Shifts at the top of the Ryan Administration
William Dugan, president and business manager of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 150, was appointed to the Illinois Gaming Board to replace outgoing member Tobias Barry.
Stephen Schnorf of Springfield was appointed to a five-year term on the Illinois Liquor Control Commission. Schnorf recently stepped down from a post as director of the Bureau of the Budget to act as interim director of the Department of Central Management Services. He is expected to retire from the Central Management post before joining the Liquor Control Commission.
Thaddeus S. Lechowicz, a Cook County commissioner and a former member of the Illinois General Assembly, was appointed to the state panel of the Illinois Labor Relations Board.
Joyce Karon, a Northern Illinois University professor from Barrington, and Gregory Kazarian an attorney from Lake Forest, were appointed to the Illinois State Board of Education.
Jackie Garner, Department of Public Aid director, stepped down in mid-November to return to the private sector. George Hovanec, a former deputy director of the Bureau of the Budget, was named interim director.
David A. Frier of Springfield was appointed to the Prisoner Review Board for a term ending in January 2006. He is a retired Western Illinois University political science professor.
Blagojevich transition advisory board
Co-chair: Former Gov. James R. Thompson
Co-chair:Illinois AFL-CIO President Margaret Blackshere
Vice chair: Former Attorney General Roland Burris
Vice chair: U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez
Vice chair: Labor attorney/former DCFS Director Mary Lee Leahy
Newspaper editor Rajinder Bedi
Walgreen Co. CEO David Bernauer
Consulting firm CEO Robert Blackwell Sr.
Bishop Arthur Brazier
State Rep. Julie A. Curry
Finance executive Leticia Peralta Davis
Businessman Fred Eychaner
Consulting firm director Susan G. Gallagher
CHA Chairwoman Sharon Gist Gilliam
State Rep. Jay Hoffman
State Rep. Lou Jones
Illinois Math & Science Academy Director Stephanie Pace Marshall
Venture capital firm partner Bret R. Maxwell
High school teacher Jacklyn Naughton
Community organization president Mary Nelson
Suburban government official Greg Palumbo
Community activist Frank Piatek
Dr. Vickie Persky
Rockford Mayor Doug Scott
Union Manager Ed Smith
Venture capital firm partner Sona Wang
Blagojevich transition team
Director: Former Democratic National Committee headDavid Wilhelm
Deputy transition director: State Sen. Carol Ronen
Personnel director: Attorney/Blagojevich campaign manager Alonzo Monk
Communications and policy director: Doug Scofield
Press secretary: Billy Weinberg
Deputy press secretary: Megan Glenn
Policy director: Deanne Benos
Policy director: Deborah Stone
Political director: State Rep. Jay Hoffman
Logistics director: Brian Daly
Director of information technology: Scott Kennedy
Public outreach director: Louanner Peters
Volunteer coordinator: Sol Ross
Source: Blagojevich campaign
Council of Economic Advisors:
Co-chair James Annable is president of FRG Co., a financial consulting firm; economic advisor to the chairman of the board of the Bank One Corp., and secretary of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve.
Co-chair Paula Wolff is a senior executive at Chicago Metropolis 2020. She served as president of Governors State University between 1992 and 2000. She was director of policy and planning for Gov. James Thompson; and directed Gov. Jim Edgar's transition team. She serves on numerous boards including Illinois Issues, the Johnson Foundation, the Metropolitan Planning Council and the Joyce Foundation.
Member David Chicoine, vice president for economic development and corporate relations at the University of Illinois, is the university¹s senior officer on economic development issues and initiatives and is an advisor to the U of I president on matters of technology, business and economic development.
Member Ralph Muller was previously the president and chief executive officer of the University of Chicago Hospitals and Health System, and chair of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the organization that represents medical schools, teaching hospitals, and academic and professional societies throughout North America.
Member John Rogers Jr. is chairman and CEO of Ariel Capital Management Inc., an institutional money management firm that he founded in 1983.
