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Brandie Jefferson

Senior news director

Washington University

Matt Fishman

President, Fishman Solutions

Former Sirius XM college sports programming director

Laura Ewan

Manager of membership services

McLean Co. Chamber of Commerce

Roman Paluta

Ret. partner, business development director

Solve of Minneapolis

Mike Bass

Award-winning journalist

Former DI editor-in-chief

Dan Caterinicchia

Assistant VP, Strategy & Administration

Office of Advancement, Ohio State

Ian Punnett

‘Coast to Coast AM’ weekend host

K-State professor

Kurt Greenbaum

Director of communications

Washington U’s Olin Business School

David McCraw

Sr. VP, deputy general counsel

The New York Times Co.

Ralph Cooper

Sports director

NewsChannel 10, Amarillo, Texas

Spencer Turkin

Play-by-play announcer

North Carolina A&T

Suzanne Bates

Longtime TV anchor

Bates Communications CEO

Jeffrey Lieber

TV/film screenwriter/producer

‘Lost’ co-creator

Cheryl W. Thompson

NPR investigative reporter

Shared 2002 Pulitzer at Washington Post

Heather (Foley) Hiltzik

Digital content & PR manager

David Leadbetter Golf

Ed Sherman

Longtime Chicago sportswriter

President, ShermanReport.com

Chris Jenkins

Director of communications

Metropolitan Milwaukee Assn. of Commerce

Kristy Green

Business director

ASTRO Studios

Mike Lorber

Helicopter reporter

NBC 5 Chicago

Chelsea Norton

Director of marketing, communications

Champaign Park District

Paul Booth

DePaul associate professor

Media and cinema studies

Norah Piehl

Executive director

Boston Book Festival

Bob Frump

Acclaimed investigative reporter

Won Polk, Loeb awards

Christina (Crawford) Steed

Executive VP

Flowers Communications Group