30th District
Majority Caucus Whip

Years served: 1997 - Present

Committee assignments: Committee of the Whole; Financial Institutions; Gaming (Chairperson); Local Government; Elections (Vice-Chairperson); Judiciary; Subcommittee on Payday Loans; Subcommittee on Amendments; Subcomm. on Civil Process&Procedure; Subcomm. on Property & Environment.

Biography: Partner, Lake County Industrial Equipment business; born March 20, 1947, in Waukegan; attended Stout State University; married (wife, Susan McCall Link), has four children.