HR0322 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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HOUSE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of Representatives wish to congratulate Suzan Nash on her retirement from Community Action after 38 years of service; and

WHEREAS, Suzan Nash started with the Western Illinois Regional Council as an intern in 1978 and has dedicated her life to fighting the war on poverty and meeting the needs of the less fortunate; and

WHEREAS, Suzan Nash became the first female director of a regional planning agency in Illinois in 1981 when she assumed the leadership of the Western Illinois Regional Council; and

WHEREAS, Suzan Nash established the Western Illinois Regional Council as a Community Action Agency in 1982; and

WHEREAS, Under the leadership of Suzan Nash, the Western Illinois Regional Council established the Victim Services Program, providing free and confidential services in a safe environment for survivors of domestic violence and sexual assault in Hancock, Henderson, McDonough, and Warren Counties; and

WHEREAS, Suzan Nash has served on the boards of the Illinois Association of Regional Councils and the National Association of Development Organizations Midwest Region; she served on the Board of the Illinois Association of Community Action Agencies for over 10 years, most recently serving as vice-chair; and

WHEREAS, Suzan Nash has been an active member of her community; she served as a Radio Information Services reader, a Youth Assistance Program founding board member, a Quality of Life committee member, YMCA president and board member, a McDonough County United Way volunteer and campaign chair, and as the finance chair at St. Paul Parish; and

WHEREAS, Suzan Nash has received the Macomb Feminists Network "Writing Women into History Award", and the Western Illinois University Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism Distinguished Alumni Award in 1990; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we congratulate Suzan Nash on her retirement from Community Action after 38 years of service and we wish her well in her retirement and with all future endeavors; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Suzan Nash as an expression of our esteem and respect.