4th District
Assistant Majority Leader

Years served: 1998 - Present (Senate)

Committee assignments: Committee of the Whole; Labor; Education; Executive; Financial Institutions; Redistricting; Executive Subcommittee on Amendment; Subcommittee on State & Local Govt. (Sub-Chairperson); Subcommittee on Charter Schools (Sub-Chairperson); Subcommittee on Payday Loans (Sub-Chairperson).

Biography: Born May 10, 1968, in Chicago; B.A., public communications & human relations, Western Illinois University; Master's in public administration, University of Illinois at Springfield. Village of Maywood Trustee 1997-2003; State Government Employee - IL Secretary of State, IL Department of Corrections, IL Central Management Services. Resides in Maywood with son, Isaiah.