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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Adrian Guerrero on the | ||||||
4 | occasion of his promotion to the position of Senior Director of | ||||||
5 | Network Development for the Western Region of the Union Pacific | ||||||
6 | Railroad, the first Latino to hold this position; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Adrian Guerrero earned his Bachelor of Arts from | ||||||
8 | DePaul University in 2004 and his Juris Doctorate from the | ||||||
9 | Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2009; he was admitted to the | ||||||
10 | Illinois Bar in 2010; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Adrian Guerrero has served as a public affairs | ||||||
12 | professional for over 13 years with experience in public | ||||||
13 | affairs management, legislative advocacy, and public-private | ||||||
14 | projects in the public and private sectors; prior to his | ||||||
15 | promotion, he served as the Director of Public Affairs for the | ||||||
16 | Union Pacific Railroad, where he directed strategic external | ||||||
17 | communications, public and government affairs, community | ||||||
18 | relations, and corporate philanthropy in the States of Illinois | ||||||
19 | and Wisconsin on behalf of North America's largest freight | ||||||
20 | railroad; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Prior to his work for the Union Pacific, Adrian | ||||||
22 | Guerrero served as Assistant Commissioner of Governmental |
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1 | Affairs for the Chicago Department of Aviation, where he | ||||||
2 | managed and directed the department's state and local lobbying | ||||||
3 | agendas, proposed and developed strategies and responses to | ||||||
4 | legislation and regulatory initiatives, and coordinated and | ||||||
5 | managed grant agreements for capital funding; and | ||||||
6 | WHEREAS, Prior to his work for the Chicago Department of | ||||||
7 | Aviation, Adrian Guerrero cultivated his public affairs career | ||||||
8 | in the Office of the Mayor, where he communicated the Mayor's | ||||||
9 | agenda to the Chicago City Council and other officials, the | ||||||
10 | Chicago Park District, where he promoted the district's | ||||||
11 | priorities across federal, state, and local government, and the | ||||||
12 | Illinois State Senate President's Office, where he researched | ||||||
13 | and analyzed legislation and organized committee hearings; and | ||||||
14 | WHEREAS, Adrian Guerrero serves as the Chairman of the | ||||||
15 | Illinois Railroad Association and is the first Latino to serve | ||||||
16 | in this position; he is a Co-Chair of the CREATE Advocacy | ||||||
17 | Committee, the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning's | ||||||
18 | Freight Committee, and the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce's | ||||||
19 | Council on Logistics and Transportation; he is a member of the | ||||||
20 | boards of the Will County Center for Economic Development, the | ||||||
21 | Illinois Brownfields Redevelopment & Intermodal Promotion Act, | ||||||
22 | the Metropolitan Planning Council's Freight and Regional | ||||||
23 | Planning & Investment Committees, the Catholic Charities of the | ||||||
24 | Archdiocese of Chicago, and the President's Leadership Council |
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1 | of Loyola Academy; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Adrian Guerrero was granted the Community | ||||||
3 | Leadership Award by Centro Romero in June of 2016 and the Most | ||||||
4 | Valuable Partner Award by Urban Initiatives in June of 2018; | ||||||
5 | and | ||||||
6 | WHEREAS, Adrian Guerrero possesses a pleasant and | ||||||
7 | compassionate demeanor which will be deeply missed and | ||||||
8 | difficult to replace; therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
10 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
11 | congratulate Adrian Guerrero on his promotion and we wish him | ||||||
12 | continued success and happiness in the future; and be it | ||||||
13 | further
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14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
15 | presented to Adrian Guerrero as a symbol of our esteem and | ||||||
16 | respect.
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