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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are pleased to recognize Mona B. Martin, the 
4former Director of the House Republican Research and 
5Appropriations staff and longtime Springfield business 
6management consultant, on recently being inducted into the 
7Samuel K. Gove Illinois Legislative Internship Hall of Fame; 
8and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, The Samuel K. Gove Illinois Legislative 
10Internship Hall of Fame honors former legislative interns whose 
11careers have exemplified distinguished public service; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Mona Martin began her career in government through 
13the Illinois Legislative Staff Internship Program in 1989, 
14analyzing agency budgets; and
 
15    WHEREAS, After continuing with the House Republican Staff 
16in 1990, Mona Martin became a substantive  committee staff 
17member, working with the members of her Caucus on what was then 
18the House Revenue Committee; and
 
19    WHEREAS, Mona Martin was promoted by former House Minority 
20Leader Lee A. Daniels, starting with the 1993 spring session, 
21to be Director of Research for the House Republican staff; in 
 
 
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1this position, she performed, with enthusiasm and 
2intelligence, in the supervision of staff analyses covering all 
3of the substantive and budgetary challenges of the day; and
 
4    WHEREAS, Starting with the 1994 spring session, Mona Martin 
5expanded her portfolio and became the Director of Research and 
6Appropriations for her staff, thereby also supervising the 
7staff work and analysis of Illinois' annual and supplemental 
8budget bills; and
 
9    WHEREAS, In this capacity, in a typical year, Martin would 
10supervise more than 25 analysts, interns, and office staff; and
 
11    WHEREAS, During this time, Mona Martin served as a mentor 
12to dozens of legislative research staffers, not only training 
13them in excellence, but also challenging and inspiring them 
14with her own example; and
 
15    WHEREAS, After moving on to the executive branch of 
16government in 1999, Mona Martin worked with her longtime friend 
17and mentor Pam McDonough at what was then the Department of 
18Commerce and Community Affairs, serving as Managing Director of 
19Policy Development, Planning and Research, and working closely 
20with members of all 4 caucuses of the General Assembly to 
21coordinate a $12,000,000,000 program of State public sector 
22investments in local infrastructure, the IllinoisFIRST 
 
 
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1program; and
 
2    WHEREAS, Mona Martin moved her service to Illinois to a new 
3realm in 2003 by joining the private sector, owning and 
4operating her own firm as a business management consultant, and 
5guiding the State and its top officials and lawmakers through 
6challenges created by the new family of public policy issues 
7that characterized the 2000's, especially the growing field of 
8crises and opportunities created by changes in global health 
9care and pharmaceutical management; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Mona Martin is a true daughter of Illinois, having 
11spent her youth in the rural town of Buckley, in the heart of 
12the "Grande Prairie" agricultural district, the most 
13productive farmland on earth; and
 
14    WHEREAS, As a lettered "Rocket" at Buckley-Loda High 
15School, Mona Martin became the most decorated female track 
16athlete in the history of the school, medaling 3 consecutive 
17times in school years 1982-85 by throwing the shot put at the 
18State's track meet; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Mona Martin continued her studies at the United 
20States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado and 
21North Central College in Naperville; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Those around Mona Martin are keenly aware of the 
2support she has received throughout her career from her 
3husband, David Joens, Ph.D., the current Director of the 
4Illinois State Archives; together they are the proud parents of 
5a son, Benjamin Joens; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, Mona Martin and her family are enthusiastic 
7travelers, bringing the heritage of Illinois to a variety of 
8locations across Europe; their friends never know where they 
9will be next; therefore, be it
  
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
11NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
12we congratulate Mona B. Martin on her induction into the Samuel 
13K. Gove Illinois Legislative Internship Hall of Fame and thank 
14her for her years of public service; and be it further
  
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
16presented to Mona Martin and her family as a symbol of our 
17respect and esteem.