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- Program
- Speaker Series
- Date
- Jan 28, 2025
Join us as we welcome the Winter-Spring 2025 cohort of Pritzker Fellows! Each of our Fellows will introduce themselves and seminar topics, followed by a brief chat with IOP director Heidi Heitkamp. They’ll then rotate around to meet students and field their questions!
Snacks will be provided.
You can learn more about our upcoming Fellows via the links below:
- Jon Tester
- Shalanda Young
- Natalia Pelevina
- Xochitl Torres Small
- Liz Johnson
- Justin Ángel Knighten
- Chris LaCivita
- Tonika Lewis Johnson
- Pete Buttigieg*
- Charlamagne Tha God* *Please note that Secretary Buttigieg and Charlamagne Tha God will not be attending Meet the Fellows.
This event is open to current UChicago students only.
If you have any questions about accessibility, please contact iopevents@uchicago.edu.
Tuesday, January 28, 2025 5:30 p.m. CST Ida Noyes Hall, 3rd Floor Theater
- Pete Buttigieg Winter 2025 IOP Pritzker Fellow. Former U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary, Former 2020 Presidential Candidate, Former Mayor of South Bend
- Jon Tester Former U.S. Senator (D-MT), author of "Grounded: A Senator’s Lessons on Winning Back Rural America", organic farmer and IOP Pritzker fellow. Served on the Veterans’ Affairs, Homeland Security, Indian Affairs, Banking and Appropriations Committees.
- Xochitl Torres Small Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture
- Shalanda Young IOP Pritzker Fellow. Former Office of Management and Budget Director, Member of President Biden’s Cabinet, National Security Council, and Core Economic team.
- Natalia Pelevina IOP Pritzker Fellow. Playwright, Russian Political Opposition Activist, Council Member of the Free Russia Forum, and Regional Secretary for Eastern Europe and Central Asia of the World Liberty Congress. Filmmaker: documentary film “Borderline” about the war in Ukraine.
- Liz Johnson IOP Pritzker Fellow. Former Chief of Staff to U.S. Senator Mitt Romney. Advisory board member of the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Bipartisan Chiefs of Staff Initiative and past president of the U.S. Senate Press Secretaries Association. Served as communications director and senior political advisor to U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire; spokesperson for U.S. Senator Susan Collins of Maine and the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.
- Justin Ángel Knighten IOP Pritzker Fellow, Former Associate Administrator with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Chris LaCivita IOP Pritzker Fellow. Senior Advisor & Co-Campaign Manager to Donald Trump's 2024 Presidential Campaign and Chief of Staff for the Republican National Committee. A decorated veteran, LaCivita served in the United States Marine Corps, where he was wounded in combat and awarded the Purple Heart for his service.
- Charlamagne Tha God IOP Pritzker Fellow. Radio, Podcast & Television Personality Lenard "Charlamagne Tha God" McKelvey. Co-host of iHeartMedia's The Breakfast Club morning show; created The Black Effect Podcast Network; co-executive producer of award-winning scripted podcasts like Brokedown Prophets, Finding Tamika, Unleash for Love, and Summer of ‘85; co-creator and host of the podcast The Brilliant Idiots with comedian Andrew Schulz; political podcast network Reasoned Choice Media alongside Angela Rye and Chris Morrow. Author, "Black Privilege: Opportunity Comes to Those Who Create It", The New York Times Best Seller Author of best-sellers "Shook One: Anxiety Playing Tricks on Me" and "Get Honest or Die Lying". Emmy-winning producer through his production company, CThaGod World; host of his YouTube interview series Out Of Context with Charlamagne Tha God. Founder of the Mental Wealth Alliance; Ambassador for the Food Bank for New York City.
- Tonika Lewis Johnson IOP Pritzker Fellow. Chicago-Based Social Justice Artist. Creative Executive Officer of the Folded Map Project™ Showcased at prestigious venues like the Museum of Contemporary Art, Rootwork Gallery in Pilsen, the Chicago Cultural Center, the Harold Washington Library Center, and Loyola University's Museum of Art. Awarded Chicago Magazine's Chicagoan of the Year; 2019 Field Foundation "Leader for a New Chicago"; 2022 Landmark Illinois Influencer; 2023 Ateliers Médicis Artist in Residence in Paris, France. Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events Cultural Advisory Council member; lead co-founder of the Englewood Arts Collective, and the Resident Association of Greater Englewood (R.A.G.E.).