5/21/25

Co‑Founder and CEO of Dimension Renewable Energy in Atlanta, Georgia, leading a firm with more than 100 employees focused on distributed solar and clean energy projects across the nation.


Rafael Dobrzynski
*LinkedIn connection since 1/11/23

City Manager of Tuttle, Oklahoma, overseeing municipal government for a city of about 8,600 residents with a city workforce of roughly 50 municipal employees.


Dana Schoening
*LinkedIn connection since 1/20/26

Chief Financial and Operations Officer of Winrock International, an Arkansas nonprofit advancing sustainable agriculture and economic development, with a team of about 300 employees.


Can Varol
*LinkedIn connection since 1/13/25

High School Principal in Central Community Unit School District 301 in Illinois, leading the sole high school in a rural‑fringe district of about 4,900 students and roughly 600 staff across seven schools.


Brett Bending
*LinkedIn connection since 2/16/24

Eighth and first Black president of Rice University in Houston, Texas, also a professor, leading a private research institution with about 8,800 students across eight schools and more than 900 faculty.


Reginald DesRoches
*LinkedIn connection since 3/24/23

President and CEO of DSG Supply, leading a Minneapolis-area wholesale distribution company with more than 1,000 employees serving electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and industrial customers.


Paul Kennedy
*LinkedIn connection since 10/1/24

City Administrator of Papillion, Nebraska, overseeing municipal operations for a city with about 200 employees serving roughly 25,000 residents.


Amber Powers
*LinkedIn connection since 1/20/26

Chief Performance Officer at Rate, a Chicago‑headquartered residential mortgage company with about 5,500 employees focused on lending and related services.


Paul Anastos
*LinkedIn connection since 10/22/22

Principal of Eden Prairie Senior High School in Minnesota, leading about 2,800 students and roughly 145 teachers, in a district of over 9,000 students and about 1,400 staff.

Jaysen Anderson
*LinkedIn connection since 10/1/24

Tenth President of the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas, leading a private Catholic university with about 10,000 students and roughly 1,000 faculty and staff.


Tom Evans
*LinkedIn connection since 10/9/24

Chairman and CEO of Inspire Medical Systems in Minnesota, leading a medical device company focused on neurostimulation therapy for obstructive sleep apnea with about 1,300 employees.


Tim Herbert
*LinkedIn connection since 3/27/24

City Administrator of Bellevue, Nebraska, overseeing municipal operations for a city of about 55,000 residents with roughly 300 municipal employees serving the community.


Jim Ristow
*LinkedIn connection since 1/22/26

Chief Financial Officer & President, International at Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., for a major North American beverage company headquartered in Massachusetts with about 28,000 employees worldwide.


Sudhanshu Priyadarshi
*LinkedIn connection since 1/20/25

Principal of California High School within San Ramon Valley Unified School District in California, leading a public high school of about 2,900 students in grades 9–12, part of a district serving roughly 29,000 students across Contra Costa County.


Demetrius Ball
*LinkedIn connection since 9/23/25

President and CEO of the University of Minnesota Foundation, leading the fundraising arm that supports the university’s mission and a network of more than 600,000 living alumni.


John Morris
*LinkedIn connection since 7/17/25

Founder and CEO of Ensemble Health Partners in Cincinnati, Ohio, leading a revenue cycle management firm with about 11,000 employees serving hundreds of health systems nationwide.


Judson Ivy
*LinkedIn connection since 1/17/25

City Manager of Tucson, Arizona, overseeing municipal operations for a city government with about 4,500 municipal employees serving a population of roughly 550,000 residents.


Timothy Thomure
*LinkedIn connection since 1/21/26

Chief Financial Officer of Restaurant Brands International, headquartered in Canada and living in Florida, for a multinational restaurant holding company with about 37,600 employees.


Sami Siddiqui
*LinkedIn connection since 11/16/22

Principal of Petaluma Adult School within Petaluma City Schools, leading the only K–12 adult school in Sonoma County, offering no‑fee high school diploma completion, ESL, citizenship, and parent education, in a county of about 485,000 people.


Michelle Devereaux
*LinkedIn connection since 2/14/24

President and CEO of the Indiana University Foundation, leading the philanthropic arm that supports Indiana University’s mission and its network of more than 805,000 living alumni.


J. Thomas Forbes
*LinkedIn connection since 7/9/25

President of Mayo Clinic Health System, leading 14,000 employees across 16 hospitals and 40+ multispecialty clinics in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa, and serving as a professor of medicine and preventive medicine.


Prathibha Varkey
*LinkedIn connection since 10/2/24

Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Education, leading a state agency with about 500 employees that oversees education policy and supports nearly 878,000 K–12 students statewide.


Willie Jett
*LinkedIn connection since 1/19/26

Chief Financial Officer, Care Delivery, Optum Health, part of UnitedHealth Group, whose Optum business includes about 300,000 employees worldwide, supporting care delivery and related services.


Shafina Shehnaz
*LinkedIn connection since 10/31/19

High School Principal at the Hmong American Peace Academy in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, overseeing a charter program within a K‑12 academy that serves nearly 1,900 students and emphasizes rigorous academics and Hmong cultural heritage.


