Go back Edgar Fellows 2022 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 2023 EDGAR FELLOWS ALUMNI Shweta Baid Affiliation Aurora | Alderman Representative Chris Bos Affiliation Lake Zurich Christopher Brown Affiliation Morris | Mayor Senator Terri Bryant Affiliation Murphysboro Jacob Butcher Affiliation Springfield | Chief of Staff, Illinois Senate President Don Harmon and the Illinois Senate Democratic Caucus Representative Lakesia Collins Affiliation Chicago Mimi Cowan Affiliation Naperville | Will County Board Member Magda Derisma Affiliation Springfield | Legislative Director and Staff Attorney, Illinois AFL-CIO James Donelan Affiliation Springfield | Alderman and Executive Director of Township Officials of Illinois Risk Management Association Kelly Edwards Affiliation Bloomington | State Counsel, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Companies Representative Amy Elik Affiliation Alton Celeste Flores Affiliation Gurnee | Director of Community Building, Mano a Mano Family Resource Center Representative David Friess Affiliation Red Bud Christy George Affiliation Chicago | First Assistant Deputy Governor for Budget and Economy, office of the Governor Representative Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz Affiliation Glenview Lanyea Griffin Affiliation Chicago | Executive Director, Illinois Tollway Patrick Hoban Affiliation Bloomington | Chief Executive Officer, Bloomington-Normal Economic Development Council Rory Hoskins Affiliation Forest Park | Mayor Kevin “KJ” Johnson Affiliation St. Joseph | President and CEO, Illinois Fertilizer and Chemical Association Representative Edgar Gonzalez, Jr. Affiliation Chicago Michael Reid, Jr. Affiliation Village of Hampshire | President Roberto Valdez, Jr. Affiliation Chicago | Associate Director of External Affairs, Latino Policy Forum John Kahl Affiliation East | Peoria Mayor Laura Hepp Kessel Affiliation Canton | Fulton County Board Member and Director of Telehealth Medicine, SIU School of Medicine Erica Martinez Affiliation Chicago | Public Health Administrator, University of Illinois at Chicago Alumni Jodi Miller Affiliation Freeport | Mayor Jenna Mitchell Affiliation Springfield | Chief of Staff, Illinois Senate Republicans Senator Laura Murphy Affiliation Des Plaines Chris Nelson Affiliation Village of West Dundee | Mayor and Director of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Comcast Jim O’Connor Affiliation Oak Park | Project Director at Advance Illinois Cesar Orozco Affiliation Chicago | Assistant Comptroller for Chicago, Illinois Office of the Comptroller Leigh Richie Affiliation Chicago | Deputy General Counsel and Deputy Chief Compliance Officer, office of the Governor Daniel Serota Affiliation Lake Zurich | Director of Public Affairs at Aon Representative Dave Severin Affiliation Benton Senator Mike Simmons Affiliation Chicago Don Villar Affiliation Chicago | Secretary-Treasurer, Chicago Federation of Labor Jaclyn Vinson Affiliation Danville | Executive Director, Vermilion Housing Authority Ben Winick Affiliation Chicago | Chief of Staff, Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services Asif Yusuf Affiliation Oak Brook | Trustee, Village of Oak Brook
