House Minority Leader Tony McCombie is congratulating the recently announced class of 2024 Edgar Fellows. As a past fellow, Leader McCombie is pleased to see not only a robust class of fellows for the year but one that includes several from her House Republican caucus.
The Illinois House Republicans are well represented in this year’s class with State Representatives Jason Bunting, Nicole LaHa, Travis Weaver, and candidate for State Representative in the 88th District Regan Deering.
Leader McCombie will be attending the Edgar Fellows seminar as a featured speaker this year and looks forward to meeting the new class.
“The Edgar Fellows program is an exceptional event for leaders around the state, and I am extremely proud of our members for being chosen for this great opportunity,” said McCombie. “I remember my time as a fellow fondly and am looking forward to attending the event this year to speak.”
The Edgar Fellows Class of 2024:
- Liandro Arellano, Jr., Dixon, Candidate for Senate, District 37
- Kevin Artl, Naperville, President and CEO of the American Council of Engineering Companies of Illinois
- Chris Balkema, Channahon, Candidate for Senate, District 53
- Yasmeen Bankole, Hanover Park, Trustee of the Village of Hanover Park and Regional Director for U.S. Senator Dick Durbin
- Precious Brady-Davis, Chicago, Commissioner, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago and Chief Strategy Officer at The Center on Halsted
- Representative Jason Bunting, Emington
- Sydney Corryn Holman, Chicago, Deputy Mayor for Intergovernmental Affairs, City of Chicago
- Ryan Croke, Springfield, First Assistant Deputy Governor for health and human services
- Christopher Curtis, Mayor of Kankakee
- Regan Deering, Decatur, Candidate for State Representative, District 88
- Yaacov Delaney, Chicago, Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Justice Equity & Opportunity Initiative for Lt. Governor Juliana Stratton
- James Dillon, Peoria, Peoria County Board Chair and Associate Director of the West Central Building and Construction Trades Council
- Isabel Dobbel, Chicago, Political Director for the Chicago Federation of Labor
- Representative Laura Faver Dias, Grayslake
- Kari Galassi, Hinsdale, DuPage County Board Member
- Graciela Guzman, Chicago, candidate for Senate, District 20
- Chynna Hampton, Chatham, Equity Director for Climate Jobs Illinois at the Illinois AFL-CIO
- Carolin Harvey, Mayor of Carbondale
- Jared M. Hawkinson, Knoxville, Knox County Board Chair and Knoxville Police Officer
- Latoya Hughes, South Holland, Acting Director, Illinois Department of Corrections
- Representative Hoan Huynh, Chicago
- Representative Lilian Jimenez, Chicago
- Elizabeth Johnston, Normal, McLean County Board Vice Chair and Owner of Johnston Financial Services
- Joseph Judge, Mayor of Mt. Carmel
- Jennifer Konen, Village President of Sugar Grove
- Representative Nicole La Ha, Homer Glen
- Eric Lind, Mayor of Eureka
- Senator Meg Loughran Cappel, Shorewood
- Chase McCall, Gibson City, Ford County Board Member and Government Affairs Coordinator at State Farm
- David McEllis, Chicago, Illinois Legislative Director at the Environmental Law and Policy Center of the Midwest
- SJ Morrison, Edwardsville, Alderman in Ward 4, Executive Director of the Agency for Community Transit and Managing Director of the Madison County Transit
- Representative Kevin Olickal, Skokie
- Jordan Powell, Rochester, Senior Vice President of the Illinois Health and Hospital Association
- Gerson Ramirez, Chicago, Senior Government Relations Associate at Advance Illinois
- Julia Ramirez, Chicago, Alderman, 12th Ward
- Erendira Rendon, Chicago, Vice President of The Resurrection Project
- Cassaundra Rouse, Flossmoor, Executive Director of the Illinois Tollway
- Carolyn Schofield, Crystal Lake, Legislative Assistant to Senator Don DeWitte, former Lt. Governor Candidate and former McHenry County Board Vice Chair
- Patrick Schweska, Chicago, Manager of Public Policy for the Midwest Region at Amazon Web Services
- Benjamin Taylor, Chicago, Vice President, Public Engagement for the Central Midwest Region at JPMorgan Chase
- Representative Travis Weaver, Edwards
House Minority Leader Tony McCombie is pictured above with House Republican lawmakers, who were 2023 Edgar Fellows.