UIS Degree: B.A. 1995 (Management), Graduate Certificate 1997 (Public Management Practices), M.P.A. 2007 (Public Administration)
Current Position: City Manager of Bloomington, Illinois
UIS Degrees: M.A. 2009 (Business Administration), MBA 2001 (Business Management)
Current Position: Operations Manager for the Memorial Center for Learning and Innovation (MCLI)
UIS Degrees: M.A. 1999 (Political Studies), M.P.A. 2002 (Public Administration)
Current Position: CEO, Champaign County Regional Planning Commission
UIS Degree: B.S. 2001 (Chemistry)
Current Position: Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant at St John’s Hospital; Lieutenant Colonel, Aviation Medicine Physician Assistant, and the State Clinical Training Officer with the Illinois Army National Guard; part-time pediatric Physician Assistant at Lincoln Prairie Behavioral Health Center
UIS Degree: M.S. 2007 (Management Information Systems)
Current Position: Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare
UIS Degree: B.A. 2006 (Legal Studies)
Current Position: Montgomery County State’s Attorney
UIS Degree: M.P.A. 2008 (Public Administration)
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Hip-Hop, University of Virginia
UIS Degree: B.A. 2004 (Criminal Justice)
Current Position: Deputy Sheriff and Founder of Living to Serve Foundation, Inc.
UIS Degree: M.A. 2005 (Public Affairs Reporting)
Current Positions: Co-owner Spears Strong; Adjunct Professor of Journalism at Clark College, Vancouver, WA; Freelance Writer
UIS Degree: M.S. 2007 (Computer Science)
Current Position: Data Scientist
UIS Degree: MBA 2008
Current Position: System Director of Communications and Public Affairs at Hospital Sisters Health System
UIS Degrees: B.A. 2003 (Political Studies), M.P.A. 2013 (Master of Public Administration)
Current Position: Political Director – Teamsters Joint Council 25
UIS Degree: B.A. 2005 (Psychology)
Current Position: Owner of Country Lane Memory Care Assisted Living in Riverton, Illinois
UIS Degrees: M.P.A. 2006 (Public Administration), Certificate in Management of Non-Profits Organizations, 2006
Current Position: Director of Audience Development and Communication at Sangamon Auditorium, University of Illinois Springfield
UIS Degree: B.A. 2002 (Political Studies)
Current Position: Member of the Illinois State Board of Elections, Partner at HeplerBroom, LLC
UIS Degree: M.A. 2007 (Political Studies)
Current Position: Visiting lecturer in International Relations and Politics at Liverpool Hope University and in Terrorism and Security at Staffordshire University
UIS Degree: MBA 2009 (Business Administration)
Current Position: Senior Vice President, Commercial Lending at Illinois National Bank (INB)
UIS Degree: B.A. 2006 (Political Studies)
Current Position: Senior Financial Analyst with Starbucks Coffee Company
UIS Degree: M.A. 2001 (Political Studies)
Current Position: Executive Director of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police
UIS Degree: M.A. 2001 (Communication)
Current Position: Principal Consultant, Nutrition and Wellness, Illinois State Board of Education
UIS Degree: B.A. 2002 (Business Administration)
Current Position: President, Trendsetters Design, Inc.
UIS Degrees: B.A. 2006 (Political Studies), M.A. 2010 (Political Science)
Current Position: Executive Director, Illinois Stewardship Alliance
UIS Degree: M.S. 2006 (Communication)
Current Position: Director of External Relations for the Illinois Grape Growers & Vintners Association
UIS Degrees: B.A. 2007 (Political Studies)
Current Position: Senior Financial Analyst at the FDIC
UIS Degree: B.S. 2007
Current Position: Sea Grant Knauss Fellow in the Division of Ocean Sciences at the National Science Foundation
UIS Degrees: B.A. 2006
Current Position: Senior Counsel-Expert to Board Member Harry I. Johnson, III, National Labor Relations Board, Washington, D.C.
UIS Degree: M.P.A. 2008 (Public Administration), currently pursuing a doctorate in public administration
Current Positions: Deputy Director, Serve Illinois Commission
UIS Degrees: B.A. 1997 (Political Studies), M.A. 2005 (Communication)
Current Position: Founder and owner, Phelon Public Strategies communications consultancy
UIS Degree: B.A. 2002 (Communication), M.P.A. 2015 (Public Administration)
Current Position: Chief Communications & Civic Engagement Officer for Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs
UIS Degree: B.A. 2002 (Political Studies), M.S. 2010 (Educational Leadership)
Current Position: Social Studies Teacher – Springfield Southeast High School
UIS Degree: B.A. 2002 (Communication)
Current Position: Division Manager, Statewide Services, Central Management Services, State of Illinois
UIS Degree: B.A. 2003 (Communication)
Current Position: Owner of Just Right Eating and SJFitnesstraining & Performance
UIS Degree: B.A. 2005 (Communication), M.A. 2007 (Communication)
Current Position: Project Manager at web development company GoWeb1
UIS Degree: M.A. 2002 (Communication)
Current Position: Executive Director, Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Illinois
UIS Degree: M.P.A. 2002 (Public Administration)
Current Position: Recently retired from the Illinois Department of Transportation after serving as Assistant to the Secretary for Strategic Management (1999-2010) and Director of Communications (2010-14).
UIS Degree: MBA 2009 (Business Administration)
Current Position: Senior Trust Officer and Assistant Vice President at Town and Country Bank
UIS Degrees: B.S. 2005 (Political Studies), M.P.A. 2007 (Public Administration)
Current Position: Assistant City Manager for the City of Humble, Texas
UIS Degrees: B.A. 2002 (Communication), M.A. 2003 (Communication)
Current Position: Ballet Mistress at Springfield Ballet Company, Instructor/Choreographer at Dance Arts Studio, and Assistant Instructional Professor (Ballet II) at Illinois State University.
UIS Degrees: M.A. 1995 (Political Studies), M.A. 2000 (History)
Current Position: Director, Illinois State Archives
UIS Degree: B.A. 2009 (Political Science), M.A. 2011 (Political Science)
Current Position: Academic Adviser/ Program Coordinator – College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; University of Illinois Springfield