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 Name: Keith A. Snyder
Position: Board Member – Illinois Labor Relations Board
Governor Bruce Rauner has selected Keith A. Snyder, 55, to the
Illinois Labor Relations Board. Snyder currently serves as the Mayor
of the City of Lincoln, a community of 14,500.
Snyder also serves as the Associate Vice President at Lincoln
Christian University, managing endowment fundraising along with
developing monthly performance review processes for the school.
Previously, Snyder worked as a procurement specialist for State Farm
Mutual Insurance Companies and an ethics officer for the Illinois
State Senate. He also served as a board member of the Illinois
Educational Labor Relations Board for six years under Governor Jim
Edgar.
Snyder earned his bachelor’s degree in political studies from the
University of Illinois at Springfield, and he earned his master’s
degree in business administration from Illinois State University.
Illinois Commerce Commission
Name: John Rosales
Position: Commissioner - Illinois Commerce Commission
Governor Bruce Rauner has selected John Rosales to join the Illinois
Commerce Commission as a Commissioner. Rosales brings years of
management experience to the position.
Rosales is currently the Director of the south Chicago campus of
Olive-Harvey College. He is responsible for the management and
direction of the campus by managing students, faculty and staff. He
also works to grow enrollment within Chicago’s southeast side.
In addition, Rosales is also a Commissioner on the Cook County
Sheriff’s Merit Board. He’s held this position since 2011. This
board considers the promotions of Cook County Sheriff’s Police
Officers and presides over disciplinary cases.
Prior to his work at City Colleges of Chicago, Rosales worked for
more than 18 years at the Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Chicago and
for Coca-Cola Enterprises. With the CCBC of Chicago he was the Sales
Center Manager and Vice President of Community and Government
Affairs. At Coca-Cola Enterprises, he was the Manager of Community
Affairs and Business Development.
Rosales earned his bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University.
He is a resident of Chicago.
Illinois Prisoner Review Board
Name: Craig Findley
Position: Chairman – Prisoner Review Board
Governor Bruce Rauner has selected Craig Findley to be the new
Chairman of the Prisoner Review Board. Findley was appointed in
February 2001 and has previously served as the chairman from January
2003 to May 2004.
Prior to joining the Prisoner Review board, Findley served as the
President of Craig Findley Associates, a consulting firm. He also
owned and published three Illinois weekly newspapers. Findley
previously served as Deputy Director of the Illinois Department of
Transportation. He was also a former member of the Illinois House of
Representatives and was a senior aide to Congressman Bob Michel.
Findley has long been active in organizations that advocate adoption
and promote the best interests of children. Findley is a member and
twice Chairman of the Lincoln Land Community College Board of
Trustees, and member of the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra. He has
served as President of the Jacksonville Public Library and as
Chairman of the Jacksonville Area Chamber of Commerce.
Findley is a graduate of Knox College.
Name: Donald Wayne Dunn
Position: Board Member – Prisoner Review Board
Governor Bruce Rauner has selected Donald Wayne Dunn to the Prisoner
Review Board. Dunn brings more than 45 years of experience in
counseling to the position.
Most recently, Dunn served as a Mental Health Administrator with the
Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice, working out of the Illinois
Youth Center in Harrisburg where he oversaw a staff of 20. In this
role, he supervised the substance abuse program, the sex offender
program, the post-incarceration program, and conflict resolution and
anger management.
Prior to his work with the IDJJ, Dunn was the Director of Guidance
and Counseling at Vienna High School for 25 years. He established a
peer mediation program, established individualized career plans for
all students, established the career guidance center and coordinated
services for special needs children, among many other duties.
Dunn also worked as a District Guidance Counselor and Work
Coordinator at Dongola Unit School, as a guidance counselor at
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School, and as a Neighborhood Youth
Corp Counselor at the Shawnee Development Council.
Dunn holds a bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois University in
education. He also earned his master’s degree from Southern Illinois
University in guidance and educational psychology. Dunn lives in
Cypress.
