McLean County Sheriff’s Department K-9 Unit Deputy Josh Albee was appointed to be a canine handler in the winter of 2022 and is partnered with K9 Shadow, a Belgian Malinois. Shadow is a Belgian Malinois originally from The Netherlands. Deputy Noah Sadler was appointed as a canine handler in the summer of 2023 and is partnered with K9 Kano. Kano is a Belgian Malinois/German Shephard mix originally from Slovakia.
Dr. Kathleen Yoder has served as the McLean County Coroner since her appointment in 2014 and has been elected by the citizens of McLean County in 2016, 2020, and 2024. A lifelong McLean County resident, Dr. Yoder is a Doctor of Nursing Practice and Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner whose distinguished career has included emergency medicine, neurosurgery, nursing education, and medical research. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing and Master of Science in Nursing from Illinois State University's Mennonite College of Nursing before completing her Doctor of Nursing Practice at Vanderbilt University, where she also participated in groundbreaking Department of Defense-funded stroke research. In addition to her duties as Coroner, Dr. Yoder continues to practice part-time with Carle Medical Group and remains active in healthcare leadership and nursing education through her service on numerous professional and community boards.
Thomas E. McClure is in the last third of his professional life. In Act I, he practiced law in Kankakee County as trial attorney for 28 years. His cases included wrongful death, personal injury, criminal defense, and family law. His work extended to the federal courts where he brought claims for constitutional violations against state agencies and local governments. He handled dozens of civil and criminal appeals in the state and federal courts of appeal. He also represented several municipal governments as their counsel. During the last five years of his legal career, he transitioned to teaching at Illinois State University. In Act II, Tom was a Professor and Director of Legal Studies in the Department of Politics and Government. He spearheaded a new Legal Studies major that grew beyond the department and university’s expectations. Tom served as the educator coach for the ISU mock trial team for 18 years and was acting chair of his department for one year. In August 2025, he retired from Illinois State. In Act III, he devotes his energy to writing, running half marathons, reviewing paralegal education programs across the country on behalf of the American Bar Association, and traveling with his wife Karen.
Manoj Khandekar is a data privacy attorney for Caterpillar, Inc. He advises stakeholders across the enterprise on established and emerging data privacy risks and assists stakeholders in managing those risks. Manoj also works collaboratively to develop scalable processes that assist the enterprise in achieving business objectives while complying with US and international privacy laws, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Manoj lives in Chicago with his wife and two children and is an avid, long-suffering, but hopeful fan of the Chicago Bears.
Honorable Sarah R. Duffy is an Associate Circuit Judge in the Circuit Court for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit, State of Illinois. Judge Duffy graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2000 with a B.S. in Industrial Engineering and a B.A. in Liberal Arts & Sciences (Spanish). She worked as a Consultant for Deloitte Consulting, Chicago, Illinois before becoming a Systems Analyst at State Farm Insurance Companies, Bloomington, Illinois. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of Illinois College of Law in 2007. Judge Duffy worked as an attorney at Fellheimer Law Firm, Ltd. from 2007 until her appointment as an Associate Judge for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in September 2018. She is currently a co-residing judge of the Family Division in McLean County, Illinois. Judge Duffy serves as a member of the Illinois Supreme Court's Judicial Performance Evaluation Committee and the Family Law Benchbook Writing Team as well as a member of the Family Track Planning Workgroup for the Supreme Court of Illinois Judicial College's Education Conference.
Julia Roundtree Livingston is the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Manager at the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism, where she leads education and advocacy initiatives that advance DEI throughout Illinois’ legal and justice systems. Before joining the Commission in 2023, she served as Executive Director of Macon County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), leading the nonprofit’s work on behalf of children in the juvenile court system and collaborating closely with lawyers, judges, and other legal professionals. Her career also includes service on statewide task forces focused on equity in child welfare and advocacy, along with extensive community leadership promoting racial equity, education, and a fuller understanding of local history. She holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, where she was a four-year letter winner in cross country and indoor and outdoor track, and completed all but her dissertation toward a doctorate in African American Literature and U.S. Literature Since 1865 at Florida State University.