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Enesta Jones

Senior press officer

Environmental Protection Agency

Alice (Gorman) Singer

Director, artists division

Ford Models, Inc.

John ‘JJ’ Harris

Founder, creative director

Techboogie Media

Terry Kasdan

Founder

atCommunications, LLC

Brian Pollina

Vice president

United Stations Radio Networks

Katarina Mescal-Pevzner

VP, marketing

Panoply Media

Lisa Wolf

Co-host

WGN Radio Theatre

Eric Heisig

Federal courts reporter

Cleveland.com

Kurt Kittner

Managing director

JLL of Chicago

John Pletz

Technology reporter

Crain’s Chicago Business

Danny Reiter

Desk asst./ticker operator

NFL Network

Michael Longinow

Media, journalism professor

Biola University

Lily Katz

Staff writer

Android Authority

Emily Jaenson

General manager

Reno Aces

Pat Embry

Nonprofit executive

Nashville, Tenn.

Mary VanDeVelde

Traffic/news reporter

WGN Radio

Nancy Farrell

Reg. dietitian nutritionist

Farrell Dietitian Services

Mei-Mei Chan Kirk

Retired media executive

Started at USA Today

Brian Costello

Marketing and communications

Loyola Law School

Karina Anglada

Producer/editor

Golden State Warriors

Renee Wunderlich

TV news reporter

Vermont’s WPTZ

Michael Smeltzer

Photojournalist

Former UI professor

Denise Drace-Brownell

CEO

DDB Technology

Sue Byrne

Writer/editor

Consumer Reports (2003-16)