Past Chairs
Since its inception in 1983, the Chairs of the Champions (formerly known as the Fellows) have demonstrated strong leadership of the program and the Illinois Bar Foundation. We appreciate the invaluable contributions of all of our Past Chairs.
| 2024-2026 | Jessica R. Durkin |
| 2021-2024 | Cory White |
| 2019-2021 | John L. Nisivaco |
| 2018-2019 | Sandra Crawford |
| 2016–2018 | Susan M. Goldberg |
| 2015-2016 | Deane B. Brown |
| 2014-2015 | Timothy W. Kelly |
| 2012-2014 | Edward J. Burt |
| 2010-2012 | Elizabeth Jensen |
| 2008-2010 | John G. Locallo |
| 2006-2008 | James Reichardt |
| 2004-2006 | Hon. Naomi H. Schuster |
| 2002-2004 | Umberto S. Davi |
| 2000-2002 | Gilda Hudson-Winfield |
| 1999-2000 | M. Ann Hatch |
| 1989-1999 | Peggy M. Raddatz |
| 1997-1998 | Hon. Milton S. Wharton |
| 1996-1997 | Alan Pearlman |
| 1993-1994 | Nancy Hablutzel |
| 1992-1993 | Earle A. Malkin |
| 1991-1992 | Hon. Patrick J. Leston |
| 1990-1991 | C. Harker Rhodes, Jr. |
| 1988-1989 | Carla R. Michelotti |
| 1987-1988 | Peter H. Lousberg |
| 1986-1987 | Don E. Johnson |
| 1985-1986 | Wilbur F. Pell, III |
| 1984-1985 | Robert E. Jones |
| 1983-1984 | Hon. Roger G. Fein |