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  • Adam Porter
    Community Advisory Board

    Joel Scarborough Professor of Religion at Illinois College

    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, past chair

    Chatham

    Management Consultant

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

    Illinois Issues Advisory Board pre-July...

  • Charles W. Scholz
    Community Advisory Board

    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

    Former IL Lt Governor

    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

    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

    City of Chicago Water Department
    Deputy Commissioner, Regional Partnerships

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

  • Deanie Brown
    Community Advisory Board

    Springfield

    Attorney, Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for the Illinois Supreme Court in Springfield.

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

  • 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...

  • Jeremiah Stephan
    Community Advisory Board

    Attorney at Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services, Division of Child Support Services.

  • 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...

  • Karen M. Whitney
    Community Advisory Board, Ex-Officio
  • Karen Witter
    Community Advisory Board, Chair

    Springfield

    Freelance writer. Retired 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 Term

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  • 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, Vice-Chair

    Springfield

    Real Estate Broker
     

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

    WUIS Campus &...

  • Molly Lamb
    Community Advisory Board, Ex-Officio

    Executive Director

    UIS Center for State Policy and Leadership

  • Monique Garcia
    Community Advisory Board

    Vice President of Public and Media Relations, Mac Strategies Group

    Monique Garcia serves as Vice President of Public and Media Relations for Mac Strategies Group. She 

    previously worked as a journalist at the Chicago Tribune for...

  • 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...

  • Randy Eccles
    General Manager / COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD, EX-OFFICIO
    Community Voices

    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...

  • Raychel L. McBride
    Community Advisory Board

    Diversity, Inclusion & Affirmative Action Manager at GROWMARK, Inc. / CEO of Corporate KIN Diversity Strategies

    Raychel McBride is the CEO of Corporate KIN Diversity Strategies. She has been an HR professional for 10 years and has...

  • Regina Kovach
    Community Advisory Board

    Springfield

    Reitred, Professor of Clinical Medicine at SIU School of Medicine, Year Three Curriculum Director

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

  • 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...

  • Robin Fretwell Wilson
    Community Advisory Board, Ex-Officio

    Director, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois System

    Robin Fretwell Wilson is the Director of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs for the University of Illinois System, as well as the Mildred...

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

    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 Statehouse...

  • Stephanie 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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