Notable alumni: Government/law

Jonathan Addleton, USAID mission director, Mongolia (Medill 79)
Michael Alvarez, director of communication relations, Illinois Department of Employment Security (Communication 02)
Rod Blagojevich, governor of Illinois, former U.S. Congressman (WCAS 79)
Kevin Briscoe, political officer, U.S. Embassy, Kuwait (WCAS 97)
Wendy J. Chamberlin, president, Middle East Institute; former U.S. ambassador to Pakistan; former assistant administrator, USAID Bureau for Asia and the Near East (SESP 70)
Scott Feeney, country director, office of the secretary of defense (WCAS 87)
D. Cameron Findlay, executive vice president and general counsel, Aon Corp.; former Deputy Secretary of Labor (WCAS 82)
Richard Gephardt, former U.S. Congressman (Communication 62)
Lisa Gisvold, consular officer, U.S. Embassy, Venezuela (WCAS 92)
Michael Gottlieb, U.S. Supreme Court law clerk (WCAS 99)
Lisa Hammond Johnson, assistant U.S. attorney, Cleveland district office (Medill 90)
James T. Kolbe, U.S. Congressman (WCAS 65)
Stephen Malone, employment counsel, National Broadcasting Company (WCAS 94)
Neely Marcus, assistant legislative affairs officer, U.S. Pacific Command (Medill 99)
Geoffrey Martineau, chief fraud prevention officer, U.S. Embassy, Guatemala (WCAS 89)
James McNaught, U.S. State Department officer, Afghanistan (WCAS 90)
Scott Michel, president, Caplin and Drysdale law firm; co-founder, Buildable Hours (Communication 77)
Newton Minow, attorney, former FCC chairman (Communication 49)
Lorraine Hairston Morton, mayor of Evanston, Illinois (SESP 42)
Dawn Clark Netsch, former state legislator and a key figure in Illinois politics (WCAS 48)
Phyllis Oakley, diplomat, former top intelligence advisor to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright (WCAS 56)
Glenn Pearce-Oroz, USAID urban and municipal development officer, Honduras (WCAS 91)
Ronald Riley, Presiding Judge, Sixth District, Cook County Circuit Court, Chicago (SESP 71)
Melvin Sembler, U.S. ambassador to Italy (Communication 52)
Christine Stephens, assistant state's attorney, Cook County office (WCAS 91)
Karen Turner, deputy assistant administrator, State Department Bureau for Asia and the Near East (WCAS 77)
Lois Weisberg, commissioner, Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs (Communication 46)
Richard E. Wiley, senior partner, Wiley Rein and Fielding; former FCC chairman (SESP 55)

> Notable alumni: Journalism/writing

Some Notable Alumni

Illinois governor and former U.S. Congressman Rod Blagojevich

Illinois governor and former U.S. Congressman Rod Blagojevich

Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs commissioner Lois Weisberg

Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs commissioner Lois Weisberg

Diplomat Wendy Chamberlin

Diplomat Wendy Chamberlin