2003 - Present (Senate)

Approp- Health and Human; Approp- Pub Safety & Infrastructure; Energy and Public Utilities (Vice-Chair); Executive; Executive Appointments (Vice-Chair); Transportation; Pensions; Public Health.

Full-time state legislator; B.A., government and Doctor of Humane Letters degree, Monmouth College; M.A., sociology, Jackson State University; certified drug and alcohol counselor and prevention specialist; co-chair of the Task Force on Missing and Murdered Chicago Women, Health and Human Services Task Force, Kidney Disease Prevention and Education Task Force, and Medicaid Managed Care Oversight Commission; member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., the National Conference of State Legislatures, Women in Government and Durban Sister Cities International; single.

Kimberly Du Buclet
Sonya M. Harper