Name | Firm, Business Or Agency | Representing |
Hearing Date and Time: Health Care Availability & Access (H) 2/19/2019 3:00 PM |
Beth Zigrossi | Self | Self |
Alan H Matson | Amita St Joseph Hospital | Amita St Joseph Hospital Elgin IL 60123 |
Alexandria Gorgosz | American Cancer Society | Individual who has seen too many friends, families and patients negatively impacted by smoking habits they started while young |
Alyx McElfresh | Self | Self |
Amanda Duffy | AMITA Health Cancer Institute | AMITA Health |
Amanda Gorsuch | Good Shepherd Hospital | Self, former smoker who started at 15, my 18 year old high school friends bought me cigarettes |
Amanda Mehl | Boone County Health Department | |
Amanda Summers | None | |
Amy Gibson | citizen | citizen |
Amy Jo Steinbruecker | American Cancer Society | American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network |
Ana M Romero | Self | Citizen |
Anastasia Tuskey | Will County Government | Self |
Andrea L Byrne | 1960 | |
Andrea Ridenour | American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network | American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network |
Andrew Weber | Saint Viator High School | Citizen |
Angela Doehring | Self | Self |
Angela Grover | AMITA Health | AMITA Health |
Angela OBryant | University of IL College of Medicine | RN |
Anne Flanz | Self | Self |
AnnMarie Walsh | Citizen | Self |
Ashley Lach | American Cancer Society | American Cancer Society |
Asia Kim | Illinois State University | Myself |
Barb Hohlt | St. Clair County Health Dept | St Clair County Health Dept |
Becky Whitlow | Self | Self |
Beth Fiorini | Whiteside County Health Dpeartment | Whiteside County Health Department |
Beverly Glendon | Advocate BroMenn Medical Center | |
BobbyKat LittleCub | Citizen | Self |
Brian Shields | American Heart Association | |
Bruce Brockstein MD | NorthShore University HealthSystem | NorthShore University HealthSystem |
Bruce C Kinnett | Cook-Witter, Inc. | Illinois Academy of Family Physicians |
Calvin Iwema | Self | |
Carl Hagstrom | Self | Lake County Board of Health |
Carlton Rose | Citizen | Self |
Carol Klemz | Prevent Blindness | |
Catherine Henebry | American Heart Association | |
Catherine Reed | Pledge for Life Partnership | self |
Catherine Reed | Self | |
Cathy Ferguson-Allen | Lee County Health Department | Lee County Health Department |
Cesilia Velasco | Mclean County Health Department | |
Charles Bradley | Citizen | Self |
Cheryl E Laskasky | Self | Citizen |
Cheryl Lee | Clinton County Health Department | self, Clinton County Health Department |
Cheryl Nocon | NorthShore University HealthSystem | Cheryl Nocon |
Cheyl Wesolowski | Amita Health Cancer Institute | |
Christina Foss | Citizen | |
Christine Myers | Livingston County Mental Health Board | LCMHB |
Christopher Grunow | Stickney Public Health District | Stickney Public Health District |
Christy Filby | IL State Alliance of YMCAs | IL State Alliance of YMCAs |
Cindy Jackson | Will County Health Department | Will County Health Department |
Clay Reagan | tax payer | tax payer |
Cody McSellers-McCray | AMITA Health | |
Corinne Loftus | National Kidney Foundation of Illinois | National Kidney Foundation of Illinois |
CRAIG BEINTEMA | Stephenson County Health Dept | Stephenson County Health Department, Stephenson County Board of Health |
Crapnell Martin | Retired teacher | Self |
Cristin Mathew | American Heart Association | |
Cynthia Jackson | The Jackson Family | Self |
Cyrus Winnett | Illinois Primary Health Care Asssociation | Community Health Centers |
Daniel Tully | Notre Dame College Prep | Notre Dame College Prep |
Darlene Toribio | Citizen | Citizen |
Dave Gross | Illinois Health & Hospital Association | Illinois Health & Hospital Association |
David Bythewood | Constituent | Self |
David Clough | Village of Skokie Health Department | Skokie Board of Health |
David Melby | None | |
David Melby | None | |
David Shindley | American Cancer Society | |
