People

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

Village of Skokie
Mayor

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

Illinois Issues Advisory...

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

Springfield

Museum Consultant

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

WUIS Campus & Community...

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...

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 ...

Nice Garcia

Director of Development / Community Advisory Board, Ex-Officio

nbogd2@uis.edu

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...

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...

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

Susan J. Koch

Community Advisory Board, Ex-Officio

Springfield

University of Illinois Springfield (UIS), Chancellor and Vice President

Susan J. Koch is Chancellor of the Springfield campus of the University of Illinois, one of three campuses that collectively...

Timothy L. Killeen

Community Advisory Board, ex-officio

Urbana

President, University of Illinois System

President Killeen started as the 20th president of the University of Illinois in May 2015. A leading researcher in geophysics and space sciences, Killeen received...