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 Illinois Department of Transportation Name: Rich
Brauer
Position: Assistant Secretary – Illinois Department of
Transportation
Governor Bruce Rauner has selected Rep. Rich Brauer to serve as the
Assistant Secretary at the Illinois Department of Transportation.
Brauer has served on transportation committees, and as a downstate
resident, he will be a strong advocate for the region on
transportation issues.
For the past 13 years, Brauer worked for the people of Illinois in
the General Assembly as a state representative. His committee
assignments included Transportation, Regulation, Roads;
Transportation: Vehicles & Safety; Tourism & Conventions; and
Appropriations, among others.
Brauer also spent much of his career in the agricultural industry as
the owner of OASIS Farms, a farrow-to-finish operation. As the owner
he oversaw the creation of new facilities and managed employees. He
is a member of the Illinois Farm Bureau. Brauer is also the past
president of the Illinois Pork Producers and served on the Board of
Directors of the National Pork Producers.
Brauer attended Southern Illinois University and Western Illinois
University.
Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission
Name: Joann Fratianni-Atsaves
Position: Chairman – Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission
Governor Bruce Rauner has selected Joann Fratianni-Atsaves as the
chairman of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC).
She has 34 years of experience in workers’ compensation law and is
currently an arbitrator on the IWCC.
Fratianni-Atsaves has worked for the IWCC for the past 27 years. She
began her career as an arbitrator in 1987 and was appointed to be a
commissioner from 1990 to 1993. She continued her work as an
arbitrator after her term as a commissioner was complete. She
currently hears workers’ compensation matters by trial or
settlement, and renders written decisions and approves settlement
contracts.
Prior to her work for the IWCC, Fratianni-Atsaves worked in private
practice at the law offices of Anthony V. Fanone where she handled
insurance defense litigation for workers’ compensation matters,
often trying cases within the IWCC. She began her legal career at
Osterkamp, Jackson & Hollywood.
Fratianni-Atsaves is a graduate of the University of Illinois and
earned her law degree at Northern Illinois University.
Name: David Gore
Position: Commissioner – Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission
Governor Bruce Rauner has reappointed David Gore to the Illinois
Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC). This will be Gore’s fourth
term as a commissioner and he has served on the board since 2006. He
represents the employee community as a labor commissioner.
Gore has more than 20 years of experience as an attorney, previously
serving as a partner at the law firm Gore & Gore. It specialized in
workers’ compensation cases. He also worked as an Assistant Attorney
General for the Illinois Attorney General and a staff attorney with
the Illinois Legislative Reference Bureau.
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Gore also has experience working on workers’ compensation matters as
a staff representative for the United Steel Workers of America,
AFL-CIO-CLC. He handled unfair labor practice charges and
represented the union before the National Labor Relations Board.
Gore holds a bachelor’s degree in marketing, a law degree and an
M.B.A. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Name: Kevin Lamborn
Position: Commissioner – Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission
Governor Bruce Rauner has reappointed Kevin Lamborn to a third term
as a commissioner of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission (IWCC).
He has served on the board since 2007 as a Business Member
Appointee. In this position, he conducts hearings and issues written
decisions on litigation appealed from arbitration.
Prior to his work on the IWCC, Lamborn was an associate attorney at
Storino, Ramello & Durkin where he practiced municipal law. He
represented local municipalities in civil actions, and also served
as an Administrative Hearing officer in property impoundment and
code violations.
Lamborn’s legal career also included being a partner at McAauley &
Lamborn. In that practice, Lamborn focused on a large range of the
law including civil litigation, property transactions, work-related
injury, and criminal defense, among others.
Lamborn began his career as an Assistant State’s Attorney in Cook
County. He worked his way up from traffic court to the felony trial
division. He spent his final two years in the Special Prosecutions
Bureau, where he investigated and tried cases involving public
officials accused of misconduct.
Lamborn received his law degree from The John Marshall Law School in
Chicago. He earned two bachelor’s degrees in political science and
criminal justice from Valparaiso University.
Name: Joshua Luskin
Position: Commissioner – Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission
Governor Bruce Rauner has selected Joshua Luskin to serve as a
public member commissioner on the Illinois Workers’ Compensation
Commission. Luskin is currently an arbitrator on the IWCC and has
more than 15 years of law experience.
Prior to his work on the IWCC, Luskin was a partner at the law firm
Nyhan, Bambrick, Kinzie & Lowry, where he specialized in workers’
compensation law. Luskin also served as a Lieutenant in the U.S.
Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps, where he handled military
prosecution and offered legal service to members of the military. He
also worked in the Champaign County State’s Attorney’s office, and
in the State’s Attorneys Appellate Prosecutor’s office.
Luskin graduated from Macalester College in 1994 with a degree in
philosophy. He earned his law degree from the University of
Michigan.
[Catherine Kelly, Office of the
Governor Bruce Rauner] |
