Beverley Scobell is projects editor of Illinois Issues She is in charge of copy-editing and fact-checking and writes short pieces for the magazine each month. In addition to overseeing production of the annual Roster of State Government Officials, she works on such publications as the Almanac of Illinois Politics and Governing Illinois for Center Publications, the Center for State Policy and Leadership. She received bachelor's and master's degrees in English from Sangamon State University (now UIS) in Springfield, and worked on various contractual projects for the magazine and the university, including both editions of Mostly Good and Competent Men, the history of Illinois governors. She joined the magazine on a permanent basis in 1991.

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