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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate Laurie Stone on the
4 occasion of her retirement as President of the Schaumburg
5 Business Association (SBA) and thank her for her many years of
6 service to her community; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Laurie Stone was recruited from the Greater O'Hare
8 Association to the fledgling Schaumburg Business Association
9 during the dark days of September 2001; she has since helped
10 the SBA to new heights and popularity and resiliency, even
11 during the tough economic times experienced in the last decade;
12 and
 
13     WHEREAS, During her tenure at the SBA, Laurie Stone created
14 a variety of ways for businesses to network and form
15 connections; she also worked directly on improving the climate
16 for business by having the SBA lobby for better state finances;
17 and
 
18     WHEREAS, Prior to her service with the Greater O'Hare
19 Association, Laurie Stone served as marketing director of the
20 Northwest Suburban Alliance for Commerce and Industry in
21 Schaumburg for 5 years; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Laurie Stone worked for Alexian Brothers Medical
2 Systems from May 2003 to April 2004; she also chaired a
3 committee consisting of representatives of Alexian Brothers
4 Hospital and Northwest Community Hospital to create a clinic in
5 Mt. Prospect for the medically underserved; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Laurie Stone served as the executive director of
7 NIBPAC, a political action committee operated jointed by 12
8 chambers of commerce; she served on the Village of Schaumburg's
9 50th Anniversary Committee; she also represented Elk Grove
10 Village as a member of the Convention Center Authority and
11 served on the Elk Grove Village Industrial Park Revitalization
12 Committee; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Laurie Stone has served as a Trustee of the Harper
14 College Board since 2001; and
 
15     WHEREAS, Laurie Stone is the loving mother of 4 children
16 and the adoring grandmother of 8 grandchildren; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Laurie Stone was the writer and producer of "Sixty
18 Ideas in Sixty Minutes", a film shown to Chamber of Commerce
19 Membership Directors at their national convention; and
 
20     WHEREAS, The Schaumburg Business Association will honor
21 Laurie Stone and her many years of dedicated service with a

 

 

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1 retirement party at the Chicago Marriott Schaumburg on May 26,
2 2010; therefore, be it
 
3     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
4 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
5 congratulate Laurie Stone on the occasion of her retirement,
6 thank her for her many years of service to her community, and
7 wish her many happy and healthy retirement years; and be it
8 further
 
9     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to Laurie Stone as a symbol of our esteem and
11 respect.