Authority Members Larry R. Rogers, Authority Chairman  Larry R. Rogers was named Authority Chairman in December 2009. Mr. Rogers is a past president of the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and of the Cook County Bar Association. During his distinguished career, Mr. Rogers has served on the United States Senate Judicial Nomination Commission for the Northern District of Illinois, the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on the Administration of Justice, and an Illinois Supreme Court Committee on Jury Instructions. He was named one of the nation's top 10 litigators by the National Law Journal in 1999, and one of the 10 most influential Illinois lawyers by American Lawyer Media in 2000. He is a board member of a number of educational institutions and public interest groups, including the John Marshall Law School, St. Xavier University and the Legal Assistance Foundation of Chicago.
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| Anita Alvarez, Authority Vice-Chair  Anita Alvarez was sworn in as Cook County's first female and first Hispanic state's attorney in December 2008. Ms. Alvarez began her career in the Cook County State's Attorney's Office in 1986 and steadily worked her way up through the ranks, handling hundreds of felony cases ranging from homicide, narcotics, armed robbery, criminal sexual assaults, and domestic violence. She has argued before the Illinois Appellate Court and tried more than 50 felony jury trials. Prior to her election as state's attorney, Ms. Alvarez served as chief deputy state's attorney; chief of staff to the state's attorney; chief of the Special Prosecutions Bureau; deputy chief of the Narcotics Bureau, and supervisor of the Public Integrity Unit. She also spent more than three years in the Gang Crimes Unit where she prosecuted gang-related homicides. Ms. Alvarez is first vice president of the Chicago Bar Association.
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| David P. Bradford  David Bradford is the chief of police in Glen Carbon. With more than 20 years of Illinois municipal law enforcement experience, Mr. Bradford is a certified police chief by the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police. He earned a master's in public administration from Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, and his articles on various aspects of law enforcement have been published in national publications.
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| | | Dorothy Brown  Dorothy Brown was first elected Cook County Circuit Clerk in 2000, becoming the first African American to hold the position. She was re-elected in 2004 and again in 2008. Ms. Brown holds a master's in business administration, and a juris doctorate of law, and is a certified public accountant. As the official keeper of records for all judicial matters brought into one of the largest unified court systems in the world, Ms. Brown manages an annual operating budget of more than $100 million and a workforce of more than 2,300 employees.
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| Thomas J. Dart  Tom Dart was sworn in as the 52nd Cook County sheriff in December 2006. Mr. Dart began his career in public service as an assistant state's attorney in Cook County. In 1992, Mr. Dart won a seat in the Illinois House, where he sponsored Mayor Daley's Safe Neighborhoods Act and authored several state laws designed to crack down on child sex offenders, including a statute that targeted child predators who use the Internet to lure young victims. Mr. Dart also wrote the Sexually Violent Predators Commitment Act, enabling judges to detain sexual predators in state mental health facilities if they believe the offender is likely to commit new sex crimes. Mr. Dart joined the Cook County Sheriff's Office in 2003, where he served as chief of staff to former Cook County Sheriff Michael F. Sheahan.
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| Patrick Delfino  Patrick Delfino was appointed director of the Office of the State's Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor in December 2008. Mr. Delfino is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame Law School and is an experienced trial and appellate attorney. Before joining the appellate prosecutor's office as assistant director, Mr. Delfino served as a drug attorney and court specialist with the Illinois Law Enforcement Commission and as the Cook County State's Attorney's Office Director of Planning and Special Projects. Mr. Delfino has taught both at college and law school, and he is a member of the Sex Offender Management Board and the Children's Justice Task Force of the Department of Children and Family Services. Mr. Delfino also serves as executive director of the Illinois State's Attorneys Association.
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| Bradley G. Demuzio  Bradley G. Demuzio became director of the Secretary of State Police Department in 2002. Prior to joining the Secretary of State's Office, Mr. Demuzio spent 13 years as chief investigator for the Office of the Attorney General. From 1984 to 1986, he worked in the child support division of the Cook County State's Attorney's Office. He is a graduate of the FBI National Academy, and is a member of the Illinois Sheriff's Association, the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, and the International Association of Chiefs of Police.
