Advisory Board

CHAIR
Lawrence N. Hansen,
vice president, Joyce Foundation, Chicago.

MarySue Barrett,
president, Metropolitan Planning Council, Chicago.

Margaret Blackshere,
president emeritus, Illinois AFL-CIO, Chicago.

Robert J. Christie,
vice president, government relations, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago.

Darcy Davidsmeyer,
director, state government relations, Motorola Inc., Schaumburg.

Kathleen Dunn,
vice president, government relations, Illinois Hospital Association, Springfield.

Jim Edgar,
senior fellow, Institute of Government and Public Affairs,
University of Illinois.

Sharon Gist Gilliam,
chairperson, Chicago Housing Authority.

Doris B. Holleb,
professorial lecturer, University of Chicago.

Jetta Norris Jones,
attorney, Chicago.

Joan W. Levy,
education consultant, Northbrook .

Roberta Lynch,
deputy director, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Chicago.

Jeff Mays,
president, Illinois Business Roundtable, Chicago.

Abner J. Mikva,
visiting professor of law, University of Chicago.

Laurence J. Msall,
president, The Civic Federation, Chicago.

Diana Nelson,
consultant, Chicago.

Dawn Clark Netsch
professor of law emeritus, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago.

Aurie Pennick,
executive director, Field Foundation of Illinois, Chicago.

Taylor Pensoneau,
author and former president of the board of directors,
Illinois Center for the Book, Springfield.

Betsy A. Plank,
principal, Betsy Plank Public Relations, Chicago.

Sylvia Puente,
director, Metropolitan Chicago Initiative, Institute for Latino Studies, University of Notre Dame.

Philip J. Rock,
attorney, Rock, Fusco & Associates, LLC, Chicago.

Tom Ryder,
attorney, W. Thomas Ryder, LTD, Springfield.

Anna Elenaor Roosevelt,
vice president, Community and Education Relations, Boeing Corp., Chicago.

Paula Wolff,
senior executive, Chicago Metropolis 2020.

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
Anthony P. Halter,
executive director, Center for State Policy and Leadership, University of Illinois at Springfield.

Robert F. Rich,
director and professor
Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois.

FOUNDING MEMBER
Samuel K. Gove,
professor emeritus of political science, University of Illinois.

MEMBERS EMERITUS
(years served on board in parentheses)
Michael J. Bakalis (1983-2001),
James M. Banovetz (1986-2005),
James L. Fletcher (1983-2000),
David Kenney (1978-90),
Louis H. Masotti (1978-92),
James T. Otis (1975-94),
David J. Paulus (1988-94),
Carl Shier (1978-87).

Illinois Issues memorial tribute to founder Paul Simon

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