+ − Contact Information
Phone: (309) 677-0120
Fax: (217) 782-2115
Office Address:
1203 E. Kingman Ave.
Peoria Heights, IL 61616
+ − Biography
Former staff member, National Farm Worker Ministry; Former community organizer and program manager, Peoria Friendship House; Former executive director, Peoria Area Labor Management Council; Former president, Labor Management Cooperative Health Programs Inc.; Peoria County Board member, 1982-88; Peoria City Council member, 1989-97 (mayor pro tem, 1993-94); Former Member of the NCSL Natural Resources and Infrastructure Committee; member of NCSL Task Force on Energy Supply; first elected to Senate in November 2006; appointed to Senate in December 2006 to fill term of retiring Senator George Shadid; married with three daughters, two sons-in-law, one daughter-in-law, three granddaughters and one grandson.
+ − Committees (12)
IL - Agriculture and Conservation (Senate)
Title:
Member
IL - Local Government (Senate)
Title:
Chairperson
IL - Committee of the Whole (Senate)
Title:
Member
IL - Transportation (Senate)
Title:
Member
IL - Labor (Senate)
Title:
Member
IL - Energy (Senate)
Title:
Vice-chairperson
IL - Redistricting (Senate)
Title:
Member
IL - Enterprise Zone Extensions (Senate)
Title:
Member
IL - Labor Employment Issues (Senate)
Title:
Member
IL - Labor Special Issues (Senate)
Title:
Member
IL - Local Government Amendments (Senate)
Title:
Sub-chairperson
IL - Redistricting Redistricting I (Senate)
Title:
Member
