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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 Valerie J. Van Meter on | ||||||
| 4 | being awarded the 2012 Circle of Friends Award at the 18th | ||||||
| 5 | Annual Friends of Chicago State University Award Dinner "Women | ||||||
| 6 | in the Business of Transforming Lives" on September 20, 2012; | ||||||
| 7 | and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Valerie Van Meter is senior vice president and | ||||||
| 9 | senior financial officer for the 7th Federal Reserve District; | ||||||
| 10 | she leads the Central Bank Services Division, which includes | ||||||
| 11 | Discount Window Lending, Payments System Risk, Reserve | ||||||
| 12 | Accounting, and Statistical and Financial Reporting; she | ||||||
| 13 | oversees the bank's Finance Division, is the director of the | ||||||
| 14 | Office of Minority and Women Inclusion, and is a member of the | ||||||
| 15 | bank's Management Committee; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Valerie Van Meter is a native of Detroit, | ||||||
| 17 | Michigan; she began her career at the Detroit branch of the | ||||||
| 18 | Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago in 1978; she held various | ||||||
| 19 | positions with the California Federal Bank and First Interstate | ||||||
| 20 | Bank of California from 1984 through 1993; she has been with | ||||||
| 21 | the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago since 1993; and
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| 22 | WHEREAS, Valerie Van Meter has a Bachelor of Arts in | ||||||
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| 1 | Economics from the University of Michigan and is a graduate of | ||||||
| 2 | the Stonier Graduate School of Banking; she returned to school | ||||||
| 3 | in 2004 and obtained a Master of Business Arts from the | ||||||
| 4 | University of Chicago; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Valerie Van Meter's two passions have always been | ||||||
| 6 | education and ensuring the growth of minority professionals in | ||||||
| 7 | the field of banking; she has been a mentor and sponsor to many | ||||||
| 8 | within the Federal Reserve System; she served as a mentor to | ||||||
| 9 | students with Chicago Scholars, professionals participating in | ||||||
| 10 | the Menttium and Momentum programs, and worked to ensure | ||||||
| 11 | internship opportunities for students of color; she has been a | ||||||
| 12 | director for Junior Achievement of Chicago since 2004 and | ||||||
| 13 | served as "Principal for a Day"; she has been a strong | ||||||
| 14 | supporter of the Young Men's Educational Network of North | ||||||
| 15 | Lawndale, the Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council, | ||||||
| 16 | the Women's Business Development Center and has been a member | ||||||
| 17 | of Chicago United Leader's Council since 2008; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, Valerie Van Meter is married to Calvin Van Meter, | ||||||
| 19 | Jr. and is the proud mother of sons Calvin III and Austin; | ||||||
| 20 | therefore, be it
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| 21 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 22 | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 23 | we congratulate Valerie Van Meter on her receiving the 2012 | ||||||
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| 1 | Circle of Friends Award; and be it further
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| 2 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 3 | presented to Valerie Van Meter as an expression of our esteem | ||||||
| 4 | and respect.
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