Illinois Association of Park Districts
Hosts New Legislators Reception
The Illinois Association of Park Districts hosted their New Legislators Reception on Wednesday, March 10, at the IAPD headquarters
office in Springfield. Nearly 100 legislators, commissioners and professionals attended the event. Following is a photo collage of
the evening.
Representative James Myer (R-28) and Ned
Bell, Director, Downers Grove Park District
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Senator Todd Sieben (R-37) and Gary
Hasselbacher, Commissioner, Coloma
Township Park District
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Bob Stuart, President, Fox Valley Park
District; Senator Chris Lauzen (R-21); and
Dolores Austin, Commissioner, Fox Valley
Park District
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Ralph Cianchetti, President,
Park District of Highland Park; Al Hill,
Director, Zion Park District; and
Representative Andrea Moore (R-
61)
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Don Burns, Director of Public Safety, Oak Forest Park
District; Representative John Sheehy (D-37); Representative Terry
Steczo (D-35); and James Chevalier, Director, Oak Forest Park
District
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Tom Giarrante, Commissioner, Joliet Park District; Representative
Nancy Kaszak (D-34); Ron Dodd, Director, Joliet Park District;
Therese Carberry, President, Oak Lawn Park District; and Ernie
Nance, Director, Oak Lawn Park District
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Bruce Larson, President, Urbana Park District; Maureen McCord,
Commissioner, Champaign County Forest Preserve District; and
Representative Verna Clayton (R-51)
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Al Cassady, Director, Streamwood Park
District; Lorry Wheeler, Director, Hanover
Park Park District; Thomas White, Director, Bartlett
Park District; and Representative Ann Hughs (R-63)
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JimPetkus, Commissioner, Oak Forest Park
District; Senator Patrick O'Malley (R-18);
Therese Carberry, President, Oak Lawn Park
District; and Ernie Nance, Director, Oak
Lawn Park District
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Representative Verna Clayton (R-51) and
Jerry Oakes, Director, Arlington Heights
Park District
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Mike Sterba, Director, Coloma Township Park District; Gary
Hasselbacher, Commissioner, Coloma Township Park District;
Representative Pennie von Bergen Wessels (D-73); Jim Grove, Director,
Oregon Park District; Thorn Palmer, Superintendent of Recreation,
Oregon Park District; and Ray Appler, Commissioner, Oregon Park
District
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Steve Hartman, Director, Lisle Park District; Senator Chris Lauzen
(R-21); and Glen Ekey, Director, Naperville Park District
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Representative Tom Cross (R-84) and Bert
Gray, Executive Director, Oswegoland Park
District
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Representative Lauren Beth Gash (D-60)
and Ralph Cianchetti, President, Park
District of Highland Park
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Representative Patricia Under (R-65);
Chuck Hoscheit, Executive Director, Fox
Valley Park District; and Bob Stuart,
President, Fox Valley Park District
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