Dawn Crawford | OSF Saint Francis Medical Center | My employer, OSF Healthcare supports T 21 |
Debra L Sproat | Self | Self. Lost multiple family members to lung cancer. |
Debra Vogel | self | self |
Denise Jaworski | Amita Cancer Institute | |
Denise Zielinski | Illinois Resident | Self |
Dennis Brennan | DuPage County Health Department | DuPage County Health Department |
Diana Stenger | Self | |
Diane Ratekin | self | |
Don Cavi | Logan County Department of Public Health | Logan County Department of Public Health |
Donald Zeigler | American Heart Association | |
Donna Mosakowski | American Lung Association | |
Donna Swanson | Self | Self |
Donna Swanson | Will County Sheriff's Office | Self |
Douglas Toole | Vermilion County Health Department, IL | Vermilion County Health Department |
Dr Catherine A Counard | Village of Skokie | Skokie Health Department |
Dr Joseph E Troiani | Will County Health Department | |
Edith Barnes | I | |
Elise Rose | self | self |
Elizabeth Gonzalez | Not applicable | Not applicable |
Elizabeth Squires | myself | |
Elizabeth Thompson | American Cancer Society | American Cancer Society |
Ellen Genrich | Boone County Health Department | Self |
Erica Acosta | American Cancer Society | American Cancer Society |
Erin OBrien | Illinois State Medical Society | Illinois State Medical Society |
Esther Sciammarella | Chicago Hispanic Health Coalition | Chicago Hispanic Health Coalition |
Eugene Dawsom | BStrong Together | |
Evonda Thomas-Smith | City of Evanston | Person |
Faith Nyong | Amita Health Mercy Medicsl Center | Amita Health Mercy Medical Center |
Frank Belmonte | Lake County Board of Health | Frank Belmonte, D.o., MPH |
Garth Reynolds | Illinois Pharmacists Association | Illinois Pharmacists Association |
General Avrum Mark Rabin | Mission Readiness | Retired admirals and generals strengthening national security by ensuring kids stay in school, stay fit, and stay out of trouble |
General Jay Sheedy | Mission Readiness | Retired admirals and generals strengthening national security by ensuring kids stay in school, stay fit, and stay out of trouble |
General Randal Thomas | Mission Readiness | Retired admirals and generals strengthening national security by ensuring kids stay in school, stay fit, and stay out of trouble |
Ginnie Flynn | IL Academy of Family Physicians | Illinois Academy of Family Physicians |
Gordana Krkic | IL Academy of Family Physicians | IL Academy of Family Physicians |
Heather Baker | Self | Self |
Heather Gavras | Self | Self |
Heidi Gonzalez | American Cancer Society | American Cancer Society |
Hillary Aggertt | Woodford County Health Department | |
Hollis Johanson | citizen | |
Hugh Brady | none | self |
Jack Shapiro | American Lung Association in Illinois | American Lung Association in Illinois |
Jack Whitney MD | NONE | Myself |
Jackie Lanier | Self | |
Jacqueline Rose | Self | Self |
Jada Kline | Self | Niece of an aunt that used nicotine products first as a teenager, which created lasting health defects |
James Bentley | Self | Concerned Parent |
james conyers | self | Citzen |
James McCalister | Village of Arlington Heights | resident of Illinois |
James Miles | NIPHC | Northern Illinois Public Health Consortium |
James R Brorson MD | The University of Chicago Medical Center | |
Jamie Epstein | STAND STRONG COALITION | Catalyt |
Janeen V Bazan | ASH | |
Janet Burnett | Illinois resident | |
Janet Mason | Edgar County Public Health Department | Edgar County Public Health Department |
Janet Williams | Illinois Coalition Against Tobacco | |
Janey Ciontea | Northwestern Medicine Valley West Hospital | Northwestern Medicine Imaging and Cancer Center |
Jason Blomquist | Assurance | |
Jason Keeler | University of Chicago | Self |
Jay Ehrlich | Lake County Board of Health | self |
Jayme Leavy | NA | |
JB Meier | Illinois Department of Human Services | Illinois Dept. of Human Services |
jean ryan | Myself | Myself |
