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+ − 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 (10)
IL - Appropriations I (Senate)
Title:
Member
IL - Financial Institutions (Senate)
Title:
Chairperson
IL - Insurance (Senate)
Title:
Vice-chairperson
IL - Committee of the Whole (Senate)
Title:
Member
IL - Pensions and Investments (Senate)
Title:
Member
IL - Environment (Senate)
Title:
Member
IL - Environment Amendments (Senate)
Title:
Member
IL - Financial Institutions Mortgages (Senate)
Title:
Member
IL - Financial Institutions Payday Loans (Senate)
Title:
Member
IL - Pensions & Investments Pension Benefit Enhancements (Senate)
Title:
Member
