EDGAR FELLOWS ALUMNI
Representative Dagmara Avelar
Affiliation Bolingbrook
Dr. Jay Bhatt
Affiliation Chicago | Chief Clinical Product Officer, Medical Home Network and ABC News Medical Contributor
Suzy Brown
Affiliation Morris | CEO, The Newberg Group
Representative Kambium Buckner
Affiliation Chicago
Kahalah Clay
Affiliation O'Fallon | Circuit Clerk of St. Clair County
Anna Crane
Affiliation Chicago | Associate General Counsel, Office of Governor JB Pritzker
Representative Margaret Croke
Affiliation Chicago
Tasha Green Cruzat
Affiliation Chicago | President, Children’s Advocates for Change
Representative Eva-Dina Delgado
Affiliation Chicago
Bryan K. Echols
Affiliation Chicago | Senior Advisor, Office of Illinois Treasurer
Senator Laura Clymore Ellman
Affiliation Naperville
Representative Jackie Haas
Affiliation Bourbonnais
Greg Hart
Affiliation Hinsdale | Board member, DuPage County Board
Senator Adriane Johnson
Affiliation Gurnee
Juan Morado, Jr.
Affiliation Chicago | Partner at Benesch
Mario Treto, Jr.
Affiliation Chicago | Acting Secretary, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, State of Illinois
Ianna Kachoris
Affiliation Chicago | Senior Director of Policy & Advocacy, The Chicago Community Trust
Representative Lindsey LaPointe
Affiliation Chicago
Jake Lewis
Affiliation Chicago | Communications Director, Chicago Federation of Labor
Representative Camille Lilly
Affiliation Chicago
Representative Mark Luft
Affiliation Pekin
Matthew Martin
Affiliation Chicago | Alderman, 47th Ward
Illinois Senate Minority Leader Dan McConchie
Affiliation Hawthorn Woods
Representative Martin McLaughlin
Affiliation Barrington Hills
Lesli Melendy
Affiliation Huntley | Executive Director, Metro West Council of Government
Kevin Morrison
Affiliation Mount Prospect | Cook County Commissioner, 15th district
Margaret Nunne
Affiliation Bloomington | Counsel, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Dulce Ortiz
Affiliation Waukegan | Executive Director, Mano a Mano Family Resource Center
Representative Tim Ozinga
Affiliation Mokena
Megan Peck
Affiliation Springfield | Vice President of Governmental Relations at Community Bankers Association of Illinois
Manuel Perez
Affiliation Chicago | Deputy Mayor for Intergovernmental Affairs, City of Chicago
Senator Robert Peters
Affiliation Chicago
Rikeesha Phelon
Affiliation Springfield | Executive Director of Marketing Communications and Engagement at SIU School of Medicine and trustee, Lincoln College
Laura Roche
Affiliation Springfield | Chief of staff, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Mark Schauerte
Affiliation Park Rige | Speakers series Director at the University of Chicago Institute of Politics
Kristina Koch Stephenson
Affiliation Metropolis | District operations staff serving 58th and 59th senate districts
Samir Tanna
Affiliation Chicago | Senior policy advisor, Office of Governor JB Pritzker
Representative Dave Vella
Affiliation Rockford
Rickey Williams
Affiliation Danville | Mayor of Danville
Ashley Wright
Affiliation Chicago | Chief of Legislative Affairs, Office of Illinois Attorney General
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