SR1474 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Jan Marino, who passed away on December 31, 2015 at the age of 66; and

WHEREAS, Jan Marino was born in Spalding, Nebraska; she received her journalism and marketing degree from Creighton University in Omaha in 1971; and

WHEREAS, Jan Marino worked in marketing for a year for a Nebraska company that sold kitchen cabinets, and later worked in Minneapolis, Minnesota as the marketing manager of a health food company; she later lived in California before taking a job in sales at voice mail system producer Tigon; for several years, she lived in Cincinnati, where she worked in sales for the radar detector manufacturer Cincinnati Microwave; in 1996, she and her husband moved to Lisle, where she worked at Near North Insurance for a year before joining Bank of America's telecommunications group, where she served as a go-between for engineers and bank employees; and

WHEREAS, After subsequent jobs at outplacement firms Challenger, Gray, & Christmas and Right Management, Jan Marino formed her own firm, High Gain Companies, in 2008; the firm aims at providing companies with sales training, management coaching, succession planning, and social media program creation and maintenance, among other services; and

WHEREAS, Jan Marino was a co-host of a weekly radio show at blogtalkradio.com with Brian Basilico; in 2011, she published "Take Back Your Career" a book that used her own experiences with career transitions to offer advice for experienced professionals shifting careers; in 2012, she began authoring a blog titled "Take Back Your Career" at ChicagoNow.com; the following year, she started serving as the strategic alliance manager of LinkedIn's Chicago group and began blogging at LinkedIn as well; and

WHEREAS, Jan Marino was preceded in death by her first husband, Mike Milwood; and

WHEREAS, Jan Marino is survived by her husband, John Marino; her brothers, Jim Echternacht and Chuck Echternacht; and her sister, Mary Savory; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of Jan Marino; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Jan Marino as an expression of our sympathy.