State Representative Mike Bost

Brady for Governor  

State Representative Franco Coladipietro

Nancy and Bill Froelich

State Representative Kay Hatcher

Mel and Anna Justak

Joel Kagann

Eileen Lyons

Tracy Ramsay McDonnell

McLean County Republican Women’s Club

McLean County Republican Central Committee

Motorola, Inc.

Paula Johnson Purdue

State Senator Dan Rutherford  

Joe Salerno- Salerno’s Rosedale Chapels

State Representative Keith Sommer  

Robb Thompson Intl.

Corinne Wood

**All sponsors listed above donated $250 or more to the Lincoln Series program this year.

 Financial Sponsors* and Speakers

       For the 2009 Program

Nuts and Bolts of the Republican Party

Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Chicago, Illinois

January 12, 2009

 *Doug Whitley and the Illinois Chamber of Commerce

Pat and Julie Brady, Illinois Republican National Committeeman,                        Co-Chairs McCain Illinois 2008

Katherine Coyle, Board of Governors, Class of 2007

Demetra Demonte, Illinois Republican National Committeewoman

Christine Dudley, President Emeritus Board of Governors

*Laura Eikenmeyer, Board of Governors, Class of 2007, Program Chair

Pamela Fenner,  President, Board of Governors, Class of 1999

Jason Heffley, Executive Director Illinois Republican Party

Andy McKenna, Jr. Chairman Illinois Republican Party

Marie Piraino, Board of Governors, Class of 2008

*Laura Pollastrini, Board of Governors, Class of 1995, Program Chair

Lee Roupas, Chairman Cook County GOP

*Corinne Wood, Former Lt. Governor State of Illinois, Class of 1996

County Government/Public Speaking

Geneva History Center, Geneva, Illinois

February 27-28, 2009

 *Aurora Republican Women’s Club

*Batavia Township Republican Organization

*Laura Eikenmeyer, Board of Governors, Class of 2007

Face to Face Communications – Gail Johnson, Pam Parr

*Cathie and John Frerich

State Representative Kay Hatcher, Class of 1999

*Citizens for Al Heriaud

Patricia Reid Lindner, Former State Representative

Karen McConnaughay, Kane County Board Chairman

*Vicki Mitchell, Batavia Township Clerk

*Ellen Notke, Batavia Township Republican Chairman

*Tracy Ramsay McDonnell, Board of Governors, Class of 2007, Program Chair

*Jason Poppen, Smith Engineering Consultants

*Laura Pollastrini, Board of Governors, Class of 1995

Bill Wyatt, Kane County Board,  District 5

State Government – Springfield, Illinois

March 31-April 2, 2009

 Peg Agnos, Legislative Education Network of DuPage

State Senator Pamela Althoff

*AT&T – Val Bruggeman, Class of 2001

State Representative Suzanne Bassi

State Representative Patti Bellock

Rupert Borgsmller, Illinois State Board of Elections

State Senator Bill Brady

State Representative Beth Coulson

*Katherine Coyle, Board of Governors, Class of 2007

Cris Cray, Illinois State Board of Elections, Class of 1997

House Republican Leader Tom Cross

*Darcy Davidsmeyer, Motorola, Inc.

*Demetra Demonte, Illinois Republican National Committeewoman

*Carol Donovan, Board of Governors, Class of 2002

*Christine Dudley, President Emeritus Board of Governors, Consultant

*Pamela Fenner, Computer Services & Networking, Inc.

Supreme Court Justice Rita Garman

*Mayebeth Hadfield, Hadfield Consulting, LLC

State Representative Kay Hatcher, Class of 1999

*Carter Hendren, Hendren Taylor Consulting, LLC

*Glenn Hodas, Hodas and Associates

*David Kennedy, Illinois Consulting Engineers PAC

State Representative Renee Kosel

*Scott Marquardt, Roger C. Marquardt & Co.

Betsy Mitchell, Cook Witter, Inc.

