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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Acting Fire Commissioner
4Annette Nance-Holt on becoming the permanent Commissioner of
5the Chicago Fire Department; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Commissioner Nance-Holt will be the first woman
7and the first woman of color to lead the Chicago Fire
8Department in its 162-year history; and
 
9    WHEREAS, Commissioner Nance-Holt has more than three
10decades of proven leadership and a passion for public service;
11and
 
12    WHEREAS, Commissioner Nance-Holt achieved another historic
13first when she was named the First Deputy Commissioner in
142018, making her the first woman to hold the department's
15number two spot; before becoming First Deputy, she served as
16Deputy District Chief, Battalion Chief-EMT, Captain-EMT,
17Lieutenant-EMT, and Firefighter; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Commissioner Nance-Holt resides in Chicago with
19her family; she is the founder of two nonprofit community
20organizations, Purpose Over Pain and the Blair Holt
21Scholarship Foundation; she holds a Master of Science in

 

 

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1Public Administration/Fire & Emergency Management from Anna
2Maria College and a Bachelor of Arts from Chicago State
3University; therefore, be it
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
5HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
6we congratulate Acting Fire Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt on
7becoming the permanent Commissioner of the Chicago Fire
8Department; and be it further
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10presented to Commissioner Nance-Holt as a symbol of our
11respect and esteem.