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Public
Service
County
Treasurer (2006 to present)
County of Will
Will County
Chairman
Better Funding for
Better Schools Coalition
Led extensive efforts to bring about school
funding reform and property tax relief such as organizing
town hall meetings, testifying at Speaker Madigan's
Bipartisan Budget Summit, arranging for an Illinois Senate
Education Committee hearing to be held in Joliet, writing an
op-ed piece on tax reform for The Herald News, leading Will
County delegation to "A Day for Illinois Children" rally at
the state capitol.
Board of Education (Secretary - 1997
to 2006)
Joliet Township High
School District 204
Served the residents of Jackson, Joliet, and Troy Townships
including the municipalities of Joliet, Shorewood, Rockdale
and Elwood. Recipient of awards and endorsements from
Tech Prep Parents Club, Bilingual Parent Organization, and S.P.O.R.T.S. (Students-Parents on Resurrecting Two Sports). Top vote-getter in all four elections: 1993, 1997, 2001,
2005
Board of Directors
Joliet Must Vote
Directed door-to-door voter registration
canvassing from July to November 2004 -- vital to Democratic
victories in 2004.
Central Area Advisory Board
Catholic Charities of the
Joliet Diocese
2004 - 2006
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Union Experience
Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers Union
Glass Bottle Blowers Union
Maintenance of Way Employees Union
Factory and Railroad Worker
Work Experience
Writing Specialist - Adjunct
Professor
Joliet Junior College
1997 - 2006
Teacher
Providence Catholic High
School
1992
- 1997
Teacher & Vice-President, Oswego Education Association (IEA/NEA)
Oswego High School
1987 - 1992
Union Job Health & Safety/Worker's Compensation Trainer
Chicago Area Committee on
Occupational Safety & Health
1987
- 1985
Campaign Staff
Democratic Campaigns in
Illinois, Iowa & Virginia
1972
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