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| 1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
| 3 | Representatives are pleased to congratulate Kathy Bovid on the | ||||||
| 4 | occasion of her early retirement as Associate Director of State | ||||||
| 5 | Government Affairs at Bristol-Myers Squibb; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Kathy Bovid is the Associate Director of State | ||||||
| 7 | Government Affairs at Bristol-Myers Squibb, one of the nation's | ||||||
| 8 | leading BioPhRMA companies; she has worked there for nearly 29 | ||||||
| 9 | years, beginning in 1985; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Kathy Bovid has worked tirelessly with state | ||||||
| 11 | government health program administrators, managed care plans, | ||||||
| 12 | legislators, and advocacy organizations to promote disease | ||||||
| 13 | awareness and help improve access to appropriate treatment for | ||||||
| 14 | patients with serious mental health illnesses, cancer, | ||||||
| 15 | HIV/AIDS, diabetes, heart disease, and hepatitis, among | ||||||
| 16 | others; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Kathy Bovid has been a passionate and instrumental | ||||||
| 18 | resource for the General Assembly as a lobbyist on a multitude | ||||||
| 19 | of complex healthcare issues, bringing a wealth of expertise | ||||||
| 20 | from her prior service in posts ranging from Senior Region | ||||||
| 21 | Director of State Government Operations to State Government | ||||||
| 22 | Sales Associate, where she began her work with state | ||||||
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| 1 | governments; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Kathy Bovid earned her Master's of Business | ||||||
| 3 | Administration degree from the University of Michigan while | ||||||
| 4 | working as a microbiologist at University Hospital in Michigan; | ||||||
| 5 | she also attained certification as a Medical Technologist by | ||||||
| 6 | the American Society of Clinical Pathology from William | ||||||
| 7 | Beaumont School of Medical Technology and earned a Bachelor of | ||||||
| 8 | Arts degree from Oakland University; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, After graduating in 1985, Kathy Bovid accepted a | ||||||
| 10 | sales position with Bristol-Myers Squibb in the State of | ||||||
| 11 | Michigan; after 3 years there, she relocated to Chicago to | ||||||
| 12 | accept a promotion and assist in the creation of a new | ||||||
| 13 | department to improve access to pharmaceuticals for patients | ||||||
| 14 | with serious diseases; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Kathy Bovid was born and raised in Michigan, while | ||||||
| 16 | her father was born in Illinois; her Lithuanian and Swedish | ||||||
| 17 | immigrant grandparents all lived and worked in Chicago in their | ||||||
| 18 | early adult years; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, While Kathy Bovid is taking early retirement from | ||||||
| 20 | her responsibilities at Bristol-Myers Squibb, she will remain | ||||||
| 21 | active in a variety of healthcare causes and personal pursuits, | ||||||
| 22 | both professional and as a volunteer in her Chicago Lakeview | ||||||
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| 1 | community; therefore, be it
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| 2 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 3 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 4 | we congratulate Kathy Bovid on her remarkable 29 year career in | ||||||
| 5 | healthcare, including most recently as Associate Director of | ||||||
| 6 | State Government Affairs at Bristol-Myers Squibb; and be it | ||||||
| 7 | further
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| 8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 9 | presented to Kathy Bovid as an expression of our esteem and | ||||||
| 10 | respect.
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