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 Name: Raymond Poe
Position: Director – Illinois Department of Agriculture
Governor Bruce Rauner has appointed life-long farmer and Illinois
State Representative Raymond Poe the Director of the Department of
Agriculture. Poe’s experience as a legislator, as a businessman and
as a farmer makes him the ideal choice to lead the agency.
Poe has represented the citizens of Central Illinois for the past 20
years as a member of the General Assembly. He’s a member of the
Agriculture & Conservation; Appropriations-Higher Education;
Personnel & Pensions; and Business Occupational Licenses (Republican
Spokesperson) committees. He has farmed in Sangamon County his
entire life.
 In addition to his legislative experience, he served on the
Williamsville School Board, where he was president for three years.
He is also the former president of the Sangamon County Farm Bureau
and the former president of the Lincoln Land Farm Supply.
Poe is a graduate of DeVry Institute of Technology in Chicago. He
lives in rural Springfield.
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Name: James Mullenix
Position: Commissioner – Illinois Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission
Governor Bruce Rauner has appointed James Mullenix to the Illinois Torture
Inquiry and Relief Commission. Mullenix brings nearly 35 years of experience as
a defense attorney to the commission.
Currently, Mullenix is an attorney at Koehler Mullenix, LLC where he handles
criminal defense cases. Prior to his work in private practice, he was an
Assistant Public Defender at the Cook County Public Defender’s Office. In this
role he handled a wide-variety of cases from misdemeanors to capital murder
cases.
Mullenix earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Notre Dame and his
law degree from Loyola University. He is a former member of the Peace Corps. He
lives in Evanston.
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