Go back Edgar Fellows 2015 Edgar Fellows 2012 Edgar Fellows 2013 Edgar Fellows 2014 Edgar Fellows 2016 Edgar Fellows 2017 Edgar Fellows 2018 Edgar Fellows 2019 Edgar Fellows 2021 Edgar Fellows 2022 EDGAR FELLOWS ALUMNI Adrienne Alexander Affiliation Chicago | Policy and legislative specialist, AFSCME Council 31 Representative Carol Ammons Affiliation Urbana Lindsay Anderson Affiliation Chicago | Chair of Illinois Board of Higher Education and State Universities Retirement System Heather Anichini Affiliation Park Ridge | President and CEO of the Chicago Public Education Fund Laura Appenzeller Affiliation Champaign | Director, Research Park and Economic Development, University of Illinois Amy Ballinger-Cole Affiliation Springfield | Senior government relations consultant for Advance Illinois Lawrence Benito Affiliation Chicago | Executive director of the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Representative Tim Butler Affiliation Springfield Justin Cajindos Affiliation Springfield | Chief of staff, Office of the State Treasurer William R. Daley Affiliation Chicago | Managing director, Securities Division, Morgan Stanley Representative Tom Demmer Affiliation Dixon Mark Denzler Affiliation Springfield | Vice president and chief operating officer, Illinois Manufacturers’ Association Lisa Duarte Affiliation Chicago | Legislative counsel for Mayor of Chicago and the acting chief of staff to the Mayor’s Economic Council Representative Laura Fine Affiliation Glenview Ragan Freitag Affiliation Wilmington | County board member, Will County Samantha Gaddy Affiliation Springfield | Policy advisor for public safety, Office of the Governor Don Gray Affiliation Springfield | County clerk of Sangamon County Damion Heron Affiliation Chicago | Assistant vice president, Civic Engagement/Midwest Community Relations manager, JPMorgan Chase Erica Jeffries Affiliation Chicago | Director of the Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs Representative Sheri Jesiel Affiliation Winthrop Harbor Earl Dotson, Jr. Affiliation Rockford | Chief communications officer for Rockford School District and member of the Illinois Toll Highway Authority board Brendan Kelly Affiliation Swansea | State’s attorney, St. Clair County Representative Stephanie Kifowit Affiliation Oswego Christine Lopez Affiliation Antioch | Executive director of community relations and stewardship, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science Representative Natalie Manley Affiliation Joliet Representative Robert Martwick Affiliation Chicago Senator Julie Morrison Affiliation Deerfield Cristina Pacione-Zayas Affiliation Chicago | Education director, Latino Policy Forum Joel Sambursky Affiliation Carbondale | President of Liberty Wealth Management and member of the Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees Dr. Nirav Shah Affiliation Chicago | Director of the Illinois Department of Public Health Tanya Triche Affiliation Chicago | Vice president and general counsel, Illinois Retail Merchants Association Anna Valencia Affiliation Chicago | Chief executive officer of AVK Advisors, LLC Representative Grant Wehrli Affiliation Naperville David Welter Affiliation Morris | County board chair, Grundy County Aaron Winters Affiliation Chicago | Deputy chief of staff for policy, Office of the Governor Andria Hoffman Winters Affiliation Chicago | Assistant director, Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Vince Winters Affiliation Chicago | Lawyer and recording corresponding secretary for Local 399, International Union of Operating Engineers