Name: Peter Fisher
Position: Board Member - Prisoner Review Board
Governor Bruce Rauner has selected Peter Fisher to the Prisoner
Review Board. Fisher brings 35 years of experience in law
enforcement to the board.
Currently, Fisher is the Chief of Police at the Creve Coeur Police
Department. He joined the department in 2010 and oversees the
department’s daily operations.
From 1980 to 2009, Fisher was a member of the East Peoria Police
Department. He rose through the ranks to Deputy Chief of Police. In
this position he was the commander of the operations division and
oversaw patrol, the K-9 unit, scheduling and internal affairs.
Fisher attended Illinois Central College and is a resident of East
Peoria.
Name: Vonetta Harris
Position: Board Member – Prisoner Review Board
Governor Bruce Rauner has reappointed Vonetta Harris to the Prisoner
Review Board. She joined the board in September 2013.
Harris began her career as a social worker for Gateway Outpatient
Health Clinic and a Crisis Hotline Intervention Specialist for Call
For Help: providing assessments and interventions for the
dually-diagnosed, as well as, alcohol and substance abusers. She
then transitioned her career from social work to education targeting
displaced families and at-risk youth. Harris has served as an
educational counseling specialist, program coordinator, and a
director, organizing specific programs to delineate the stigma of
low-income, first-generation youth and the rate of recidivism
amongst juveniles.
Harris is an active board member for Call for Help, Inc., and a
Planning Commissioner for the City of East St. Louis promoting
community resources and job opportunities.
Harris earned a bachelor's degree in social work and a master’s
degree in public administration from Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville. She also holds a master’s degree in education
administration from Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri.
Name: Daryl Jones
Position: Board Member – Prisoner Review Board
Governor Bruce Rauner has selected Daryl Jones to serve on the
Prisoner Review Board. Jones is a veteran and brings 10 years of
legal experience to the board.
Jones currently works for the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC)
as the Senior Legal Adviser and Agency Ethics Officer. He reviews
court-ordered sentences to ensure legal compliance and provides
legal advice to departmental personnel. He also worked as the Chief
of Intergovernmental Relations at the IDOC and worked closely with
local, state and federal officials on constituent-related concerns
and legislative initiatives.
Prior to his work at the IDOC, Jones was an Assistant State’s
Attorney for Cook County for seven years. He handled felony and
misdemeanor trials for adults and juveniles.
Jones is a veteran, serving in the U.S. Marine Corps as a Sergeant.
He was awarded two United States Embassy special duty assignments
and named battalion “Marine of the Quarter.”
Jones graduated from Eastern Illinois University with a Bachelor of
Arts in speech communication and a Bachelor of Science in career and
organizational studies. He earned his law degree from Southern
Illinois University. Jones is a resident of Chicago.
Name: Adam Monreal
Position: Board Member – Prisoner Review Board
Governor Bruce Rauner has reappointed Adam Monreal to the Prisoner
Review Board. He was first appointed in 2010.
Monreal began his legal career as an Assistant State's Attorney for
Cook County. Later he became the Assistant to the Mayor for Public
Safety of the City of Chicago, where he was the liaison from the
Mayor's Office to all City of Chicago departments for public safety
related matters. After leaving the Mayor's Office, Monreal was a
trusts, estates and real estate attorney. In February 2010, he
became the supervisor of the Workers' Compensation Fraud Unit for
the Illinois Department of Insurance.
Monreal received his bachelor’s degree in criminal justice in 1990
from Loyola University of Chicago and his law degree from Northern
Illinois University College of Law in 1994.
Name: Aurthur Mae Perkins
Position: Board Member – Prisoner Review Board
Governor Bruce Rauner has selected Aurthur Mae Perkins, 75, to the
Prisoner Review Board. She brings more than 30 years of experience
as an educator and administrator to the position.
Perkins began working as a Pre-K and kindergarten teacher in Peoria
Public Schools in 1983. She eventually became principal of Harrison
Primary School in 1993. Under her leadership, her students had some
of the highest reading, writing and math scores among Peoria Title I
schools. She has been recognized by the Illinois State Board of
Education for her accomplishments as an educator.
