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Political Science
Matt Kolb
Executive VP, chief operating officer
Carle Health
Adam Lashinsky
Executive editor
Fortune magazine
Stacy Walton Long
Indianapolis law partner
Krieg DeVault LLP
Rosanna Marquez
Illinois state president
AARP
Natali Marquez-Ponce
Attorney
Walker Wilcox Matousek
Amber McReynolds
CEO, National Vote At Home Institute and Coalition
Co-author, ‘When Women Vote’
Jim Nowlan
Author, columnist, publisher
Former state representative
Jameson O’Guinn
Adobe senior manager
Digital strategy & architecture
Bayo Ojikutu
Award-winning author
‘47th Street Black,’ ‘Free Burning’
Leslie Picker
Business reporter
New York Times, CNBC
Tarita Preston
‘Chief coach’
The Curated Coach
Zenobia Ravji
NY-based writer, journalist
Spent 2 years as reporter/producer in Israel
Trevor Riggen
Senior VP, Disaster Cycle Services
American Red Cross
Philip Sarnecki
Managing partner
RPS Financial Group, Inc.
Scott Shearer
Bockorny Group VP
USDA deputy ass’t secretary (1993-96)
Bill Smith
Champaign-born Huffy Corp. CEO
Died in 2019
Erica Knievel Songer
Chief counsel
United States Senate
Sonny Tai
CEO/co-founder, Actuate
Marine Corps veteran
Loida Tapia
Senior advisor
U.S. Office of Personnel Mgmt.
Latasha Thomas
Senior counsel
Clark Hill of Chicago
Jack Trudeau
10-year NFL quarterback
llini career-best 8,725 passing yards
Alexandra Turcios
Strategy and consulting, Accenture
Founder, Built-in Detroit
Jennifer Waldinger
Central management COO
State of Illinois
Chip Walgren
Congressional staff member
U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee
