49th District
Springfield Office: 200-4N Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706
( 217 ) 782 - 1275
Map/Driving Directions
Email: mike.fortner@sbcglobal.net
Years Served
January 2007 - Present
Committee Assignment
Tollway Oversight (Republican Spokesperson); Cities & Villages (Republican Spokesperson); Energy; Transportation, Regulation, Roads; Mass Transit; Biotechnology Committee (Republican Spokesperson); Local Government Subcommittee.
Biography
Mike Fortner (R- West Chicago) former mayor of West Chicago, and has headed transportation policy for the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference. He has a B.A. in math and physics from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in physics from Brandeis University in Massachusetts. He also teaches physics at Northern Illinois University, and co-chairs the Illinois Articulation Initiative Physics Panel. He formerly was a West Chicago alderman and a member of the West Chicago Elementary District 33 school board.
Associated
Senator(s)