Go back Edgar Fellows 2023 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 Brian Burian Affiliation Homer Glen | Chief of Staff for Senate Republican Leader John Curran and Illinois Senate Republican Caucus Misty Buscher Affiliation Mayor of Springfield Senator Javier Cervantes Affiliation Chicago Clint Drury Affiliation Edwards | Executive Director | West Central Illinois Building and Construction Trades Council Senator Paul Faraci Affiliation Champaign Representative Bradley Fritts Affiliation Dixon Senator Ann Gillespie Affiliation Arlington Heights Kristin T. Givens Affiliation Normal | Associate General Counsel | State Farm Insurance Companies Monica Gordon Affiliation Chicago Heights | Cook County Commissioner | District 5 Carol Greenlee Affiliation Carterville | Associate Director | Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University - Carbondale Representative Angelica Guerrero-Cuellar Affiliation Chicago Thomas Haine Affiliation Alton | State’s Attorney of Madison County Senator Erica Harriss Affiliation Glen Carbon Representative Norma Hernandez Affiliation Melrose Park Representative Dennis Tipsword Jr. Affiliation Metamora Ross Kwasneski Affiliation Lemont | Assistant Director of State Legislative and Political Affairs | Illinois State Medical Society Senator Seth Lewis Affiliation Bartlett Camile Lindsay Affiliation Oak Park | First Assistant Deputy Governor for Public Safety | Infrastructure | Environment and Energy John Mitchell Affiliation Chicago | Director of College Savings | Office of Illinois Treasurer Tiffany Moy Affiliation Chicago | Chief of Staff for Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch Patrick O’Brian Affiliation Farmington | Clerk and Recorder of Fulton County Anthony Quezada Affiliation Chicago | Cook County Commissioner | District 8 Aimee T. Ramirez Affiliation Chicago | Manager of Policy and Advocacy | The Chicago Community Trust Erika Ramsey Affiliation Tilton | Auditor of Vermilion County Sangeetha Rayapati Affiliation Mayor of Moline Kristin Richards Affiliation Chicago | Director of Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity Representative Janet Yang Rohr Affiliation Naperville Nora Cay Ryan Affiliation Chicago | Chief of Staff at Chicago Federation of Labor Jelani Saadiq Affiliation Springfield | Director of Government Relations at Advance Illinois Representative Jennifer Sanalitro Affiliation Hanover Park Carina E. Sanchez Affiliation Chicago | Executive Director | Public Building Commission of Chicago (PBC) Mary Coyle Sullivan Affiliation Darien | Darien City Council Member Annie Thompson Affiliation Springfield | Senior Press Secretary | Office of Illinois Attorney General Representative Dan Ugaste Affiliation Geneva Kiran Velpula Affiliation Councilman At-Large | City of Peoria Kimberly Walz Affiliation Chicago | Regional Director | State and Local Government Relations | Walgreens Scott Wehrli Affiliation Mayor of Naperville Ryan Whitehouse Affiliation Bloomington | Associate Director of Local Government and Political Engagement | Illinois Farm Bureau Julie Moore Wolfe Affiliation Mayor of Decatur Desmon Yancy Affiliation Chicago, Alderman | 5th Ward
