People
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Author
Elizabeth Austin
Editorial consultant
Social media strategist
Karla Vallance
Writer, author
Former AOL, Christian Science Monitor editor
Ruth Spiro
Children’s book author
‘Baby Loves Science’ series
Judy Hevrdejs
Writer, editor, columnist
Chicago Tribune, Daily News
Ann Quinn
CEO, Quintessential Edge of Australia
Peak performance specialist
Matt Frisbie
Google software engineer
Author
Lori Bitter
President
The Business of Aging
Lauren Spieller
Novelist, literary agent
TriadaUS
Venus Evans-Winters
Associate professor
Illinois State University
Darius Spieth
Professor of art history
LSU
Patrick Berry
Associate professor
Syracuse University
Brandon Peele
Leadership consultant
Served on Interfraternity Council
Charles Shields
Literary biographer, playwright
New York Times best-seller
David Krugler
History professor
Wisconsin-Platteville
Beth Finke
Author, memoir teacher
NPR commentator
Ed Hightower
Managing director
Motoring Ventures LLC
Tom Starr
AT&T Labs
Distinguished Engineering Alum
Patti Blagojevich
Financial advisor
Former Illinois first lady
Dean Radin
Chief scientist
Institute for Noetic Sciences
Leah Furman
Freelance copywriter
Chanel
Petrea Burchard
Actor, author
Audiobook narrator, ACX.com
Juanita Havill
Children’s book author
Santa Cruz County, Ariz.
Larry Woiwode
N. Dakota’s poet laureate
Award-winning novelist
Colleen Keough Wagner
Fiction author, editor
aka ‘Rumer Haven’
