People

  • Adam Porter
    Community Advisory Board

    Jacksonville

    Illinois College
    Dean of Faculty

    NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
    July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2020 - Second Term
    July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2017 - First Term

    WUIS Campus &...

  • Bethany Jaeger
    Community Advisory Board, Chair

    Chatham

    Kerber, Eck & Braeckel, LLP
    Principal

    NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
    July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2020 - Second Term
    July 1, 2014 - June 30, 2017 - First Term

    Illinois Issues...

  • Blake Roderick
    Community Advisory Board

    Pittsfield

    Pike-Scott Farm Bureaus and Two Rivers Farm Bureau Foundation
    Executive Director

    NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
    July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2020 - Second Term
    July 1, 2015 - June 30...

  • Charles W. Scholz
    Community Advisory Board, Past Chair

    Quincy

    Attorney
    Scholz and Scholz, LLC

    NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
    July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2021 - First Term
    July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2024 - Eligible Second Term

    Illinois Issues...

  • Corinne Wood
    Community Advisory Board

    Lake Forest

    Attorney

    NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
    July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2021 - Second Term

    Illinois Issues Advisory Board
    pre-July 1, 2017

  • Cynthia Canary
    Community Advisory Board, Vice Chair

    Chicago

    Committee for Economic Development
    Democratic Institutions Program
    Senior Advisor

    NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
    July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2018 - First Term
    July 1, 2018 - June...

  • David Kohn
    Community Advisory Board

    Chicago

    Union League Club of Chicago
    Executive Director of Public Affairs

    NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
    July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2021 - First Term
    July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2024 - Eligible...

  • David Racine
    Community Advisory Board, Ex-Officio

    Springfield

    UIS Center for State Policy & Leadership
    Executive Director

  • Deanie Brown
    Community Advisory Board

    Springfield

    UIS Access and Equal Opportunity
    Associate Chancellor

    NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
    July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2020 - First Term
    July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2023 - Eligible Second...

  • George Van Dusen
    Community Advisory Board

    Skokie

    Mayor, Village of Skokie

    Chairman of the Board, Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County (SWANCC)

    Executive & Legislative Committee Member, Northwest Municipal Conference (NWMC)

    Member of the Board,...

  • Jamey Dunn-Thomason
    Community Advisory Board - Former Illinois Issues Editor

    Springfield

    Senior Coordinator of Strategic Communications
    Institute of Government & Public Affairs
    University of Illinois System

    NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
    July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022 - First Term...

  • John Carpenter
    Community Advisory Board

    Lisle

    Choose DuPage
    President & CEO

    NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
    July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2019 - First Term
    July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022 - Eligible Second Term

    Illinois Issues...

  • Jon S. Davis
    Community Advisory Board, Ex-Officio

    Champaign

    Interim Director, Institute of Government & Public Affairs (IGPA)
    University of Illinois System

    Jon S. Davis is a CPA and he worked at Deloitte, Haskins and Sells in tax before pursuing his Ph.D. Degree at...

  • Karen Witter
    Community Advisory Board, Vice-Chair

    Springfield

    Freelance writer after retiring from the State of Illinois

    NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
    July 1, 2015 - June 30, 2018 - First Term
    July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2021 - Eligible Second...

  • Kathleen Dunn
    Community Advisory Board

    Springfield

    Retired

    NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
    July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2019 - Second Term

    Illinois Issues Advisory Board
    pre-July 1, 2016

  • Kent Redfield
    Community Advisory Board

    Springfield

    University of Illinois Springfield
    Professor Emeritus of Political Studies

    NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
    July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2020 - First Term
    July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2023...

  • Laurence J. Msall
    Community Advisory Board

    Oak Park

    The Civic Federation
    President

    NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
    July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2020 - First Term
    July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2023 - Second Term

    Illinois Issues Advisory...

  • Lisbeth Leanos
    Community Advisory Board

    Chicago

    Executive Chairman of Professional Development
    International Association of Workforce Professionals

    NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
    July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022 - First Term
    July 1, 2022 - June 30,...

  • Mario Jimenez
    Community Advisory Board

    Springfield

    State of Illinois
    Department of Healthcare and Family Services
    Division of Child Support Services
    Executive

    NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
    July...

  • Megan Pressnall
    Community Advisory Board

    Springfield

    The Real Estate Group
    Realtor

    NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
    July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2019 - First Term
    July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022 - Eligible Second Term

    WUIS Campus ...

  • Michael Diaz
    Community Advisory Board

    Chicago

    Executive Associate Director and Title IX Coordinator
    University of Illinois Chicago

    NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
    July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022 - First Term
    July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2025 - Eligible...

  • Nabih Elhajj
    Community Advisory Board

    Springfield

    Executive Director
    iVenturED

    NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
    July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022 - First Term
    July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2025 - Eligible Second Term

  • Nice Garcia
    Director of Development / Community Advisory Board, Ex-Officio

    Nice earned her B.A in Communications from UIS. She has been creating measurable results in managing corporate communications, fundraising, advertising, external affairs, community relations, government relations, marketing...

  • Phillip Lopez
    Community Advisory Board

    Avon

    NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
    July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022 - First Term
    July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2025 - Eligible Second Term

  • Randy Eccles
    General Manager / COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, EX-OFFICIO
    Mission Control

    Springfield

    Randy Eccles became NPR Illinois general manager in 2013 after serving as development director since moving to Springfield in 2008.  In 2014, Randy led the team that added Illinois Issues into the NPR...

  • Regina Kovach
    Community Advisory Board

    Springfield

    Retired, Curriculum Director 
    Southern Illinois University School of Medicine

    NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
    July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022 - First Term
    July 1, 2022 - June 30, 2025 - Eligible...

  • Richard Schuldt
    Community Advisory Board

    Springfield

    Retired UIS

    NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
    July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2021 - First Term
    July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2024 - Eligible Second Term

    WUIS Campus & Community Council...

  • Robert Gallo
    Community Advisory Board

    Chicago

    AARP Illinois
    Senior State Director

    NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
    July 1, 2016 - June 30, 2019 - First Term
    July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2022 - Eligible Second Term

    Illinois...

  • Sean Crawford
    Director of Editorial / COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, EX-OFFICIO
    State Week, Past Due, Statewide

    Chatham

    Sean has led the NPR Illinois news operations since the fall of 2009. He replaced the only other person to do so in the station's history, Rich Bradley. Prior to taking over the News Department, Sean worked as...

  • Stepahnie Rhodes
    Community Advisory Board

    Alto Pass

    Union County Farm Bureau
    Manager

    NPR Illinois Community Advisory Board
    July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2021 - First Term
    July 1, 2021 - June 30, 2024 - Eligible Second Term

     

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