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Elaine Nekritz's Biography

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Full Name:

Elaine Nekritz

Gender:

Female

Family:

Husband: Barry

Birth Date:

12/11/1957

Birth Place:

Wichita, KS

Home City:

Northbrook, IL

Religion:

Jewish

JD, University of Michigan, 1982

BA, Trinity University, 1979

Assistant Majority Leader, Illinois State House of Representatives, 2012-2017

Representative, Illinois State House of Representatives, District 57, 2003-2017

Former Member, Appropriations for Public Safety Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Cybersecurity, Data Analytics & IT Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Elections & Campaign Finance Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Environmental Health Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Financial Institutions Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Government Consolidation & Modernization Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Insurance: Property & Casualty Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Chairperson, Judiciary Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Judiciary-Civil Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Pension Investments Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Chairperson, Personnel and Pensions Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Public Utilities Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Sex Offenses and Sex Offender Registration Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Special Needs Services Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Campaign Finance, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Cemeteries, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Subcommittee on Criminal Administration and Enforcement, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Housing and Property, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Railroad and Air Transportation, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Transportation Regulation, Roads and Bridges Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Chair, Village of Northbrook's Community Relations Commission

Partner, Law Firm of Altheimer and Gray

Legislative Aide, State Senator Jeff Schoenberg

Board Member, Trail Users Rights Foundation, 1995-present

Board Member, Chicagoland Bicycle Federation

Member, Illinois Bar Association

Chair, National Council on Jewish Women

Democratic Committeeman, Northfield Township

Member, Sierra Club

Member, American Bar Association, 1982-1991

Member, Chicago Bar Association, 1982-1989

Awards:

Representative Nekritz's work in Springfield has earned the 2014 Criminal Justice Leadership Award from the John Howard Association, the Outstanding Legislative Leadership Award from the Illinois Association of Park Districts and the Northwest Suburban Sierra Club's Legislator of the Year Award. In 2014, she was ranked #93 on Chicago magazine's "100 Most Powerful Chicagoans" list.

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