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Representative Karen May (D) - Previous General Assembly (96th)
58th District

Photograph of  Representative  Karen May (D)
 

Springfield Office:
Senator 58th District
255-S Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL   62706
(217) 782-0902
(217) 557-7214 FAX
 
District Office:
427 Sheridan Road
Highwood, IL  60040
(847) 433-9100
(847) 433-9111 FAX

Years served: 2001 - Present

Committee assignments: Electric Utility Oversight; Environment & Energy; Environmental Health (Chairperson); Health Care Availability Access (Vice-Chairperson); Mass Transit; Public Policy & Accountability; Renewable Energy (Chairperson); O'Hare Airport Environmental Impact; Medicaid Reform Subcommittee; Personnel & Pensions; Police and Fire Pension Reform.

Biography: Former member of the Highland Park City Council and Historic Preservation Commission. She has a bachelor's degree in communications from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She is the founder and president of a public relations advertising agency and worked as a newspaper reporter and freelance writer. She has also served in many civic, educational, and charitable organizations in Highland Park and Lake County. She is married (husband, Morton) and has two children.

Associated Representative(s): Susan Garrett