Perkins is very active in her community, working for the Peoria
Housing Authority. She also worked for the Peoria Public Library
Board.
Perkins is a graduate of Bradley University, earning her bachelor’s
degree in education and master’s degree in education administration.
She lives in Peoria.
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Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Name: Elizabeth Robb
Position: Chairman – Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
Governor Bruce Rauner has selected former Chief Circuit Judge (11th
Circuit) Elizabeth Robb to become the chairman of the Illinois
Criminal Justice Information Authority (ICJIA). She brings more than
30 years of legal experience to the ICJIA.
Robb served as a trial judge for 22 years on the 11th Judicial
Circuit Court of Illinois, and was the Chief Judge from 2004-2014.
In that role, in addition to presiding over trials, she had
administrative responsibility for the 20 judges in the court,
oversaw court reporters, probation officers and other court staff.
Prior to becoming a judge, Robb was an attorney at Reynard & Robb
Law Offices (1982-1987) and the Robb Law Office (1987-1993).
Robb earned her bachelor’s degree from Illinois Wesleyan University
and her law degree from Loyola University of Chicago. She lives in
Normal. Name: Paula Wolff
Position: Board Member – Illinois Criminal Justice Information
Authority
Governor Bruce Rauner has selected Paula Wolff to the Illinois
Criminal Justice Information Authority. Wolff has focused much of
her career on justice policy.
Wolff is currently the Director of the Illinois Justice Project,
which is a civic organization that works to reform the criminal
justice system. She is responsible for research and policy
development and seeing through its implementation. From 2000-2014,
Wolff led the Justice and Violence Group of Metropolis Strategies,
which was the predecessor to the Illinois Justice Project. From
1992 to 2000, Wolff served as President of Governors State
University. She was responsible for the management of the
university, oversaw faculty, students, the budget and strategic
direction. During her tenure, enrollment grew by 22 percent to more
than 9,000 students.
Wolff also worked for former Governor James Thompson as the Director
of Policy and Planning. She directed development and implemented
policy at all levels of Illinois state government. She also worked
for former Governor Richard Ogilvie.
Wolff earned her bachelor’s degree from Smith College and has her
master’s degree and doctorate in political science from the
University of Chicago. She lives in Chicago.
 Illinois
Employment Security Board of Review
Name: Jack L. Calabro
Position: Chairman - Employment Security Board of Review
Governor Bruce Rauner has selected Jack L. Calabro, 73, as the
Chairman of the Illinois Employment Security Board of Review.
Calabro is the President and founder of Encore Partners, which
focuses on change management and labor relations consulting.
Calabro previously worked at DeVry Inc. where he was the Corporate
Vice President of Human Resources. There he led change management
initiatives and oversaw acquisitions. His other human resources
experience includes City Colleges of Chicago, Executive Synergies,
Inc., Helene Curtis Industries, Inc., and Maremont Corporation.
Calabro earned his bachelor’s degree in liberal arts from City
University of New York, and he holds a master’s degree in business
management from the University of Illinois. Calabro lives in
Chicago.
Name: Raymond Nice
Position: Member – Employment Security Board of Review
Governor Bruce Rauner has reappointed Raymond Nice to the Employment
Security Board of Review. Nice has served on the Board since
December of 2013.
Nice is a career public servant, retiring as Deputy Recorder of
Deeds for Cook County in 2011. He is a lifelong resident of Chicago.
Nice earned his bachelor’s degree in accountancy from DePaul
University in 1978.
Name: Nicholas Elias Panomitros
Position: Employment Security Board of Review
Governor Bruce Rauner has selected Nicholas Elias Panomitros, 50, to
the Illinois Employment Security Board of Review. Panomitros is a
doctor of dental surgery and owner of Chicago All Care Dental Group.
Along with his dental practice, Panomitros is an adjunct professor
of political science at Harper College. He has also worked as a
clinical assistant professor at the University of Illinois, College
of Dentistry. Panomitros has previously served on the Illinois
Health Information Exchange Authority.
Panomitros received a bachelor’s degree from the University of
Illinois and graduated from the University of Illinois, School of
Dentistry in 1989. He received his law degree from John Marshall Law
School in 2010. Panomitros lives in Chicago.
