Former economic development head under Mayor Lightfoot named to lead University of Chicago entrepreneurship center
The deputy mayor for economic development under former Mayor Lori Lightfoot has landed a new role in academia as managing director of the University of Chicago’s Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Samir Mayekar, who spearheaded everything from the Invest South/West initiative to…
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