LWVIL Convention 2023

7/21/23

LWVIL's 61st biennium Convention was held on June 10–11, welcoming delegates from 36 of the 42 local Leagues in Illinois.

During Convention, delegates voted to adopt the proposed budget for 2023–2025, to adopt three new pillars for action, and to re-adopt all current positions as published in Where We Stand. Delegates also voted to undertake a study of gun violence prevention with the intent to update LWVIL's Gun Violence Prevention position.

Delegates had opportunities to gather and learn prior to Convention at three virtual meetings, including Convention Connections facilitated by LWVUS Midwest Regional Organizer Jessica Rohloff. Recordings of the DC Statehoodand Anchorage Youth Vote educational programs are now available to all members on our website's Convention Center.

Meet the New Board

Welcome to LWVIL's new Board of Directors, elected on Sunday, June 11.

• President: Becky Simon (LWV of Naperville)

• Treasurer: Maria Pasquesi (LWV of Lake Forest/Lake Bluff)

• Secretary: Michelle Thorsell (LWV of Glen Ellyn)

• Vice President, Communications: Sara Kurensky (LWV of Wilmette) 

• Vice President, Governance: Linh Nguyen (LWV of DeKalb County)

• Vice President, Voter Service: Jennifer Lee O’Neil (LWV of Evanston)

• Director: Roberta Borrino (LWV of Roselle-Bloomingdale)

• Director: Letina Brady-Pettis (LWV of Chicago)

• Director: Kathy Cortez (LWV of Palatine)

• Director: Diane Hodges (LWV of Park Forest)

• Director: Theresa Lyons Flanders (LWV of St. Clair County)

• Director: Jennifer Manning (LWV of Wilmette)

Thank you to the following board members of the 60th biennium for their years of dedicated League service:

• Allyson Haut, President (LWV of Wilmette)

• Cate Williams, Secretary (LWVIL, Member Around the State)

• Rosemary Heilemann, Vice President, Issues and Advocacy Co-Chair (LWV of Deerfield/Lincolnshire)

• Kathy Kenny, Vice President, Voter Service Co-Chair (LWV of Naperville)

• Melissa Lieb, Director, Voter Service Co-Chair (LWV of LaGrange)

• Jean Pierce, Director, Issues and Advocacy Co-Chair (LWV of Oregon)