Name: Henry Winfield
Position: Employment Security Board of Review
Governor Bruce Rauner has selected Henry Winfield, 62, to the
Illinois Employment Security Board of Review.
Winfield spent his 30 year career at the Illinois Department of
Revenue where he was the Special Agent Supervisor of criminal
investigations. His tasks included preparing comprehensive
investigative reports, testifying at criminal trials and
coordinating joining investigations with other agencies. He was
instrumental in establishing training programs for special agents
and supervised their implementation. Winfield retired in 2005.
Winfield earned his bachelor’s degree in accounting and his master’s
degree in criminal justice from Chicago State University. Winfield
lives in Lansing.
Name: Michael James Woodward
Position: Employment Security Board of Review Governor Bruce
Rauner has selected Michael James Woodward, 63, to the Illinois
Employment Security Board of Review. Woodward brings more than 20
years of experience in the public sector to the position.
Currently, Woodward is the managing partner of Woodward Group, Inc.,
where he has worked since 2005. His firm specializes in traffic,
real estate and probate matters.
Prior to that, Woodward was elected as the City Clerk and Secretary
of the Public Board of Health for the City of Berwyn from 2001 to
2005. He served as Director of Community Development for the City of
Berwyn, Assistant Attorney General at the Illinois State Toll
Highway Authority, City Attorney for the City of Berwyn and numerous
positions with the Illinois Secretary of State.
Woodward earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Saint
Joseph’s College, and he holds a law degree from John Marshall Law
School. Woodward lives in Berwyn.
Illinois Pollution Control Board
Name: Gerald Keenan
Position: Illinois Pollution Control Board
Governor Bruce Rauner has selected Gerald Keenan, 61, to the
Illinois Pollution Control Board. He brings years of experience as a
regulator, entrepreneur and consultant in the electric, natural gas
and telecommunications industries to the position. He also has
experience working for the Illinois Commerce Commission.
 Keenan is currently the Managing Director of Palmer Bellvue and
advises many European utility companies on business in Central
America. He focuses on management consultation, project development
and evaluation.
Prior to that, Keenan was the lead partner for the energy strategy
group at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. He led a group of 80 professionals
in the electricity, natural gas and petroleum sectors. Keenan also
worked at PwC’s predecessor, Coopers & Lybrand Consulting. He was a
partner of the utilities practice, focusing on development and
implementation of business, regulatory and financial strategies for
utilities, power companies and telecommunications firm.
Keenan earned his bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University. He
also holds a master’s degree from the Catholic Theological Union.
Keenan lives in Glencoe.
Illinois Labor Relations Board
Name: Michael Coli
Position: Board Member – Illinois Labor Relations Board
Governor Bruce Rauner has reappointed Michael Coli, 62, to the
Illinois Labor Relations Board. Coli has served on this board since
2006.
Coli previously served as Trustee and President of the Teamsters
Local Union No.727. During his time there, Coli negotiated
contracts, supervised business agents, oversaw grievance and
arbitration cases, and handled Labor Board hearings, elections, and
changes at a federal and local level.
He has been an active member of many boards and committees including
the Parking Industry Labor Management Committee, Turnberry Country
Club and the Racing Industry Charitable Foundation.
Name: John R. Samolis
Position: Board Member – Illinois Labor Relations Board
Governor Bruce Rauner has selected John R. Samolis, 68, to the
Illinois Labor Relations Board. Samolis brings over 30 years of
human resources experience to the board.
Samolis is currently the Senior Vice President of Human Resources at
Exelon. His duties include employee and labor relations, talent
management and labor strategy. Previously, Samolis spent 18 years
with United Airlines where he ultimately served as Vice President,
Labor Relations and Vice President, People Services. He was
responsible for interactions between the company and the unions that
represented more than 55,000 employees. He was also responsible for
oversight of employment, diversity, international personnel and
training for employees nationwide.
Samolis earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from John Carroll
University.
[Catherine Kelly, Office of the
Governor Bruce Rauner] |
