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Title:	Housing Task Force
Website:	https://www.ihda.org/
Contact Name:	Audra Hamernik
Contact Title:	Executive Director, Illinois Housing Development Authority
Contact Phone:	312.836.5314
Function:	The task force shall develop the Annual Comprehensive Housing Plan and make sure that it includes goals for the number and type of housing units to be constructed, rehabilitated and preserved, funding recommendations, recommendations on State actions to promote housing, and specific suggestions and options for local governments and municipalities.
Term:	N/A
Senate Confirmation:	No
Qualifications:	Expenses
Composition:	up to 41 members - 1 member appointed by the President of the Senate - 1 member appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate - 1 member appointed by the Speaker of the House - 1 member appointed by the Minority Leader of the House - 1 representative of the Governor's Office - 1 representative from GOMB - 1 representative from the Lt. Gov’s Office - Executive Director of the Illinois Housing Development - Secretary of DHS - Director of the Department on Aging - Director of DCEO - Director of DCFS - Director of DPH - Director of DHFS - Secretary of DOT - Director of IDHR - Director of IDNR - Director of IDVA - Director of IEPA - Governor may appoint a representative of the IIRA - Governor may appoint a representative of HUD - Governor may appoint a representative of USDA - Governor appoints up to 18 members - 18 housing experts, proportional representation of rural, suburban, and urban areas
Chair:	IHDA Executive Director and vice chair will be housing expert not from gov’t sector
Authority:	310 ILCS 110/5

Member Names

Name (Last, First)	Member Since	Affiliation	Appointed By	Position	Title	County
Baker, Diane			Governor	Member		None
Baldwin, John			IDOC	Member
Benito, Betsy	12/20/2011		Governor	Member		Cook
Blankenhorn, Randall S.			Statute	Ex-Officio, Designee, Department of Transportation		None
Bonhoff, Jean			Statute	Ex-Officio, Director or designee, Department on Aging		None
Brady, Sen. Bill		Republican	Senate Minority Leader	Member	State Senator	None
Callahan, Colleen			Governor	Member, USDA Representative	USDA-Rural Development	None
Clements, Allison			Governor	Member		None
Cullerton, Sen. John			Senate President	Member	Sen.	None
Curda, Steven			Statute	Ex-Officio, Director or designee, Department of Veterans' Affairs		None
Dimas, James			IDHS	Member
Dinges, George	12/7/2007		Governor	Member		Sangamon
Durkin, Rep. John			House Minority Leader	Member	Rep.	None
Firfer, Nancy			Governor	Member, USDA Representative		None
Galvan, Joseph			Governor	Member, HUD Representative	HUD
Glenn, Janice			Statute	Ex-Officio, Director, Department of Human Rights		None
Goetz, Michael			Governor	Member		None
Grossinger, Robert	12/7/2007		Governor	Vice Chair		Cook
Hamernick, Audra			Statute	Chair, Ex-Officio, Executive Director, Illinois Housing Development Authority		None
Harris, Scott			Statute	Ex-Officio, representative of GOMB		None
Hill, Jennifer			Governor	Member		None
Hirsch, David			Governor	Member		None
Hollenback, Brian	11/1/2004		Governor	Member		Rock Island
Hosten, Peter			Governor	Member		None
Keating, Mary			Governor	Member		None
Madigan, Rep. Michael			Speaker of the House			None
McCarthy, Sean			Statute	Ex-Officio, Director, Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity		None
Messina, Alec			Statute	Ex-Officio, Director or designee, Environmental Protection Agency		None
Mueller, Heidi			IDJJ	Member
Neary, Dave			Governor	Member		None
Norwood, Felicia			Statute	Ex-Officio, Director, Department of Healthcare and Family Services		Sangamon
Robertson, William			IEMA	Member
Rosenthal, Wayne			Ex-officio	Ex-Officio, Director, Department of Natural Resources	Director's designee	None
Salazar, Eloy	11/1/2004		Governor	Member		Lake
Sanguetti, Evelyn			Lt. Governor	Member, Representative of Lt. Governor's office		None
Schneider, Bryan			Statute	Ex-Officio	Secretary, IDFPR	None
Shah, Nirav			Statute	Ex-Officio, Director or designee, Department of Public Health		None
Snyderman, Robin	11/1/2004		Governor	Member		Cook
Struthers, Cynthia	12/1/2007		Governor	Member, IIRA Representative		McDonough
VACANT			Governor	Member, Representative of Governor's Office		None
VACANT			Governor	Member		None
VACANT			Governor	Member		Logan
VACANT	12/20/2011		Governor	Member		None
Walker, Beverly			Statute	Ex-Officio, Director or designee, Department of Children and Family Services		None
Wiehardt, Kevin	12/20/2011		Governor	Member		McDonough