Jeanette Benedict | CRUSHIN' CANCER CRUSADERS | |
Jeanne Adams | Illinois CancerCare | Illinois CancerCare |
jeanne mckenna | Parent and Illinois Resident | Self |
Jennifer Cyra | Cynamen Advisors Inc | |
Jennifer Hilger | Lake Zurich CUSD 95 | Citizen |
Jennifer Jacky | Belvidere Family YMCA | Board of Health for Boone County Health Department |
Jennifer Ross | J and J Legislative, LLC | Lobbyist-American Lung Association of IL |
Jerome T Meservey MD | Arlington Heights Board of Health | |
Jessica Bloodgood | American Cancer Society | American Cancer Society |
Jill Ceitlin | AHA | self |
Jim Bentley | Self | Concerned Parent |
Joan Fernandez | Illinois Valley Community Hospital | |
JOANNE M Furnas | AID | |
Jodi Stoner | OSF HealthCare Saint Francis Medical Center | Mother of 3 teenagers who do not want them to use tobacco and health care professional with oncology and smoking cessation |
John Bevis | Kankakee County Health Department | Health Department |
Judy Rospenda | American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network | |
Judy Teaney | American Cancer Society | American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network ( ACSCAN) |
Judy Teaney | American Cancer Society | Self |
Juli Aistars | Northwest Community Hospital | |
Julia Kersey | American Heart Association | Self |
Julian Alexander | Village of Richton Park | |
Julie A Pryde | Champaign-Urbana Public Health District | Champaign-Urbana Public Health District |
Julie Angle | Mrs. | |
Julie Krause | National Cancer Society | Self |
Julie Mirostaw | American Heart Association American Stroke Association | American Heart Association American Stroke Association |
Julie Troyer | American Heart Association | American Heart Association |
Karen Hartman | self | concerned community member |
Karen Larimer | physIQ | |
karina ogawa | American Cancer Society | Granddaughter of a smoker that hopes no one else loses their grandpartents too early |
Katherine Koyak | City of LaSalle | City of La Salle, Illinois |
Katherine Mueller | Not Applicable | Concerned Parent and Public Health Professional |
Kathleen Bingham | self | self |
Kathleen Goss | University of Chicago | University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center |
Kathleen L Copelen | OSF Healthcare | I represent myself. However, I know my employeer (OSF Healthcare) supports HB 345 as well |
Kathryn Johanson | citizen | |
Kathryn Schubert | none | |
Kathy Chan | Cook County Health | Cook County Health |
Kathy Drea | American Lung Association in Illinois | American Lung Association in Illinois |
Katie Danko | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago | Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago |
Katie Kritek | New Trier High School | children |
Kelli Evans | Self | |
Kelly Tinnes | American Cancer Society | |
Kelsey Olson | American Cancer Society | self. I watched the affects of tobacco kill my grandmother and wish that access to kids won't be allowed. |
Kenneth Bryk | self | self |
Kent Tarro | Macoupin County Public Health Department | Macoupin County Public Health Department |
Kim Brogdon | American Cancer Society | |
Kim Brogdon | American Cancer Society | |
Kirk Disrude | Maine East High School | Education |
Kirk Steinbruecker | self | Self - lost two grandmothers and mother to cancer caused by tobacco use they started smoking in their teens. |
Krishna Rao | self | |
Kristen M Young | American Lung Association in Greater Chicago | |
Kristi DeLaurentiis | South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association | South Suburban Mayors and Managers Association |
Kristin Milne | American Cancer Society | American Cancer Society |
Kyle Hillman | National Association of Social Workers Illinois Chapter | National Association of Social Workers - Illinois Chapter |
Kyle Polke | Self | Self; Young Professional who has seen first-hand the peer pressure youth are under and the impacts of a bad decision to try smoking (including vaping and e-cigarettes). |
