+ − 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 Schoool. Emmy Award-nominated news editor at CBS-TV in Chicago and 2001 Legislative Fellow with U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. Recipient in 2011 of a Lifetime Achievement Award for Financial Literacy Leadership from the Illinois state treasurer.
+ − 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