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| Barbara L. Engel  Barbara L. Engel has worked on behalf of crime victims in Illinois for more than 30 years. Ms. Engel is a board member of the Chicago Abused Women Coalition, the Community Justice for Youth Institute and the City of Chicago's Domestic Violence Advocacy Coordinating Council. She is on the advisory council for Rise Children's Center and member of both the Illinois Center for Violence Prevention's Leadership Council and the Alumni Council of the Chicago Foundation for Women. Ms. Engel is cofounder of the Chicago Metropolitan Battered Women's Network and past director of Women's Services at the YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago.
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| Felix M. Gonzalez  Felix M. Gonzalez is an attorney in private practice representing business clients. Mr. Gonzalez is a past board member of the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois and immediate past president of the Hispanic Lawyers Association of Illinois Charities. He serves on not-for-profit boards which provide scholarships to financially disadvantaged students and mental health and substance abuse counseling. He also is the Iroquois Area District Chair for the Boy Scouts of America. Mr. Gonzalez received both a bachelors degree in philosophy and a law degree at the University of Illinois.
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| Becky Jansen  Becky Jansen was elected Effingham County Circuit Clerk in 2004 and re-elected in 2008, after 16 years of service to the office in various capacities. Ms. Jansen is vice president of the Illinois Association of Circuit Court Clerks, and a past president of the local Business & Professional Women's chapter. She is also a member of the Illinois Association of County Officials and the Effingham Sunrise Rotary.
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| Lisa Madigan  Lisa Madigan was elected as the state's first female attorney general in 2002 and was re-elected to the post in 2006. Since becoming attorney general, Ms. Madigan has dedicated the energy and resources of her office to protecting women and children from sexual predators on the streets and on the Internet. She also has implemented a series of proactive law enforcement strategies to combat the spread of methamphetamine throughout the state. Ms. Madigan is a leader in the public's fight for open and accessible government, and she also has been credited with restoring integrity to Illinois' gambling industry. Prior to becoming attorney general, Ms. Madigan served as a state senator representing the 17th District on Chicago's North Side. | |
| Kevin T. McClain  An attorney with 30 years experience in both private law practice and public service, Kevin T. McClain was appointed director of the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board in August 2009. Mr. McClain served as the Board's General Counsel from 1982 to 2004, and was general counsel for the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) from 2004 to 2009. As general counsel for IEMA, Mr. McClain drafted public safety legislation and testified before Illinois House and Senate committees, and provided administrative direction and advice to the agency director and to bureau chiefs, including those of the Illinois Terrorism Task Force and the State Emergency Response Center. While chief legal counsel and advisor to the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board, Mr. McClain wrote board legislation and rules, appeared on behalf of the Board before various legislative committees, and participated in development and implementation of the Mobile Team Training Program. Director McClain is a member of the Illinois Terrorism Task Force and International Association of Directors of Law Enforcement Standards and Training. Mr. McClain graduated with a juris doctorate from John Marshall Law School in 1980.
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| Jonathon E. Monken  Jonathon E. Monken was appointed Illinois State Police Acting Director in March 2009. A graduate in the top 1 percent of his class at West Point, Mr. Monken was assigned to the head recruiting officer position for Northern Illinois Officer Strength Management Team, the highest ranked of such teams in the nation. Mr. Monken is an Iraq War veteran who held a variety of leadership positions while serving in the U.S. Army, including Company Commander, responsible for leadership, training, and welfare of 120 cadets, and Battalion Command Sergeant Major, in charge of 500 cadets. Mr. Monken received a bachelor's degree in military history from West Point, and a master's in business administration from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management. He is a recipient of a Bronze Star Medal, a Defense Meritorious Service Medal, and an Army Commendation Medal with V Device for Valor. He also was a 2005 American Red Cross Illinois "Hometown Hero" award winner for Fox Valley.
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| William A. Mudge  William A. Mudge was appointed Madison County State's Attorney in November 2002. He was elected to a full term in 2004, and re-elected in 2008. He has a variety of legal experience dating back to 1985, both as an assistant state's attorney and assistant public defender. Mr. Mudge chaired the U.S. Senate Judicial Nominating Commission for the Southern District of Illinois in 1999. He has worked with federal officials on gun crime initiatives, and participated in improving quality of life issues for local communities under the federal and local government Weed and Seed partnership.
