J. Dennis HastertHastert currently serves as senior adviser to the law and lobbying firm of Dickstein Shapiro LP as a member of its public policy and law practice unit. He served four terms as Speaker of the House of Representatives, the third highest elected official in the U.S. government. He was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Illinois' 14th congressional district from 1987 to 2007.
Deirdre “Dee” BattagliaBattaglia is the first woman to head an all-male maximum-security prison in Illinois. As warden of the Statesville Correctional Center in Joliet, she oversees 3,000 inmates, 1,200 staffers and three satellite facilities. Previously, Battaglia served as assistant warden at Dwight Correctional Center, a downstate women's prison, and she spent 10 years working at Statesville as a casework supervisor before being promoted to Dwight.