Members 

The Commission is comprised of members with expertise in both the public and private sectors. The group includes: two legislators from each of the four caucuses; chief administrators of eight of the State’s major human service agencies; human service advocates and community leaders; and two co-chairs designated by the Governor.

The members of the Human Services Commission include:

Toni Irving Office of the Governor Commission Co-Chair
Ngoan Le Chicago Community Trust Commission Co-Chair
Sen. William Delgado General Assembly
Rep. Sara Feigenholtz General Assembly
Sen. Mattie Hunter General Assembly
Rep. Naomi Jakobsson General Assembly
Rep. David Leitch General Assembly
Rep. Rosemary Mulligan General Assembly
Sen. Carole Pankau General Assembly
Sen. Dave Syverson General Assembly
Director Damon Arnold Department of Public Health
Director Arthur Bishop Department of Juvenile Justice
Director Erwin McEwen Department of Children and Family Services
Director Julie Hamos Department of Healthcare and Family Services
Director S.A. Godinez
Department of Corrections
Director Charles D. Johnson Department of Aging
Secretary Michelle Saddler Department of Human Services
Superintendent Christopher Koch Illinois State Board of Education
Joseph Antolin Heartland Alliance
Sam Balark AT&T Communications Inc
Denver Bitner Lutheran Social Services of IL
Dr. Byron Brazier Apostalic Church of God
Evelyn Diaz
Chicago Department of Family and Support Services
Eileen Durkin Neumann Family Services
Art Dykstra Trinity Services, Inc
Pam Heavens Will-Grundy Center for Independent Living
Gary Huelsmann Catholic Charities
Anne Irving AFSCME Council 31
Marco Jacome Healthcare Alternatives System
Shawn Jeffers Little City Foundation
George Jones Ada S. McKinley
Ricardo Estrada
Metropolitan Family Services
Mark Klaus Charleston Transitional Facility
Maggie Laslo SEIU HCII
Valerie Lies Donors Forum


Maria Pesqueira Mujeres Latinas
Gregory Pierce United Power
Nancy Ronquillo Childrens Home and Aid
Dee Ann Ryan Vermilion County Mental Health
Kathy Ryg Voices for Illinois Children
Nancy Shier Ounce of Prevention Fund
Laura S. Thrall United Way Metropolitan Chicago
Ray Vazquez YMCA
Maria Whelan Action for Children
David Whittaker Chicago Area Project
Diane Williams Safer Foundation
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