Dr. Roberto Curci serves as Dean of the Brennan School of Business and Vice Provost for Strategic Initiatives and External Relations at Dominican University. A professor of finance, his research focuses on international finance, international business, and immigrant-owned enterprises, with publications in leading academic journals. ​ Dr. Curci brings extensive leadership and global experience, having previously served as Associate Dean and Endowed Chair Professor of Finance at Butler University, and as a Fulbright Scholar in Hong Kong. He is actively engaged in corporate, nonprofit, and academic leadership, serving on boards and national committees, including AACSB accreditation initiatives. ​ He holds a Ph.D. in International Business and Finance, an MBA, and dual undergraduate degrees in business administration and systems engineering. undergraduate degrees in business administration and systems engineering.

Dr. Anjali Chaudhry is passionate about helping students and business professionals develop a strong leadership mindset. She believes today's world presents both significant challenges and opportunities in an increasingly complex, resource-constrained, and rapidly changing environment. Her work focuses on preparing future generations not only to adapt to change, but to thrive within it. ​ Through collaborations with academic and business institutions across the United States and internationally, Dr. Chaudhry has studied how individuals make sense of change and disruption, and which strategies enable professionals to succeed in dynamic environments. Through the Center of Excellence, she aims to develop a new generation of leaders who are prepared to excel in multicultural and multigenerational settings, embrace continuous learning, think with agility, and apply evidence-based, persuasive leadership skills to create meaningful impact within their spheres of influence.

Gary Cuneen is the founder and executive director of Seven Generations Ahead - now in its 25th year of driving solutions related to climate, equity and sustainability. In his role Gary founded SGA’s Zero Waste Schools, Farm to School, PlanItGreen and It’s Our Future programs, and co-founded with partners the Cross Community Climate Collaborative (C4), the Illinois Food Scrap and Composting Coalition, the Wasted Food Action Alliance, GreenTown: The Future of Community, It's Our Future and the Fox Valley Sustainability Network. Gary through Seven Generations Ahead works with mainstream institutions across the metro area to advance policies and projects linked to GHG emissions reductions, on-site solar and community solar, energy efficiency, battery storage and other clean energy and sustainability solutions.

Victoria Kozielec is a global economist and data strategy executive whose career spans four industries and three continents. Educated in both Europe and the United States, she brings rare cross-cultural fluency and macroeconomic depth to the worlds of business intelligence, enterprise innovation, and executive decision-making. A compelling voice on AI adoption, global market forecasting, and data governance, Victoria translates complex economic realities into strategies that resonate across borders, boardrooms, and disciplines. ​ We are training the next generation of leaders for a world that no longer has limitations. The most powerful thing we can give emerging talent is not just technical expertise: it is the ability to see an economic trend in one country and understand its ripple effect three markets away. Global leadership is not a title, it is a discipline. It requires the same precision we apply to acadmdemia, and the same adaptability we develop when we live, study, and work across cultures. When we invest in developing that kind of leader, we are not just building careers, we are building the frameworks that will shape the global economy for decades to come.