File #: 18-2665    Version: 1 Name: Commissioner Elizabeth "Liz" Gorman
Type: Consent Calendar Resolution Status: Approved
File created: 3/12/2018 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 3/13/2018 Final action: 3/13/2018
Title: PROPOSED RESOLUTION IN CELEBRATION OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF COMMISSIONER ELIZABETH 'LIZ' GORMAN WHEREAS, the members of the Cook County Board of Commissioners; wishes to recognize the outstanding decades of public service of Commissioner Elizabeth "Liz" Gorman; and WHEREAS, Commissioner Elizabeth "Liz" Gorman is a proven leader in government and the private industries. She has earned her MBA from the University of Notre Dame and an undergraduate marketing degree at St. Mary's University of Minnesota; and WHEREAS, Commissioner Gorman is a former member of the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (NIPC), which is now commonly known as the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP). A former Cook County and Forest Preserve Commissioner of the 17th District for 13years, and most recently served as the director of state and local government at PricewaterhouseCoopers; and WHEREAS, Commissioner Gorman, after demonstrating great leadership and success in the public and the priv...
Sponsors: STANLEY MOORE, TONI PRECKWINKLE (President), LUIS ARROYO JR, RICHARD R. BOYKIN, JERRY BUTLER, JOHN P. DALEY, DENNIS DEER, JOHN A. FRITCHEY, BRIDGET GAINER, JESÚS G. GARCÍA, GREGG GOSLIN, EDWARD M. MOODY, SEAN M. MORRISON, TIMOTHY O. SCHNEIDER, PETER N. SILVESTRI, DEBORAH SIMS, LARRY SUFFREDIN, JEFFREY R. TOBOLSKI
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PROPOSED RESOLUTION

IN CELEBRATION OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF COMMISSIONER ELIZABETH 'LIZ' GORMAN

WHEREAS, the members of the Cook County Board of Commissioners; wishes to recognize the outstanding decades of public service of Commissioner Elizabeth "Liz" Gorman; and

WHEREAS, Commissioner Elizabeth "Liz" Gorman is a proven leader in government and the private industries. She has earned her MBA from the University of Notre Dame and an undergraduate marketing degree at St. Mary's University of Minnesota; and

WHEREAS, Commissioner Gorman is a former member of the Northeastern Illinois Planning Commission (NIPC), which is now commonly known as the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning (CMAP). A former Cook County and Forest Preserve Commissioner of the 17th District for 13years, and most recently served as the director of state and local government at PricewaterhouseCoopers; and

WHEREAS, Commissioner Gorman, after demonstrating great leadership and success in the public and the private sector, the Board of Directors of the Illinois Tollway named her Executive Director of the Illinois Tollway, Wednesday February 21, 2018; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors, in their infinite wisdom selected Commissioner Gorman, valuing her years of experience, ability to advocate for economic opportunities, overseeing betterment projects for communities, and galvanizing support to create solutions that build positive working relationships across the County of Cook; and

WHEREAS, her dedication to the constituency of the County of Cook, it is only fitting that this adulation be shared publicly among her colleagues, friends, and community; and

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the County of Cook Board of Commissioners congratulates the esteemed Commissioner Elizabeth 'Liz' Gorman on her new role as Executive Director of the Illinois Tollway; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That this resolution is spread upon the permanent record of Proceedings of the Board of Commissioners of...

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