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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 Jacquelyne D. "Jacky" | ||||||
| 4 | Grimshaw on receiving the 2022 Sharon D. Banks Award for | ||||||
| 5 | Humanitarian Leadership in Transportation; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, The Sharon D. Banks Award is an honor presented | ||||||
| 7 | by the Transportation Research Board that recognizes | ||||||
| 8 | individuals whose accomplishments exemplify
a caring nature | ||||||
| 9 | and depth of character by making a significant difference in
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| 10 | the lives of those who use, deliver, or support transportation | ||||||
| 11 | services; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Jacky Grimshaw joined the Center for Neighborhood | ||||||
| 13 | Technology (CNT) as its vice president of policy, | ||||||
| 14 | transportation, and community development in 1992; she has | ||||||
| 15 | developed its capacity to engage in public policy advocacy and | ||||||
| 16 | transportation planning, transportation research, | ||||||
| 17 | environmental justice, public participation tool development, | ||||||
| 18 | GIS mapping, community economic development, and air quality; | ||||||
| 19 | she advocates for and provides expertise to increase transit | ||||||
| 20 | in the Chicago region; she has previously created and led | ||||||
| 21 | CNT's transportation and air quality programs and led CNT's | ||||||
| 22 | Transit Future campaign in the fight for mass transit reform | ||||||
| 23 | and dedicated funding in the Chicago region; she has led CNT's | ||||||
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| 1 | policy efforts at all levels of government since 2005; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Prior to joining CNT, Jacky Grimshaw spent time | ||||||
| 3 | as a researcher in hematology and gastroenterology, worked in | ||||||
| 4 | the Chicago Public School district, and served in both state | ||||||
| 5 | and federal government, including as political advisor for the | ||||||
| 6 | late Mayor Harold Washington and as director of the Mayor's | ||||||
| 7 | Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and then as deputy city | ||||||
| 8 | treasurer for economic development; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Jacky Grimshaw was born in Macon, Georgia; she | ||||||
| 10 | graduated from Loretto Academy Catholic High School in Chicago | ||||||
| 11 | in 1960; she earned her Bachelor of Science in Biology from | ||||||
| 12 | Marquette University in 1965, an education certificate from | ||||||
| 13 | Chicago Teachers College in 1967, and completed the Master of | ||||||
| 14 | Arts in Public Policy requirements at Governors State | ||||||
| 15 | University; she married William J. Grimshaw in 1964, and they | ||||||
| 16 | have two children; therefore, be it
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| 17 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 18 | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 19 | we congratulate Jacquelyne D. "Jacky" Grimshaw on receiving | ||||||
| 20 | the 2022 Sharon D. Banks Award for Humanitarian Leadership in | ||||||
| 21 | Transportation; and be it further
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| 22 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
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| 1 | presented to Jacky Grimshaw as a symbol of our respect and | ||||||
| 2 | esteem.
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