Meeting Name: Board of Commissioners Agenda status: Final
Meeting date/time: 5/20/2024 10:00 AM Minutes status: Final  
Meeting location: Cook County Building, Board Room, 118 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois
Special Meeting in Memory of County Clerk Karen A. Yarbrough - Issued on: 5/13/2024
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24-3038 1 HONORABLE COOK COUNTY CLERK KAREN A. YARBROUGHResolutionPROPOSED RESOLUTION HONORING THE LIFE OF THE HONORABLE COOK COUNTY CLERK KAREN A. YARBROUGH WHEREAS, Karen A. Yarbrough’s life journey began on August 22, 1950, when her parents, Donald Williams, Sr. and Mercedes Moore welcomed her into the world; and WHEREAS, Karen A. Yarbrough was a wife, mother, sister, aunt, grandmother, friend and mentor to many. She lived her life with a passion for helping others and exemplified what it means to be a public servant. She was a true trailblazer who inspired a generation of young women and men to follow her example of putting service before self; and WHEREAS, Karen A. Yarbrough earned her B.A. in Business Management from Chicago State University, a Master’s Degree in inner-city studies from Northeastern Illinois University, attended Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government’s Advanced Leadership Studies, a Certificate of Public Leadership from Pepperdine University and a certificate as a Certified Election Registration Administrator from Auburn University; and WHEREAS, Karen A. Yarbrough served as an Illinois State Representative, CooapprovePass Action details Not available