Lanie Kepler | Illinois Public Health Association | Illinois Association for Public Health Administrators |
Lanie Kepler | Illinois Public Health Association | Illinois Public Health Association |
Laura Schneider | Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center | Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center |
Laurel Warland | No Business | Citizen |
Lauren Iwema | American Heart Association | |
Leigh Eicher | NA | Self |
Liliana Velazquez | Mission Readiness | Retired admirals and generals strengthening national security by ensuring kids stay in school, stay fit, and stay out of trouble |
Linda Schulz | American Cancer Society | American Cancer Society |
Linda Weatherspoom | Family International Outreach Ministries Inc | SELF |
Lisa kritz | self | Representing self |
Lisa Kroeger | Lake County Health Department | |
Lori Ryan | Marion County Health Department | Marion County Health Department |
Lori Younker | American Lung Association | American Lung Association |
Lubia Nunez-Montelongo | Self | Self |
Lucy DeVaux | Lake County Health Dept | |
Lynne Braun | Rush University Medical Center | |
Maggie Osborne | Mrs. | Mom of a teenager. I am mortified that youth tobacco use is on the rise. We need to stop e-cigarette use among kids. Please pass Tobacco 21. |
MaLinda Hillman | Livingston County Health Department | RN |
Mardene Costa | Mrs. | self |
Maria Aurora Diaz | AMITA Health Mercy Medical Center | self |
Maria Gonzalez | 1967 | self |
Mariana Wrzosek | AMITA Health Resurrection Medical Center | Citizen |
Marie Rose | Citizen | Self |
Mark Lundholm | Self | Self |
Mark Pfister | Resident of Illinois | Myself |
Mary Ellen Meier | self | none |
Mary Sterrenberg RN | Village of Arlington Heights Health and Human Services | |
Maryrose Peters | self | self |
Mason Rose | Citizen | Ciitizen |
Matt Maloney | Respiratory Health Association | Respiratory Health Association |
Matthew Slade | Village of Durand | Self |
Maureen Mulhall | Maureen Mulhall | Illinois Society for Respiratory Care |
Megan Burns | American Cancer Society | American Cancer Society |
Megan Tunney | Individual | Self |
Megha Mathur | Individual | Self - oldest sister of 7 who wants to make sure her younger siblings never get hooked on tobacco |
Meghan Capulong | NA | American Heart Association |
Meghan Woltman | Advocate Health Care | Advocate Health Care |
MELISSA EDWARDS | Self | Self |
Michael Polllak | Michael Pollak, Attorney at Law | Village of Skokie |
Michael T Thomas | The GreenPreneur Show | |
Michelle Black | Cumberland County Health Department | Cumberland County Health Department |
Mike Charley | Village of Oak Park Public Health Department | Village of Oak Park Public Health Department |
Mike Grady | Strategic Advocacy Group | American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network |
Mike Hanahan | Self | Self |
Monica K Campbell | none | concerned parent |
Morgan Casey | Self | Self |
Nadeen Israel | AIDS Foundation of Chicago | AIDS Foundation of Chicago |
Nancy Freese | Self | Self |
Necole K RobinsonMuhammad | None | Heart & Stroke Project |
Olivia Crawford | OSF St. Francis Medical Center | Self, OSF St. Francis Medical Center |
Paul Frank | Meridian Health, a WellCare Health Plan | Meridian Health |
Paul Wilkins | Woodford County Health Department | resident of IL |
Paula Enstrom | SBLHC | |
Peter Gunther | self | self |
Peter Tijerina | none | self |
Peter Tyor | retired | Self--My family has suffered from the results of tobacco. |
Philip Jass | Grundy County Health Department | Grundy County Health Department |
Rachel Becknell | Constituent | Self |
Rachel Song | None | Citizen |
Radine Cox | Self | Self |
RaeAnn VanGundy | Kendall County Health Department | Kendall County Health Department |
Rhonda Ray | Southern Seven Health Department | Citizens of Pulaski, Pope, Hardin, Johnson, Union, Massac, and Alexander Counties |
Rick Reinbold | self | self |
