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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, J.C. Shultz, the FlagSource was founded in 1920 | ||||||
| 3 | and is an Illinois manufacturer of a full line of flags and | ||||||
| 4 | banners; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Janice Christiansen became President and Chief | ||||||
| 6 | Executive Officer of J.C. Shultz, the FlagSource in 1990, and | ||||||
| 7 | in that capacity is the only woman president of manufacturers | ||||||
| 8 | of flags and banners in the United States; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Under the leadership of Janice Christiansen, the | ||||||
| 10 | Batavia, Illinois based company trademarked the brand name | ||||||
| 11 | FlagSource which is recognized in the industry as having the | ||||||
| 12 | highest quality products and customer service; she is also | ||||||
| 13 | responsible for the company becoming a Woman certified WBE and | ||||||
| 14 | ISO9001/2000 registered; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Under her presidency, the company has proudly | ||||||
| 16 | serviced the nation with United States flags during Desert | ||||||
| 17 | Storm in 1991, delivered a large contract for 127,000 United | ||||||
| 18 | States flags for the Veterans Administration for veterans | ||||||
| 19 | families in 2000, and after the terrorist attacks on September | ||||||
| 20 | 11, 2001, the company manufactured United States flags 24 hours | ||||||
| 21 | a day, 7 days a week, to meet the greatest demand for United | ||||||
| 22 | States flags ever experienced in the history of our country; | ||||||
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| 1 | and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Janice Christiansen has received the George | ||||||
| 3 | Washington Award for excellence in her industry in 2004, the | ||||||
| 4 | LUCI award for Women in Business in 1998, and the Manufacturing | ||||||
| 5 | Counts award from IIT and Chicago Manufacturing Center in 1999, | ||||||
| 6 | and moreover, Janice Christiansen is (or has been a member) of | ||||||
| 7 | the Executive Club of Chicago as well as many trade and | ||||||
| 8 | industry associations and as a 14-year member of TEC/Vistage, a | ||||||
| 9 | worldwide CEO group; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Janice Christiansen has served or is serving on | ||||||
| 11 | several boards (many as the first woman) including the Valley | ||||||
| 12 | Industrial Association, the Illinois Manufacturers’ | ||||||
| 13 | Association, the St. Charles and Batavia Chambers of Commerce, | ||||||
| 14 | and the Red Cross; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Janice Christiansen will assume the Chairmanship | ||||||
| 16 | of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association on January 1, 2010 | ||||||
| 17 | and will be the first woman to hold this position in the | ||||||
| 18 | 116-year history of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association; | ||||||
| 19 | therefore, be it
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| 20 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 21 | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
| 22 | congratulate Janice Christiansen upon the occasion of her | ||||||
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| 1 | election as the first woman to hold the position of Chair of | ||||||
| 2 | the Board of Directors of the Illinois Manufacturers' | ||||||
| 3 | Association; and be it further
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| 4 | RESOLVED, We recognize the growing role of women in | ||||||
| 5 | manufacturing in Illinois and their important contributions to | ||||||
| 6 | the fabric of life in Illinois; and be it further | ||||||
| 7 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 8 | presented to Janice Christiansen at the Annual Luncheon of the | ||||||
| 9 | Illinois Manufacturers' Association on December 4, 2009 in | ||||||
| 10 | Chicago.
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