+ − Contact Information
Phone: (217) 782-8492
Office Address:
Senator 7th District
Stratton Office Building, 401 S. Spring
Section F, Office G
Springfield, IL 62706
+ − Biography
Lifelong resident of the 7th Illinois Senate District; BA in political science from Amherst College; Founder and CEO of Blue Sky Strategies & Co., a firm that develops anti-racist public policy; Former Deputy Commissioner and Policy Director of the Dept. of Planning and Development for Chicago Mayor's Office; Deputy Director of My Brother's Keeper Alliance, an Obama Foundation initiative; Legislative aide for U.S. Senator Dick Durbin in Washington; Son of a Black-American mother and an Ethiopian-American father, both owners of small businesses in the 7th District; the first openly gay senator to serve in the Illinois Senate; Resides in Uptown; Avid reader, cyclist and lover of the great outdoors.
+ − Committees (7)
IL - Transportation (Senate)
Title:
Member
IL - Behavioral and Mental Health (Senate)
Title:
Member
IL - Healthcare Access and Availability (Senate)
Title:
Vice-chair
IL - Tourism and Hospitality (Senate)
Title:
Member
IL - App-Health (Senate)
Title:
Member
IL - Redistricting- Chicago North (Senate)
Title:
Sub-vice-chair
IL - App-Health (Senate)
Title:
Member
