Years Served
January 2007 - January 2019
Committee Assignment
Appropriations-Higher Education; Cities & Villages; Counties & Townships; Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, & IT; Mass Transit (Vice-Chairperson); State Government Administration (Chairperson); Consolidated Subcommittee; Transparency Subcommittee; State Government Subcommittee (Sub-Chairperson); Compensation Subcommittee; Cost Analysis Subcommittee; Public Utilities.
Biography
Urban planner and statistician; born March 4, 1953 in Chicago; bachelor's degree, Economic Geography/Secondary Education, Chicago State University; master's degree, Urban Planning and Policy Analysis and doctoral study in Economic Policy Analysis, University of Illinois at Chicago; held executive positions in education, government, medical research and the private sector; former adjunct professor, Business and Public Administration, Governors State University; former trustee, Village of Olympia Fields; former trustee, Rich Township; Supervisor, Rich Township; member, American Institute of Certified Planners, Calumet Council executive board, Boy Scouts of America, Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra, U.S. Army Reserve.