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| Eugene E. Murphy, Jr.  Eugene E. Murphy Jr. is an attorney in private practice focusing on commercial, corporate, and white collar defense and prosecution and governmental litigation. He has a variety of legal experience dating back to 1987. He presently manages the national litigation practice of Murphy & Hourihane, LLC. Earlier in his career while an assistant state's attorney with the Cook County State's Attorney's Office, Mr. Murphy directed the investigation and prosecution of financial crimes committed by business owners, corporate executives, and government officials. | |
| Michael J. Pelletier  Michael Pelletier was named director of the Office of the State Appellate Defender in December 2007. Mr. Pelletier has spent his entire legal career with the Office of the State Appellate Defender, beginning as an assistant appellate defender in Ottawa in 1976. Prior to his appointment as director, Mr. Pelletier served for 20 years as the deputy defender and chief administrator in the First District office in Chicago overseeing a staff of 120. Mr. Pelletier received his juris doctor degree in 1976 from The John Marshall Law School and a B.A. degree in political science from Northern Illinois University in 1972. He is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association and its Criminal Justice Section and a former member of the Section Council. He is also a member of the Appellate Lawyers Association and a former member of its board of directors, and he is a member of the National Legal Aid and Defender Association. He is a commissioner on the Criminal Law Edit Align and Rewrite (CLEAR) Commission. | |
| Patrick B. Perez  Patrick B. Perez was sworn in as Kane County Sheriff in 2006. After beginning his law enforcement career in 1992 with the Kane County Sheriffs Department, Sheriff Perez worked his way up the ranks, becoming sergeant while serving as supervisor of the Special Operations Unit. He also was a member of the Gang and Drug Enforcement Unit, supervisor of the Patrol Division, supervisor of the Investigations Division, supervisor of the Civil Division, and a member of the Illinois Attorney Generals Gang Task Force. In 1998, Sheriff Perez was nominated for the Kane County Officer of the Year award. He is the recipient of two Meritorious Service Awards and a Leadership Award. In 2008, Sheriff Perez received the Hector Jordan Lifetime Achievement Award. He also participated in 1,250-pound marijuana bust, made jointly by the Kane County Sheriffs Department and the FBI, the largest in department history. | |
| Michael P. Randle  Michael P. Randle was named Illinois Department of Corrections Director in May 2009. A 19-year veteran of the Ohio prison system, Mr. Randle most recently served as assistant director of the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC). He began his career there in 1990 as case manager and was promoted to unit manager at the Ohio Reformatory for Women. He later served in a number of positions including, mental health administrator for three female institutions of ODRC, deputy warden at Ross Correctional Institution, warden at Chillicothe Correctional Institution, superintendent at Circleville Juvenile Correctional Facility, chief of Ohio Penal Industries; and assistant deputy director and deputy director for the Office of Administration. He was named assistant director for ODRC in 2006. Mr. Randle earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice, with a minor in public administration, in 1990 from The Ohio State University, and a master's degree in business administration in May 2007 from Ashland University. | |
| Todd H. Stroger  Todd H. Stroger was sworn in as the 33rd president of the Cook County Board of Commissioners in December 2006. In 1992, Mr. Stroger was elected state representative of the 31st Legislative District, where he worked to control taxes and reduce spending, increase access to affordable health care, and eliminate wage discrimination against women. In 2001, Mr. Stroger was appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley to fill the office of late Chicago Ald. Lorraine Dixon and was re-elected to that office in 2003. | |
| John Z. Toscas  John Z. Toscas is a former prosecutor currently in private practice with a concentration in local government law. Mr. Toscas is the elected assessor of Worth Township, is past president of School District 130, and is a former Worth Township trustee. He is an arbitrator with the Circuit Court of Cook County and an administrative hearing officer for several municipalities. Mr. Toscas was a director in the Cook County Sheriff's Office and police officer for more than 12 years before becoming an attorney.
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| Jody P. Weis  Jody Weis was appointed Chicago Police Department Superintendent in November 2007. Mr. Weis has an extensive law enforcement background with more than 20 years of FBI service in a variety of leadership capacities working on terrorism, narcotics, and violent crime issues. Prior to his appointment as Chicago Police Department Superintendent, Mr. Weis served as a special agent with FBI's Philadelphia Field Office, where he led a diverse team of professionals assigned to fighting domestic and international terrorism and combating other criminal matters in eastern Pennsylvania. From 2000 to 2003, he served as assistant special agent in charge of the FBI Chicago Field Offices White Collar Crime, Organized Crime, Violent Crime, and Administrative Programs. He also has served as deputy assistant director of the FBI Office of Professional Responsibility and as a criminal special agent in charge in Los Angeles, Calif.
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