Full Text of HR0725 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are pleased to recognize Mona B. Martin, the | 4 | | former Director of the House Republican Research and | 5 | | Appropriations staff and longtime Springfield business | 6 | | management consultant, on recently being inducted into the | 7 | | Samuel K. Gove Illinois Legislative Internship Hall of Fame; | 8 | | and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The Samuel K. Gove Illinois Legislative | 10 | | Internship Hall of Fame honors former legislative interns whose | 11 | | careers have exemplified distinguished public service; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Mona Martin began her career in government through | 13 | | the Illinois Legislative Staff Internship Program in 1989, | 14 | | analyzing agency budgets; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, After continuing with the House Republican Staff | 16 | | in 1990, Mona Martin became a substantive committee staff | 17 | | member, working with the members of her Caucus on what was then | 18 | | the House Revenue Committee; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Mona Martin was promoted by former House Minority | 20 | | Leader Lee A. Daniels, starting with the 1993 spring session, | 21 | | to be Director of Research for the House Republican staff; in |
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| 1 | | this position, she performed, with enthusiasm and | 2 | | intelligence, in the supervision of staff analyses covering all | 3 | | of the substantive and budgetary challenges of the day; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, Starting with the 1994 spring session, Mona Martin | 5 | | expanded her portfolio and became the Director of Research and | 6 | | Appropriations for her staff, thereby also supervising the | 7 | | staff work and analysis of Illinois' annual and supplemental | 8 | | budget bills; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, In this capacity, in a typical year, Martin would | 10 | | supervise more than 25 analysts, interns, and office staff; and | 11 | | WHEREAS, During this time, Mona Martin served as a mentor | 12 | | to dozens of legislative research staffers, not only training | 13 | | them in excellence, but also challenging and inspiring them | 14 | | with her own example; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, After moving on to the executive branch of | 16 | | government in 1999, Mona Martin worked with her longtime friend | 17 | | and mentor Pam McDonough at what was then the Department of | 18 | | Commerce and Community Affairs, serving as Managing Director of | 19 | | Policy Development, Planning and Research, and working closely | 20 | | with members of all 4 caucuses of the General Assembly to | 21 | | coordinate a $12,000,000,000 program of State public sector | 22 | | investments in local infrastructure, the IllinoisFIRST |
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| 1 | | program; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Mona Martin moved her service to Illinois to a new | 3 | | realm in 2003 by joining the private sector, owning and | 4 | | operating her own firm as a business management consultant, and | 5 | | guiding the State and its top officials and lawmakers through | 6 | | challenges created by the new family of public policy issues | 7 | | that characterized the 2000's, especially the growing field of | 8 | | crises and opportunities created by changes in global health | 9 | | care and pharmaceutical management; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Mona Martin is a true daughter of Illinois, having | 11 | | spent her youth in the rural town of Buckley, in the heart of | 12 | | the "Grande Prairie" agricultural district, the most | 13 | | productive farmland on earth; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, As a lettered "Rocket" at Buckley-Loda High | 15 | | School, Mona Martin became the most decorated female track | 16 | | athlete in the history of the school, medaling 3 consecutive | 17 | | times in school years 1982-85 by throwing the shot put at the | 18 | | State's track meet; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Mona Martin continued her studies at the United | 20 | | States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado and | 21 | | North Central College in Naperville; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Those around Mona Martin are keenly aware of the | 2 | | support she has received throughout her career from her | 3 | | husband, David Joens, Ph.D., the current Director of the | 4 | | Illinois State Archives; together they are the proud parents of | 5 | | a son, Benjamin Joens; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mona Martin and her family are enthusiastic | 7 | | travelers, bringing the heritage of Illinois to a variety of | 8 | | locations across Europe; their friends never know where they | 9 | | will be next; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we congratulate Mona B. Martin on her induction into the Samuel | 13 | | K. Gove Illinois Legislative Internship Hall of Fame and thank | 14 | | her for her years of public service; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to Mona Martin and her family as a symbol of our | 17 | | respect and esteem.
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