Craig Goesel

Craig Goesel is currently the Director at the Academy for Urban School Leadership. Craig has over 18 years of experience in the insurance industry. Craig started their career at The Travelers Property Casualty Company of America in 1995 as an Executive Liability Commercial Account Manager. In 1999, they were promoted to Executive Liability Branch Manager where they were responsible for a $20,000,000 book of business. Craig remained in this role until 2001 when they left The Travelers to join Mesirow Financial.

At Mesirow Financial, Craig was a Senior Managing Director and was responsible for insurance services. Craig was with Mesirow Financial for 15 years until the company was acquired by Alliant in 2016. Craig has been with the Academy for Urban School Leadership since July 2016 and has been instrumental in leading the organization through its growth and expansion.

Craig Goesel has a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Monash University and a Bachelor of Commerce & Business Administration with a major in finance from the Gies College of Business - University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.