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.