+ − Contact Information
Phone: (217) 782-1607
Fax: (217) 782-2115
Office Address:
Senator 16th District
M114 Capitol Building
Springfield, IL 62706
+ − Biography
Born in McComb, Miss.; grew up in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago. Studied journalism at Northwestern University and graduated from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Divinity School. JD from Loyola University of Law. Emmy Award-nominated news editor at CBS-TV in Chicago and 2001 Legislative Fellow with U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow 1998-99.
+ − Committees (9)
IL - Appropriations I (Senate)
Title:
vice-chairperson
IL - Financial Institutions (Senate)
Title:
chairperson
IL - Revenue (Senate)
Title:
member
IL - Revenue Special Issues (Senate)
Title:
sub-chairperson
IL - Senate of the Whole (Senate)
Title:
member
IL - Financial Institutions Amendments (Senate)
Title:
member
IL - Financial Institutions Predatory Lending (Senate)
Title:
member
IL - Financial Institutions Special Issues (Senate)
Title:
member
IL - Housing & Community Affairs (Senate)
Title:
member
