Jane Flanagan is the director of the Illinois Department of Labor. Flanagan was appointed by Governor J.B. Pritzker in February 2020. Prior to her appointment, Flanagan was a deputy general counsel and deputy chief compliance officer in the Office of the Illinois Governor, where she supervised legal and regulatory matters across a portfolio of state agencies with a focus on labor standards enforcement, workforce training, and work-related safety net programs. Flanagan is the founder and former chief of the Workplace Rights Bureau in the Office of the Illinois Attorney General, where she worked to bring national attention to the use of non-compete agreements for low-wage workers. In her role as chief, Flanagan negotiated four federal consent decrees in labor trafficking in the restaurant industry. Flanagan has a bachelor’s degree from Wesleyan University and a law degree from Northeastern University School of Law.

Jeffrey Glass is a partner at Amundsen Davis, where he works to be an advocate for businesses and employers throughout the Midwest. Glass focuses his practice on areas related to restrictive covenants, unfair competition and trade secrets, and other employment law matters. He has significant experience in courtroom litigation and works with the firm’s Labor & Employment Benefits Service Group, where he advises employers on state and federal employment law compliance. Glass also represents commercial businesses on matters related to wage/hour disputes, employment contracts, and other administrative issues. His community experience includes service as a board member for Transform Rockford, the Rockford Public Library, the Literacy Council of Rockford, and Next Rockford. Glass received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Illinois and his law degree from the University of Chicago Law School.

Mary Hogan is a senior policy analyst in the Community Development and Engagement Division at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, where she focuses on labor market institutions and policies. Prior to joining the Fed in 2022, Hogan worked for the Minnesota Department of Human Services, the Minnesota Senate, and the U.S. Senate. She holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Puget Sound and a Master of Social Work degree from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.

Ryan Nunn leads applied research in Community Development and Engagement at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. His team works to supply policymakers and practitioners with evidence that can inform decision-making and improve outcomes for low- and moderate-income communities.

Before coming to the Bank, Nunn was a fellow in economic studies at the Brookings Institution and policy director for the Hamilton Project. Prior to that, he was an economist at the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Nunn’s work has focused on analysis of labor market trends and institutions. He has published research in journals including Labour Economics, the European Economic Review, and the Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

Nunn received his undergraduate degree in economics from Case Western Reserve University and his Ph.D. in public policy and economics from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

David Seligman has been the executive director of Towards Justice since 2018 and previously was litigation counsel with the organization. At Towards Justice, Seligman has litigated several class and collective actions to attack systemic injustices in the labor market. Much of his litigation work focuses on representing people facing challenges at the intersection of consumer, antitrust, and labor standards laws. He has served as lead counsel in the first antitrust case to challenge “no hire” provisions in franchise agreements among fast-food franchisees; cases challenging no-hire agreements, non-compete agreements, and wage fixing; and several cases challenging the misclassification of workers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Seligman was lead counsel or co-lead counsel in several large-scale cases brought by warehouse and meatpacking workers seeking to enforce public health guidance within their workplaces. Prior to his work at Towards Justice, he was a staff attorney at the National Consumer Law Center, working on forced arbitration and predatory auto lending. While there, he authored the Model State Consumer and Employee Justice Enforcement Act, which provides states with tools to mitigate some of the harms that forced arbitration causes low-income consumers and workers. He remains a contributing author for the National Consumer Law Center, where he co-authors the organization’s treatise on the enforceability of forced arbitration clauses and class waivers. Seligman is a graduate of Williams College and Harvard Law School. He is on the board of directors of the People’s Parity Project and is the president of the board of Congregation Rodef Shalom, his synagogue in Denver.

Alene Tchourumoff, senior vice president of Community Development and the Center for Indian Country Development, leads the Bank’s engagement with communities throughout the Ninth District to promote economic opportunity for low- and moderate-income people and those living in Indian Country. Key focus areas include early childhood development, affordable housing, and labor market participation. Prior to joining the Bank in December 2018, Tchourumoff served as chair of Minnesota’s Metropolitan Council, where she built strong partnerships with local governments and community groups to advance transit, housing, and other critical infrastructure. Previously, she served as Minnesota’s first state rail director, led Hennepin County Public Works’ Planning Department, and worked extensively in China and Southeast Asia on public policy and public health initiatives—including combating HIV/AIDS in China and Vietnam.

Tchourumoff holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from George Washington University School of Business and a master’s degree in public policy from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.

Tchourumoff was named a 2020 Women in Business honoree by the Minneapolis-St. Paul Business Journal and is a member of the Minnesota State Attorney General’s task force dedicated to improving women’s economic security.