Go back Edgar Fellows 2012 Edgar Fellows 2013 Edgar Fellows 2014 Edgar Fellows 2015 Edgar Fellows 2016 Edgar Fellows 2017 Edgar Fellows 2018 Edgar Fellows 2019 Edgar Fellows 2021 Edgar Fellows 2022 EDGAR FELLOWS ALUMNI Veronica Alanis Affiliation Chicago | Chief of Staff, president’s office, Chicago Transit Authority Senator Jason Barickman Affiliation Champaign Jean Brown Affiliation Chicago | Executive Director of the Federal Executive Board Representative Kelly Burke Affiliation Chicago David Cocagne Affiliation Chicago | President, CEO and principal, Vermilion Enterprises Representative Scott Drury Affiliation Highwood Scott Eisenhauer Affiliation Danville | Mayor of Danville Senator Michael Frerichs Affiliation Champaign Representative Kent Gaffney Affiliation Lake Barrington Kyle Ham Affiliation Toulon | Chief of Staff, Office of the State Treasurer Representative Chad Hays Affiliation Catlin Chad Hoosier Affiliation Chicago | Deputy Chief of Staff for External Affairs, Office of the Lieutenant Governor Senator Toi Hutchinson Affiliation Chicago Heights Representative Arthur Turner II Affiliation Chicago Kris Kieper Affiliation Winnebago | Winnebago village trustee Aaron Lawlor Affiliation Vernon Hills | Lake County board member Rey Lopez-Calderon Affiliation Chicago | Executive Director of Common Cause Eric Lugo Affiliation Chicago | Stone Park, Vice President for global philanthropy, JP Morgan Chase Lori Curtis Luther Affiliation Peoria | County Administrator for the Peoria County Board Jennifer Silva McDade Affiliation Bloomington | City Council member Christopher Meister Affiliation Oak Park | Executive Director, Illinois Finance Authority Representative Christian Mitchell Affiliation Chicago Anna Bicanic Moeller Affiliation Elgin | Member of City Council Josina Morita Affiliation Chicago | Executive Coordinator, United Congress of Community and Religious Organizations Representative Tom Morrison Affiliation Palatine Lydia Murray Affiliation Chicago | Associate principal, Consulting Alliance (former deputy chief of staff in Chicago mayor’s office) Ameya Pawar Affiliation Chicago | Alderman Nneka Rimmer Affiliation Chicago | Partner and managing director, Boston Consulting Group Heather Roberts Affiliation Moline | Business development coordinator for MetroLINK Genita Robinson Affiliation Chicago | Executive Director for Lawyers Lend-A-Hand to Youth Senator Chapin Rose Affiliation Mahomet Representative Pam Roth Affiliation Morris Yesenia Sanchez Affiliation Melrose Park | Lead community organizer for P.A.S.O West Suburban Action Project Smita Shah Affiliation Chicago | President and CEO of SPAAN Technology John Stremsterfer Affiliation Springfield | Executive Director of the Community Foundation for the Land of Lincoln Larry Tish Affiliation St. Elmo| Mayor of St. Elmo Martin Torres Affiliation Chicago | Senior policy analyst, Latino Policy Forum Representative Mike Unes Affiliation Pekin
