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 Name: Beth Purvis
Position: Co-Chair
Early Learning Council
Governor Bruce Rauner has selected his Secretary of Education, Dr.
Beth Purvis, to serve as a Co-Chair of the Early Learning Council.
Dr. Purvis has more than 22 years of experience in various levels of
education. Most recently, Dr. Purvis was the Chief Executive Officer
of the Chicago International Charter School. She was also an
assistant professor of special education and associate director of
the Child and Family Development Center at the University of
Illinois at Chicago.
Name: Phyllis Glink
Position: Co-Chair
Early Learning Council
Governor Bruce Rauner has selected Phyllis Glink to serve as a
Co-Chair of the Early Learning Council. Glink is currently the
Executive Director of the Irving Harris Foundation, which focuses on
investments to early-childhood education and children and family
welfare, among other issues. She is an advocate for the well-being
of infants, toddlers, and pregnant women, focusing on early
intervention through increasing non-profit advocacy, government
involvement and public understanding. Glink has also served on the
Illinois Department of Human Services Advisory Council on Childcare.
Name: Andrea Waintroob
Position: Chairman
Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board
Governor Bruce Rauner has named Andrea Waintroob the chairman of the
Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board. She brings more than 35
years of experience in negotiating labor contracts with private and
public sector employers.
Waintroob has negotiated and settled more than 50 collective
bargaining agreements for educational employers in the State of
Illinois as well as cities and other public entities. She is
currently Of Counsel at Franczek Radelet and was one of its founding
partners. Prior to her work at Franczek Radelet, she was a partner
at Vedder Price, representing public school districts in labor and
employment negotiations.
In addition to her work as an attorney, she is also a lecturer at
the University of Chicago in both the law and business schools. She
has taught courses on public sector labor relations and government
regulation of the employment relationship.
Waintroob is a graduate of Brown University and earned her law
degree at the University of Chicago. She lives in Deerfield.
Name: Judy Biggert
Position: Board Member
Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board
Governor Bruce Rauner has appointed former U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert to
the Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board. Her experiences in
Congress and at the state and local level bring a unique perspective
to the board.
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Biggert represented the southwestern suburbs in Congress from
1999-2013. She served on the Education and the Workforce Committee,
including subcommittees on Early Childhood, Elementary, and
Secondary Education, and Higher Education and Workforce Training.
She also served on the Financial Services Committee, and was the
Chairwoman of the Insurance Housing and Community Opportunity
Subcommittee.
Before serving in Congress, Biggert served in the Illinois House of
Representatives from 1993 to 1999. She also was a member of the
Hinsdale Township High School District 86 from 1978 to 1985, and
served as its president from 1983 to 1985.
Biggert is an attorney and graduated from Northwestern University’s
School of Law. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Stanford
University. She lives in Hinsdale.
Name: Michael Prueter
Position: Board Member
Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board
Governor Bruce Rauner has reappointed Michael Prueter to the
Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board. He has served on the
board since 2010.
Prior to serving on the board, Prueter served as government liaison
for a number of corporations and trade associations where he
negotiated labor contracts with local and national food service
vendors. He also served on a national legislative policy board in
Washington, D.C. for several years.
Prueter has several years of business experience in the banking and
financial services industry. He also worked as a staff member in the
Illinois House and Illinois Senate.
Prueter received his bachelor’s degree and an MBA from Columbia
State University. He lives in Naperville.
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