James D. Nowlan is a senior fellow at the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an adjunct professor of public policy at Knox College. He was president of the Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois from 1991 to 1994. He was a state legislator at the time of the 1970 Constitutional Convention and served on the House Constitutional Implementation Committee after the convention.

Samuel K. Gove is a director emeritus of the Institute of Government and Public Affairs at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has been a member of the staff since 1950 and was director from 1967-1985. He was involved in the planning and conducting of the 1970 Constitutional Convention and served on the Committee of 50 to Re-examine the Illinois Constitution in 1987.

Ann Lousin is a professor at The John Marshall Law School. She served as a research assistant to the Sixth Illinois Constitutional Convention in 1970, where she aided in the drafting of virtually every article of the constitution. Professor Lousin has taught, written, and lectured on Illinois legislation and the Illinois constitution. She spoke at the LWVIL Issues Briefing in 2006 on the subject of the Illinois constitution and the question of whether a constitutional convention should be held.