Irving Birkner
Lecturer, Graham School
University of Chicago

Rachel Bronson, PhD
Vice President, Programs and Studies
The Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Josh Ellis
Community Development Associate
Metropolitan Planning Council

Geoff Emberling, PhD
Museum Director
Oriental Institute, University of Chicago

Martin Felsen
Director
Archeworks
Urban Lab

Jill Geiger
Director of Communications and Marketing
Environmental Law and Policy Center

Jacky Grimshaw
Vice President for Policy, Transportation, and Community Development
Center for Neighborhood Technology

Paul Heltne
Director
Center for Humans and Nature

Henry Henderson
Director, Midwest
National Resources Defense Council

Jennifer Hirsch, PhD
The Field Museum
Research and Operations Director, Cultural Understanding and Change,
Division of Environment, Culture, and Conservation (ECCo)

Tiffany Holmes
Associate Professor, Chair
Department of Art and Technology Studies
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Brian Hosmer, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of History
University of Illinois at Chicago

Robert Lipman
Senior Counsel
Lipman Hearne

Joyce O'Keefe
Deputy Director
Openlands

Kelvin S. Rodolfo, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences
University of Illinois at Chicago

David M. Solzman, PhD
Associate Professor Emeritus
Department of Anthropology-Program in Geography, University of Illinois at Chicago
Friends of the Chicago River Board Member

Peter Taub
Director of Performance Programs
Museum of Contemporary Art

David Thigpen
Vice President
Chicago Urban League

Jill Baldwin
Nonprofit consultant

Robert Beck, PhD
Law Professor Emeritus
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Ben Dziegielewski, PhD
Department of Geography and Environmental Resources
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale

Candis Isberner
Executive Director
WSIU Broadcasting Service

John Jackson
Paul Simon Public Policy Institute
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

Christa Johnson, PhD
Associate Dean for Graduate Student Research
Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville

Christopher Lant, PhD
Professor of Geography and Environmental Resources
Department of Geography
Southern Illinois University - Carbondale

Gayl S. Pyatt
Retired Attorney at Law

Patti Simon
Paul Simon Public Policy Institute

Bob Frazee
Natural Resources Educator
University of Illinois Extension
East Peoria Extension Center

Chris Merrett, PhD
Illinois Institute For Rural Affairs
Western Illinois University

Norman Moline, PhD
Hamming Professor of Geography
Department of Geography
Augustana College

Mary Pirkl
Center for American Archeology

Robert Seibert, PhD
Murphy Professor of Political Science and International Relations
Co-Director, Center for Global Studies
Knox College

Kim Erndt
Interim Executive Director
Prairie Rivers Network

Colin Flint, PhD
Associate Professor of Geography
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Zsuzsa Gille, PhD
Associate Professor of Sociology
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Lew Hopkins, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Department of Urban and Regional Planning

Jim Nelson
Association of Illinois Soil & Water
Conservation Districts

Barry Pearson, PhD
Director, Kirkland Dean
College of Fine Arts
Milllikin University

Dick Westfall
Manager, Greenways and Trails Section
Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Dennis Anthony
Soil Scientist
Winnebago County Soil and Water Conservation District

Alan Brown
President
Burpee Museum of Natural History

John Church
Extension Educator, Natural Resources Management
University of Illinois Extension Center

Bob Evans
Professor of Economics and Political Science
Rockford College

Rolf A. Thienemann
Vice President
Furst Transitions