Governor Jim Edgar Project Interviews

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Governor Jim Edgar Project Interviews

Jim Edgar - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Former Illinois Governor (1991-1999)

Mark Boozell - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Legislative liaison for Governor Jim Edgar

Rich Bradley - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Long-time News Director for WUIS, Springfield's public radio station

Kirk Brown - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Engineer and IDOT secretary under governors Edgar and Ryan

Janis Cellini - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Director of Personnel and Labor Relations for Governor Jim Edgar

Kirk Dillard - Governor Jim Edgar Project

State Senator and former Chief of Staff for Governor Jim Edgar

Brenda Edgar - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Wife of Governor Jim Edgar and First Lady of Illinois

Fred Edgar - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Older brother of former Governor Jim Edgar

Jim and Brenda Edgar - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Gov. and Mrs. Edgar discuss their life together in the public eye

George Fleischli - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Campaign Manager and Deputy Chief of Staff for Governor Jim Edgar

Andy Foster - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Campaign Manager and Deputy Chief of Staff for Governor Jim Edgar

Allen Grosboll - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Worked with Jim Edgar in the offices of Secretary of State and Governor

Neil Hartigan - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Former Illinois Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and 1990 gubernatorial candidate

Carter Hendren - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Campaign Manager for Jim Edgar

Arnold Kanter - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Governor Jim Edgar's first chief counsel (1990-1992)

Ben Kiningham - Governor Jim Edgar Project

An IL statehouse reporter for several radio stations from the 1970s thru 2000s

Bob Kustra - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Governor Jim Edgar's lieutenant governor (1991-1999)

Bill Lair - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Personal friend of Jim and Brenda Edgar and Managing Editor of the Mattoon Journal-Gazette

Mike Lawrence - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Life-long journalist and Jim Edgar's Press Secretary from 1987 to 1997

Tom Livingston - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Travel aide, scheduler, then advisor on the policy staff for Governor Jim Edgar

Gary MacDougal - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Head of Gov. Edgar's special task force on welfare reform

Brent Manning - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Former Director of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (1991-2003)

Mike McCormick - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Personal Assistant to Governor Jim Edgar

Jess McDonald - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Director of the Department of MHDD and Director of DCFS for Governor Edgar

Dawn Clark Netsch - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Democratic Candidate for Governor in 1994

Felicia Norwood - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Executive assistant for Edgar on Human Services issues from 1991 to 1994

Taylor Pensoneau - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Journalist and author reporting on the Illinois Political Scene

Howard Peters - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Director of the Dept of Corrections and Secretary of Human Services

Jim Reilly - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Chief of Staff for Governor Jim Thompson (1983-1989) and Jim Edgar (1994)

Gene Reineke - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Reineke worked for ten years in various capacities in the Jim Thompson and Jim Edgar administrations

Bill Roberts - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Served as Governor Jim Edgar's chief legal counsel from 1995 to 1997

Phil Rock - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Illinois State Senator (1970-1993)

Stephen B. Schnorf - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Governor Edgar's director of CMS (1991-1994)

Bernie Schoenburg - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Statehouse reporter shares his impressions of contemporary IL politics

Sherry Struck - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Personal Assistant to Governor Jim Edgar

Tony Sunderman - Governor Jim Edgar Project

A lawyer and lifelong friend of Governor Jim Edgar

Joan Walters - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Jim Edgar's Budget Director, and Chief of Staff during his tenure as Secretary of State

Ken Zehnder - Governor Jim Edgar Project

Eighteen years of service with Sec. of State, then Gov. Jim Edgar

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