Lisa Wardell, president and chief executive of Adtalem Global Education, at her company's new headquarters in Chicago. It’s the largest public U.S. company with an African American female CEO. Lisa Wardell dared to take risks, meet people from diverse backgrounds and put herself into uncomfortable situations. She is chief executive officer of Chicago-based Adtalem Global Education, a $3 billion for-profit education business. Wardell is the only African American woman CEO in the Standard & Poor’s mid-cap 400 index.

Source: Washington Post March 22, 2019 19:50 UTC