Supporting Organizations
Blue Island, IL - Mayor Domingo F. Vargas
Carlinville, IL - Mayor Deanna Demuzio
Champaign, IL - Mayor Deborah Frank Feinen
Champaign County, IL - County Executive Darlene Kloeppel
Champaign County Forest Preserves - Mary Ellen Wuellner, Executive Director
Champaign County Regional Planning Commission - Dalitso S. Sulamoyo, Ph.D., CEO
Champaign Park District - Joe DeLuce, Executive Director
Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District - Karl P. Gnadt, Managing Director & CEO
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning - Joseph C. Szabo, Executive Director
East Moline, IL - Mayor Reggie Freeman
East St. Louis, IL - Mayor Emeka Jackson-Hicks
Elmwood Park, IL - Village President Angelo "Skip" Saviano
Freeport, IL - Mayor Jodi Miller
Galena, IL - Mayor Terry Renner
Gilman, IL - Mayor Rick Theesfeld
Rantoul, IL - Mayor Charles Smith
Robbins, IL - Mayor Tyrone Ward
Rock Island, IL - Mayor Mike Thoms & Rock Island City Council
Royal, IL - Village Board of Trustees
Savoy, IL - Village President Joan Dykstra
Urbana, IL - Mayor Diane Wolfe Marlin
Urbana Park District - Timothy A. Bartlett, Executive Director
Champaign County Chamber of Commerce - Laura Weis, President & CEO
Champaign County Economic Development Corporation - Carly McCrory, Executive Director
Chicago Southland Economic Development Corporation - Reggie Greenwood, Executive Director
Coalition for a Modern Metra Electric - Linda Thisted & Andrea Reed, Co-Chairs
Dwight Economic Alliance - Debra Karch, Economic Development Director
Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce - Paul Rumler, President & CEO
Rantoul Area Chamber of Commerce - Belynda Allen, Executive Director
SMART Transportation Division - Robert W. Guy, State Director
