Jeannie Blaylock '82 Television News Anchor and Reporter WTLV-TV, Jacksonville, Fla. Jeannie Blaylock is a 12-time Emmy Award-winning news anchor and reporter for WTLV-12, a Gannett Broadcasts media outlet in Jacksonville, Fla. She is also the recipient of two Edward R. Murrow Awards and one Peabody Award. She serves as co-anchor of the "First Coast News" broadcasts at 5 and 6 p.m. in the Jacksonville market. She has been widely recognized for the creation of the "Buddy Check 12" program devised to help women overcome breast cancer through early detection. A member of the William Jewell College class of 1982, Blaylock was a triple major in English, communication and art. She graduated summa cum laude and completed part of her undergraduate work at Oxford University in England, where she also studied the British Broadcasting Corporation. Harold Brooks '82 Head of the Mesoscale Applications Group of the National Severe Storms Laboratory Norman, Okla. In his work with the National Severe Storms Laboratory, Harold Brooks has developed and applied techniques to estimate the occurrence of severe thunderstorms and tornadoes. By developing a better understanding of the environmental conditions in which severe storms occur, Dr. Brooks has assisted forecasters in making more accurate predictions. His work on how to produce, interpret and evaluate weather forecasts has helped change the way that forecasts are prepared and disseminated in a number of countries worldwide. A member of the William Jewell College class of 1982, Dr. Brooks graduated summa cum laude with honors in physics. He received an M.A. and M.Phil. in atmospheric sciences from Columbia University and a Ph.D. in atmospheric sciences from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Judith Cone '75 Vice President of Entrepreneurship, Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Kansas City, Missouri Judith Cone leads development of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation’s overall entrepreneurship strategy and oversees all entrepreneurship programming and operations. She heads the Foundation’s knowledge propagation team and Kauffman Campus Initiatives. Since joining the Foundation in 1993, Cone has been responsible for developing and growing a variety of national entrepreneurship initiatives. She started her career as a learning disabilities teacher, where she observed first-hand the effects of poverty on children’s academic achievement. Cone has a bachelor’s degree from William Jewell College with areas of concentration in education and psychology, and a master’s degree in education from the University of Kansas. She travels and speaks extensively on entrepreneurship and it impact on individuals, community and the economy. Drew Luten III '76 Acting Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Europe and Eurasia U.S. Agency for International Development, Washington, D.C. Since November 2005, Drew W. Luten III has served as the Acting Assistant Administrator for the Bureau for Europe and Eurasia (E&E), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). In this position, he directs a $700 million annual budget, which supports economic growth and fiscal reform, democracy-building and social transition projects in 23 European and Eurasian countries receiving U.S. foreign assistance. Luten oversees six offices in Washington, D.C., and 14 regional and bilateral offices overseas. He supervises the strategic planning, resource allocation, implementation and evaluation for USAID programs in the E&E region. A native of St. Louis, Luten received his bachelor's degree in history from William Jewell College and a juris doctor from Harvard Law School in Massachusetts.