3rd District
Majority Caucus Whip
District Office: 2929 S. Wabash Avenue
Suite 102
Chicago, IL
60616
( 312 ) 949 - 1908
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Springfield Office: 619 Capitol Building
Springfield, IL 62706
( 217 ) 782 - 1631
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Years Served
2003 - Present (Senate)
Committee Assignment
Appropriations I; Executive; Human Services (Chair); Public Health (Vice-Chair); Committee of the Whole; Subcommittee on Special Issues (PH) (Sub-Chair); Subcommittee on Restorative Justice (Sub-Chair); Legislative Petitions (Vice-Chair); Subcommittee on Procurement; Sub on Issues Relating to DCFS; Sub on Community Youth Employment (Sub-Chair).
Biography
Full-time state legislator; born June 1 in Chicago; B.A., government, Monmouth College; M.A., sociology, Jackson State University; certified drug and alcohol counselor and prevention specialist; former vice president of Human Resources Development Institute Inc.; member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc.; co-chair of Health Policy Task Force, Council of State Governments; vice chair of the Commission to Study the Transatlantic Slave Trade and its Past and Present Effects on African-Americans; single.
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