Cheri Bustos began her career as a journalist in the Quad Cities area, where she won state and national awards by uncovering corruption and greed in government. She later focused her efforts on helping the disadvantaged navigate the health care system and improve the quality of health care available to families in her region. In 2007, she was elected to the East Moline City Council. Bustos has strong ties to SIU and Carbondale: her late brother Dan Callahan was head coach of the SIU baseball team and her father, Gene Callahan, served as vice chairman of the SIU Board of Trustees. www.paulsimoninstitute.org This event