Leadership & Staff
            
              Norman B Lefton
            
            
              economist, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
            
          
          
        
            
              Paul Martin Simon
            
            
              US Representative and Senator from Illinois
            
          
          
        
            
              Glenn Poshard
            
            
              President, Southern Illinois University | former US Representative from Illinois
            
          
          
        Child Organizations
            
              Department of Workforce Education and Development, University of Southern Illinois Carbondale
            
            
              One of the Largest Workforce Development Programs in the US
            
          
          
        
            
              Jill Wine-Banks
            
            
              MSNBC legal analyst, author, podcaster, Watergate prosecutor
            
          
          
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  Student
          
            
              Roger Tedrick
            
            
               Owner and CEO of Tedrick Group Risk Management Solutions in Mt. Vernon, Illinois
            
          
          
        
            
              Elise Awwad
            
            
              President and CEO, DeVry University and Keller Graduate School of Management 
            
          
          
        
            
              Ronald L Davis
            
            
              Biden Nominee for Director of the United States Marshal Service
            
          
          
        
            
              Eric Douglas
            
            
              Senior Director of Government Affairs, CVS Health Corporation 
            
          
          
        
            
              Michael D Weahkee
            
            
              Trump nominee to be the Director of the Indian Health Service at the Department of Health and Human Services
            
          
          
        
            
              N. Paul Brost
            
            
              Certified Public Accountant 
            
          
          
        
            
              Kenneth D. Maschhoff
            
            
              Carlyle, Illinois farmer
            
          
          
        Miscellaneous Relationships
            
              Thrive Chicago
            
            
              Strive Network Collective Impact Chicago