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Senator Laura Ellman (D)
21st District

Photograph of  Senator  Laura Ellman (D)
 

Springfield Office:
Senator 21st District
Stratton Office Building, 401 S. Spring
Section C, Office D
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-8192
 
District Office:
24W500 Maple Ave.
Suite 215
Naperville, IL 60540
(630) 601-9961

Years served: 2019 - Present

Committee assignments: Environment and Conservation (Chair); Agriculture; Veterans Affairs; Appropriations; Transportation; Financial Institutions (Vice-Chair).

Biography: Assessor at a National Laboratory; has over 25 years of experience working in manufacturing and engineering and dealing with regulations and policies; B.A. in mathematics from Grinnell College; M.A. in applied statistics from the University of Iowa; volunteers with Habitat for Humanity, Feed My Starving Children, and as an ESL tutor; lives in Naperville with husband Pete, daughter Lizzie, and son Barrett.

Associated Representative(s): Terra Costa Howard
 Janet Yang Rohr