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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to honor milestones in the lives of
4 citizens of the State of Illinois; and
 
5     WHEREAS, It has come to our attention that Jimmie H. Smith,
6 the Executive Director of Kids Hope United, is retiring; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Jimmie Smith is a graduate of Carthage College,
8 majoring in Political Science and Business Administration; he
9 has a Master of Arts degree from the School of Social Service
10 Administration at the University of Chicago; and
 
11     WHEREAS, He also earned a certificate at the National Child
12 Welfare Leadership Center, School of Social Work, University of
13 North Carolina at Chapel Hill; and he has an executive
14 management and leadership certificate from Harvard University,
15 John F. Kennedy School of Government; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Mr. Smith began his career at the Kenosha County
17 Department of Children and Family Services; he later served as
18 an assistant area administrator for the Illinois Department of
19 Children and Family Services; while serving there he
20 established one of the first case review systems resulting in a
21 substantial reduction in the number of children residing in
22 residential and foster care; he also established the first
23 on-call, 24-hour emergency response system for D.C.F.S. in
24 Northern Illinois; and
 
25     WHEREAS, Jimmie Smith is known for his entrepreneurial
26 leadership of child welfare agencies, seeing agency expansion
27 and growth under his leadership, developing leaders and
28 training management, his skills in mergers and acquisitions,
29 and his ability to manage major change efforts; therefore, be
30 it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3 we congratulate Jimmie H. Smith on his dedication and hard work
4 as Executive Director of Kids Hope United and wish him
5 continued good success in all his future endeavors; and be it
6 further
 
7     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8 presented to Jimmie Smith.