Bruce Rauner Announces First Appointments for Administration
Rauner names Meeks as Illinois State Board of Education chairman
Rauner announces top staff appointments
Agency & Boards
Randy Blankenhorn, Secretary – Illinois Department of Transportation
Candice Jones, Director – Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice
Jeff Mays, Director – Illinois Department of Employment Security
John Maki, Executive Director – Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority
James Meeks, Chairman – State Board of Education
Top Administration Posts
Mike Zolnierowicz, Chief of Staff
Jason Barclay, General Counsel
Sarah Clamp, Director of Special Projects
Jim Clark, Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
Jared Melamed Dubnow, Special Assistant to the Governor
Kelley Folino, Deputy Chief of Staff for OutreachRichard Goldberg, Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative Affairs
Holly Griff, Executive Assistant to the Governor
Kathy Lydon, DC Director
Edward Murphy, Research Director
Tim Nuding, Director of Governor’s Office of Management and Budget
Mike Schrimpf, Deputy Chief of Staff for Communications
Aaron Winters, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
David Wu, Director of Government Transformation
Communications Team:
Lance Trover, Communications Director
Catherine Kelly, Press Secretary
Lyndsey Walters, Deputy Press Secretary
Allie Bovis, Deputy Press Secretary
Jacquelyn Reineke, Press Assistant
Policy Team
Joe Beyer, Efficiency and Metrics
Samantha Gaddy, Policy Adviser for Public Safety
Jennifer Hammer, Special Counsel to the Governor and Policy Adviser for Healthcare and Human Services
Michael Mahoney, Policy Adviser for Revenue and Pensions
Sean McCarthy, Policy Adviser for Economic Development
Alec Messina, Policy Adviser for Environment and Energy
Brian Oszakiewski, Policy Adviser for Infrastructure
Randy Pollard, Downstate Director
Outreach Team
Janice Collier, Director of Diversity and Recruitment
Ashley Kalus, Coalitions Coordinator
Dennis Jung, Outreach Coordinator
Marcos Peterson, Director of Latino Affairs
Legal Team
Joe Hartzler, Special Counsel
Mitch Holzrichter, Deputy Counsel
Dennis Murashko, Deputy Counsel
Emily Bastedo, Associate Counsel
Donovan Borvan, Associate Counsel
Chasity Boyce, Associate Counsel
Emily Gibellina, Associate Counsel
Georgia Man, Associate Counsel:
Joseph Wright, Assistant Counsel
Operations Team
Laine Evans, Director of Advance
Grant Hammer, Director of Constituent Affairs
Brittany Ladd, Director of Operations
Jackie Lindsay, Director of Scheduling
Office of the Lieutenant Governor
Brian Colgan, Chief of Staff