HR1065 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives are pleased to congratulate Allegra E. Biery, Gloria Santona, Lauren Streicher, Andrea L. Zopp, and the Chicago Foundation for Women on the occasion of being honorees at the Women of Achievement Awards Dinner hosted by the Anti-Defamation League; and

WHEREAS, The Women of Achievement Awards Dinner is an annual event that honors outstanding women or organizations who make a difference in their communities; the dinner is one of the most prestigious events in the Chicago area and one of the few that is dedicated to the recognition of women; and

WHEREAS, Allegra E. Biery is a Senior Vice President of the Northern Trust Company in Chicago; she is a Managing Director in Personal Financial Services, a position that makes her responsible for three financial centers throughout Chicago; she also serves as chair of the bank's Emerging Wealth Markets Coalition in Illinois and is the Vice-Chair of their women's initiative, the Women in Leadership Forum; she spearheaded Northern Trust Company's corporate-wide initiative, the VisionKeepers' Forum, which teaches pertinent topics to women business owners to keep their businesses competitive; she sits on the boards of the Chicago Foundation for Women, the Chicago Humanities Festival, the Golden Apple Foundation, Smith College Alumnae Club of Chicago, and the Oak Street Council; she is a member of the steering committee of POWER - Opening Doors for Women, the Chicago Finance Exchange, and the Parkways Foundation; and

WHEREAS, Gloria Santona is the Chief Legal Officer of McDonald's Corporation, the largest quick service restaurant company worldwide; she has fostered the legal department's diversity efforts and on-going legal services, which has garnered the McDonald's Legal Department many awards for its legal and educational services; she is a director of Aon Corporation, serving on the company's Audit, Governance, and Compliance Committees; she serves on the Boards of the Association of Corporate Council and the Consititutional Rights Foundation of Chicago, and as a trustee of Rush University Medical Center, among many other professional memberships; she has received numerous awards in recognition of her community service; and

WHEREAS, Lauren Streicher, M.D. is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago; after an internship in Internal Medicine at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, she completed a residency in Obstetrics and Gynocology at Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center; she currently works in private practice in Chicago and is on staff at Northwestern Memorial Hospital; she is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Obstetrics and Gynocology at Northwestern University's medical school, The Feinberg School of Medicine; she is well known throughout the Chicago area, having appeared on local and national news programs on over 200 occasions; she regularly appears in the Chicago Sun-Time with her column, "Ask the Ob-Gyn", and released a book, The Essential Guide to Hysterectomy, in 2004; and

WHEREAS, Andrea L. Zopp received her bachelor's degree in history and science and her JD degree from Harvard University; she is currently employed as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer at the Exelon Corporation, a position that places her in charge of human resouces strategies, work force planning, compensation, employee health issues, and corporate security; she currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Andrew Corporation, a publicly traded international manufacturer and supplier of telecommunications systems, components, and solutions, where she serves on the compensation and nominating and governence committees; she is a member and former president of the Chicago Inn of Court and is active in the American Bar Association, where she served as a member of the Section of Litigation Council; she serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chicago Area Project, a community-based delinquency prevention program; she is a former member of the Board of Managers of the Chicago Bar Association; she is also a member of the Black Women Lawyer's Association, The Chicago Network, and The Economic Club; and

WHEREAS, The Chicago Foundation for Women, under the direction of Mary F. Morten and Hannah Rosenthal, has led one of the first integrated prevention initiatives in Illinois to address violence against women and girls, titled "What will it take? Building the safest state for women and girls"; the Chicago Foundation for Women will receive a Humanitarian Award in recognition of this powerful and essential initiative; and

WHEREAS, The efforts of these women are indicative of the great things that a single person, or single organization committed to the same goal, can achieve for the citizens of this State, the nation, and the world at large; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Allegra E. Biery, Gloria Santona, Lauren Streicher, Andrea L. Zopp, and the Chicago Foundation for Women on the occasion of being honorees at the Women of Achievement Awards Dinner and wish them continued success and happiness in the future; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Allegra E. Biery, Gloria Santona, Lauren Streicher, Andrea L. Zopp, and the Chicago Foundation for Women as a symbol of our esteem and respect.