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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives wish to congratulate Lisa D. Thurston on the
4occasion of her retirement as Executive Director of Southern
5Five Regional Planning District and Development Commission;
6and
 
7    WHEREAS, Lisa Thurston graduated from Century High School
8in 1989; she earned her Associate in Science in 1991 from
9Shawnee Community College and her Bachelor of Science from
10Southeast Missouri State University in 1993; and
 
11    WHEREAS, Lisa Thurston spent her early career working for
12Shawnee Community College and the Shawnee Development Council;
13she joined the Southern Five Regional Planning District and
14Development Commission in 1993 as the Controller; she became
15the Executive Director in 1997; she received her Master of
16Science in Management in 2010; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Lisa Thurston and her husband, Jerry P. Thurston,
18have been married for 25 years and have three children, Nathan,
19George "Drew", and Rachel; she is the daughter of Joyce Rider
20Inman and the late George Inman; and
 
21    WHEREAS, A community party will be held in Lisa Thurston's

 

 

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1honor at Southern Five Regional on June 22, 2016; therefore, be
2it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
5congratulate Lisa D. Thurston on her retirement as Executive
6Director of Southern Five Regional Planning District and
7Development Commission and we wish her the best in all her
8future endeavors; and be it further
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10presented to Lisa Thurston as an expression of our esteem and
11respect.