Carlos Sadovi - Sadovi is currently a Chicago Tribune reporter who also previously worked for the Chicago Sun-Times. Before returning to Chicago he worked at newspapers on the East Coast including the Christian Science Monitor for about 10 years. He attended Peterson Elementary School in the Hollywood Park Neighborhood before attending Lane Tech High School his freshman year. He attended and graduated from Von Steuben Metropolitan High School in 1981. He attended and graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and earned a Master's in Journalism from New York University. He lives in Chicago with his wife, Maura Sadovi, also a journalist, and their three children.

Dr. Susan Solomon (January 19, 1956-present) - As the lead scientist of NOAA's 1986 emergency expedition to Antarctica to study the hole in the Ozone layer, Dr. Solomon was instrumental in identifying and helping to educate the world about the dangers of CFC's to the earth's atmosphere. Solomon's love for science took off in high school when she took third place in a national science fair and was nurtured at the Illinois Institute of Technology (I.I.T.). She won the National Medal of Science in 1999 and was part of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winning team. Solomon is currently head of the Chemistry and Climate Processes Group of the NOAA Chemical Sciences Division.

Felicia P Fields - Nominated for a Tony Award for her portrayal of Sofia in the Broadway production of The Color Purple, Fields has long been a favorite of Chicago theater audiences. Fields, a Jeff Award winner, has been nominated for 7 Jeff's and starred in productions throughout Chicago. In addition to film and television work, Fields is featured on the Second City Diva's CD.

Lynn Sweet - Sweet is the Washington Bureau Chief for the Chicago Sun-Times, writing a blog and a column for the paper. She is also a columnist for the Huffington Post and The Hill. Sweet is a frequent guest on MSNBC, CBS, FOX, CNN, and NBC and her coverage of Obama and the 2008 presidential election has been widely praised. A trendsetter, Sweet was one of the first journalists in the U.S. to analyze political ads for accuracy and peers have lauded her for her use of technology and speed in reporting. In 2004, Sweet was a fellow at the Harvard University's Institute of Politics (spring '04) at the Kennedy School of Government, and in 2007 she was inducted into Medill's Hall of Achievement and the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame.

Neil G. Bluhm (1955 Graduate) - A member of the Forbes 400 list of wealthiest individuals, Bluhm is one of the co-founders and president of JMB Realty Corp and CEO of Walton Street Capital. He has been called the Midwest's answer to Donald Trump

Rosalyn Evette Bryant –Clark (January 7, 1956 – present) competed for the United States in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal, Canada winning the Silver medal with her team mates in the 400 meter relay race. She later became a Los Angeles police officer and currently teaches physical fitness and self-defense at the Los Angeles Police Department

Sandra Pesmen - Pesmen graduated from the University of ILL, Urbana , Journalism College in 1952 and is a member of the Chicago Journalism Hall of Fame and the U of I Media Hall of Fame. Other honors include a Peter Lisagor Award, an IL State Medical Journalism Award and the Chicago Newspaper Guild’s Stick o’ Type award. She was a features writer and reporter for Lerner Newspapers, then for The Chicago Daily News, and was first features editor of Crain's Chicago Business. Pesmen then became Crain's Corporate Features Editor. She wrote the Executive Woman column for North Shore magazine for 20 years. Her “retirement” consists of hosting the blog www.widowslist.com, a Web Site she developed after the death of her husband, Harold W. Pesmen, a graduate of De Witt Clinton Elementary and Nicholas Senn High Schools.