Full Text of HR1328 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish congratulate Donna Marie Pezzuto on the | 4 | | occasion of her retirement from CJE SeniorLife in Chicago after | 5 | | an illustrious career building
strong community-based programs | 6 | | for older adults; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Donna Pezzuto began her career at CJE SeniorLife, | 8 | | which is widely recognized as one of the
most innovative and | 9 | | effective nonprofit agencies in the United States serving only | 10 | | older adults; when CJE
was still a young agency, there were | 11 | | only 25.5 million adults aged 65 and older living in the United
| 12 | | States, compared with 40.2 million in 2010 and a projected 55.9 | 13 | | million by 2020; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Donna Pezzuto devoted the past 33 years to | 15 | | building many CJE programs; programs were built on the | 16 | | recognition that older adults want to have the choice of living
| 17 | | happily and safely in community settings, engage with family | 18 | | and friends, and that their future depends
on having access to | 19 | | an infrastructure of community supports; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Donna Pezzuto has held many positions over the | 21 | | past decades at CJE,
including manager of the Care Resources | 22 | | Center, the Congregate Living Facilities, the Intake
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| 1 | | Department, and the Neighborhood Advocacy and Consumer | 2 | | Assistance departments; she was a Leadership Team
member | 3 | | helping to develop the Russian Resettlement Program and the | 4 | | "Living at Home" program; she also served as Director of the
| 5 | | Grants and Government Affairs Department, as Senior Director of | 6 | | the Healthy Aging Initiatives, and finally,
as Vice-President | 7 | | of the Healthy Aging and Community Initiatives; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Donna Pezzuto is cherished by her colleagues as | 9 | | the best of all team players: she is passionate
about the | 10 | | outcome, creative, and always willing to take the initiative no | 11 | | matter how difficult the task; she is detail-oriented, gracious | 12 | | in coaching other staff, including many that she mentored so | 13 | | that they could shine in
their achievements, and she is always | 14 | | trusted by those closest to her as their go-to person because | 15 | | of her
strategic thinking, her honest and non-judgmental | 16 | | support, and her integrity; therefore, be it
| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 | | congratulate Donna Marie Pezzuto on her retirement from
CJE | 20 | | SeniorLife and wish her a long and equally fruitful retirement; | 21 | | and be it further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 23 | | presented to Donna Pezzuto as an expression of our esteem and |
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