*Peg Mosgers, Board of Governors, Program Chair

State Representative Rosemary Mulligan

*Ed Murnane

*John Nicolay, Nicolay & Dart LLC

State Representative JoAnn Osmond

State Senator Carole Pankau

Joan Parker, Joan A. Parker Government Affairs

State Representative Sandra Pihos

*Alice Phillips, Government Affairs Specialists, Inc.

*Paula Johnson Purdue

Senate Leader Christine Radogno

*Jennifer Ross, JD Ross and Associates

State Representative Tim Schmitz

*Jay Dee Shattuck, Shattuck & Associates Consulting, Inc.

*Debra Spencer, Class of 2008

*Dan Sprehe, JP Morgan Chase Bank

*Zach Stamp, Zach Stamp LTD

Kyle Thomas, Illinois State Board of Elections

Roxie Tolan, Illinois Supreme Court

Federal Government – Washington D.C.

April 28-30, 2009

 *Mary Jo Arndt, Founder of Illinois Lincoln Series

Congresswoman Judy Biggert, R-Illinois (IL-13)

Congresswoman Marsha Blackburn (TN-7)

Nancy Bocskor, Nancy Bocskor Company

Barbara Broomell, International Republican Institute

Mary Ann Carter, MAC Strategies

*Katherine Coyle, Board of Governors, Class of 2007, Program Chair

Kerri Anderson-Czerkas, International Republican Institute

*Marleine Davis, Motorola, Inc., Class of 2000

Linda DiVall, American Viewpoint

*Christine Dudley, President Emeritus Lincoln Series, Program Chair

*Laura Eikenmeyer, Board of Governors, Class of 2007

US Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood

His Excellency M.Aziz Mekouar, Ambassador of His Majesty the King of Morocco to the United States

Congressman Aaron Schock (IL-18)

Congressman John Shimkus (IL-19)

Judy Singleton, Founder of Richard G. Lugar Excellence in Public Service Series & National Coalition Excellence Program Director

Debbie Walsh, Director Center for American Women and Politics, Rutgers’ Eagleton Institute of Politics

*Cindy Williams, Board of Governors, Class of 2006

Ethics in Leadership –McLean County Conference

Bloomington, Illinois

May 31-June 1, 2009

 *Brady for Governor

Norma Brown, Class of 2007

Judy Buchanan

Mary Caisley, Class of 1998, committee member

Rebecca Foley, Associate Circuit Judge

Ruth Ann Fraker, Class of 2002

* Bill and Nancy Froelich, Honorary Governor

Chris Gramm, McLean County Republican Vice-Chairman

Maria Henneberry, Co-Host Cities 92.9

Becky Hines, Class of 2000, committee member

Jan Hood, Board of Governors, Class of 1997, Program Chair

Janet Hood, Class of 2008

Justice James Knecht, Appellate Court of Illinois, 4^th District

*McLean County Republican Women

Lois Mills, Honorary Governor

*John Parrott, Chairman, McLean County Republican Central Committee

Julie Payne, The Baby Fold

*State Senator Dan Rutherford

*State Representative Keith Sommer

Campaign School- Motorola Campus

Schaumburg, Illinois

July 10, 2009

  *Motorola Corporation

Laura Anderson, Winning Systems, Inc.

Ryan Cudney, Illinois Senate Republican Campaign Committee

Darcy Davidsmeyer, Motorola Government Relations

Joe Weiss, Illinois Republican Party

*Terri Ann Wintermute, Board of Governors, Program Chair

Cindy Williams, Board of Governors, Class of 2006

Handling and Earning Media Coverage

Champaign, Illinois

September 13-14, 2009

 *David Anderson

*Jason Barickman, Chairman Champaign County GOP

*Pamela Borowski, City of Champaign Township Supervisor

State Representative Shane Cultra

Demetra Demonte, Illinois Republican National Committeewoman

*Karen Foster, Board of Governors, Class of 2008, Program Chair

Gordy Hulten, Founder IlliniPundit.com

Mike Lawrence, former Director Paul Simon Public Policy Institute

*Jim McGuire

*Citizens for State Senator Dale Righter

*Sherry Steigmann

*Kristin Williamson, Class of 2007, Program Chair

*Paul Wilson