Donald Patnode
*LinkedIn connection since 5/11/23

Eleventh President of Menlo College in Atherton, California, leading a private business‑focused college with about 850 students and roughly 280 faculty and staff.


Steven Weiner
*LinkedIn connection since 5/21/25

Co‑Founder and CEO of Dimension Renewable Energy in Atlanta, Georgia, leading a firm with more than 100 employees focused on distributed solar and clean energy projects across the nation.


Rafael Dobrzynski
*LinkedIn connection since 1/11/23

City Manager of Tuttle, Oklahoma, overseeing municipal government for a city of about 8,600 residents with a city workforce of roughly 50 municipal employees.


Dana Schoening
*LinkedIn connection since 1/20/26

Chief Financial and Operations Officer of Winrock International, an Arkansas nonprofit advancing sustainable agriculture and economic development, with a team of about 300 employees.


Can Varol
*LinkedIn connection since 1/13/25

High School Principal in Central Community Unit School District 301 in Illinois, leading the sole high school in a rural‑fringe district of about 4,900 students and roughly 600 staff across seven schools.


Brett Bending
*LinkedIn connection since 2/16/24

Eighth and first Black president of Rice University in Houston, Texas, also a professor, leading a private research institution with about 8,800 students across eight schools and more than 900 faculty.


Reginald DesRoches
*LinkedIn connection since 3/24/23

President and CEO of DSG Supply, leading a Minneapolis-area wholesale distribution company with more than 1,000 employees serving electrical, plumbing, HVAC, and industrial customers.


Paul Kennedy
*LinkedIn connection since 10/1/24

City Administrator of Papillion, Nebraska, overseeing municipal operations for a city with about 200 employees serving roughly 25,000 residents.


Amber Powers
*LinkedIn connection since 1/20/26

Chief Performance Officer at Rate, a Chicago‑headquartered residential mortgage company with about 5,500 employees focused on lending and related services.


Paul Anastos
*LinkedIn connection since 10/22/22

Principal of Eden Prairie Senior High School in Minnesota, leading about 2,800 students and roughly 145 teachers, in a district of over 9,000 students and about 1,400 staff.

Jaysen Anderson
*LinkedIn connection since 10/1/24

Tenth President of the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas, leading a private Catholic university with about 10,000 students and roughly 1,000 faculty and staff.


Tom Evans
*LinkedIn connection since 10/9/24

Chairman and CEO of Inspire Medical Systems in Minnesota, leading a medical device company focused on neurostimulation therapy for obstructive sleep apnea with about 1,300 employees.


Tim Herbert
*LinkedIn connection since 3/27/24

City Administrator of Bellevue, Nebraska, overseeing municipal operations for a city of about 55,000 residents with roughly 300 municipal employees serving the community.


Jim Ristow
*LinkedIn connection since 1/22/26

Chief Financial Officer & President, International at Keurig Dr Pepper Inc., for a major North American beverage company headquartered in Massachusetts with about 28,000 employees worldwide.


Sudhanshu Priyadarshi
*LinkedIn connection since 1/20/25

Principal of California High School within San Ramon Valley Unified School District in California, leading a public high school of about 2,900 students in grades 9–12, part of a district serving roughly 29,000 students across Contra Costa County.


Demetrius Ball
*LinkedIn connection since 9/23/25

President and CEO of the University of Minnesota Foundation, leading the fundraising arm that supports the university’s mission and a network of more than 600,000 living alumni.


John Morris
*LinkedIn connection since 7/17/25

Founder and CEO of Ensemble Health Partners in Cincinnati, Ohio, leading a revenue cycle management firm with about 11,000 employees serving hundreds of health systems nationwide.


Judson Ivy
*LinkedIn connection since 1/17/25

City Manager of Tucson, Arizona, overseeing municipal operations for a city government with about 4,500 municipal employees serving a population of roughly 550,000 residents.


Timothy Thomure
*LinkedIn connection since 1/21/26

Chief Financial Officer of Restaurant Brands International, headquartered in Canada and living in Florida, for a multinational restaurant holding company with about 37,600 employees.


Sami Siddiqui
*LinkedIn connection since 11/16/22

Principal of Petaluma Adult School within Petaluma City Schools, leading the only K–12 adult school in Sonoma County, offering no‑fee high school diploma completion, ESL, citizenship, and parent education, in a county of about 485,000 people.


Michelle Devereaux
*LinkedIn connection since 2/14/24

President and CEO of the Indiana University Foundation, leading the philanthropic arm that supports Indiana University’s mission and its network of more than 805,000 living alumni.


J. Thomas Forbes
*LinkedIn connection since 7/9/25

President of Mayo Clinic Health System, leading 14,000 employees across 16 hospitals and 40+ multispecialty clinics in Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa, and serving as a professor of medicine and preventive medicine.


Prathibha Varkey
*LinkedIn connection since 10/2/24

Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Education, leading a state agency with about 500 employees that oversees education policy and supports nearly 878,000 K–12 students statewide.


Willie Jett
*LinkedIn connection since 1/19/26

Chief Financial Officer, Care Delivery, Optum Health, part of UnitedHealth Group, whose Optum business includes about 300,000 employees worldwide, supporting care delivery and related services.


Shafina Shehnaz
*LinkedIn connection since 10/31/19