Rita Hernandez Figi | Self | Self |
Robert K Oakleaf | American Lung Association in Illinois | |
Roger Crawford | Retired from OSF Healthcare & HSHS St. John's Hospital | Former employee of OSF Healthcare & HSHS St. John's Hospital - both organizations support HB 345 |
Ronald Melka | Lyons Township Mental Health Commission | Lyons Township Mental Health Commission |
Rosa Zenner-Torres | ACHN | |
Sabina Omercajic | NorthShore University HealthSystem Kellogg Cancer Center | Mother of two daughters and Healthcare professional and Patient Advocate who does not want my kids to use tobacco |
Sam E Sibley | Self | Self |
Sandra Martell | Winnebago County Health Department | Winnebago County Health Department |
Sarah Buller Fenton | Registered Professional Nurse | |
Scott Saxe | Self | Self |
Sean Freres | Individual | Concerned parent of 2 teenagers |
Sean McDermott | SR McDermott Consulting | Northern Illinois Public Health Consortium |
Shana Crews | American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network | American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network |
Shannon M Jermal | Self | Self |
Shannon McCall | Northwestern Medicine | |
Sharon Frederking | Washington County Health Department | Washington County Health Department |
Sharon Williams | Illinois Cancercare | Self , Mother of 4 boys who does not want them to use tobacco |
Shawnee Overcast | Self | |
Shelbi Thornley | Cass County Health Department | |
Shelby Darnell | American Heart Association | self |
Shiv Morjaria | American Cancer Society | |
Simona white | ACS CAN | ACS Cancer Action Network |
Simona White | ACS CAN | AMerican Cancer Society Cancer Action Network |
Sister Ann Marie Cwick | St. Cornelius Church | Citizen |
Skyler Taylor | 1995 | Self Grandmother died of lung cancer related to smoking since age 12 |
Sonja Koontz | American Heart Association | |
Stacey Dutton | American Cancer Society | American Cancer Society |
Stacey McKinney | NA | Resident of Illinois |
Stephanie Beam | Rush Copley Medical Center | Mother of 3 children who does not want them smoking or using tobacco products |
Stephanie Wurmnest | parent | concerned parent |
Sue Clark | Capitol Edge Consulting, LLC | Illinois Society for Advanced Practice Nursing, and ANA-Illinois, |
Susan Hilger | Amita Resurrection Medical Center Chicago | self |
Susan Olenek | Will County Health Department | Will County Health Department |
Swapna Dave | Concerned parent | |
Talia Shaw | Private citizen | Self |
Tamera Daily | Illinois Cancer Care | self |
Tami | Illinois CancerCare | self - Former smoker who started smoking at a young age |
Tara Mitchell | Self | Self |
Tawanda Johnson-Gray | Heart & Stroke Project, Inc. | |
Teri Collins | MCYAF | |
Terra L Rumer | NA | |
Terry Mason | Northern IL Public Health Consortium, Cook County Dpt of Public Health | Cook County Dpt of Public Health and Northern IL Public Health Consortium |
Theresa Heaton | Kane County Health Department | Kane County Health Department |
Theresa James | winnebago County | |
Thomas P Gould | self | |
Tim Beam | Plainfield PD | Father of 3 who does not want my children using any form of tobacco |
Tim Carpenter | Mission Readiness | Retired admirals and generals strengthening national security by working to make sure kids stay in school, stay fit, and stay out of trouble |
Timothy Sashko | Lake County | Board of Health President |
Tisha Eisenmenger | Resident of Illinois | |
Todd Kisner MPH | Self | Self |
Tonda Thompson | Illinois CancerCare Foundation | |
Toni Corona | Madison County Health Department | Madison County Health Department |
Toni Tonazzi | AHA | American HEart Association |
Ursula Webster | ACS CAN | |
Vadim Krupnik | Self | |
Vincent D Keenan | Illinois Academy of Family Physicians | |
Vonetta Wade | Individual | Mom of a son who does not want him to use tobacco |
Whitney Smyser | self | |
William Werner | Skokie Board of Health | Board Member |
Winona Dulka | Self | |