13th District
Majority Leader
Years Served
December 2006 - Present
Committee Assignment
Rules (Chairperson); Appropriations-Human Services (Vice-Chairperson); Wages & Rates Subcommittee (Sub-Chairperson); Personnel & Pensions.
Biography
Full-time lawmaker; served 14 years as chief-of-staff to former 48th Ward Chicago Alderman Mary Ann Smith and in a number of senior management positions with the National Home Furnishings Association; an openly gay member of the Legislature and openly a person with HIV.