Full Text of HR0017 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to commend David A. Northern Sr. on his | 4 | | contributions to his community and the State through his work | 5 | | for the Housing Authority of Champaign County; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, David Northern Sr. was born and raised in Gary, | 7 | | Indiana; he earned his Master of Public Affairs from Indiana | 8 | | University Northwest and his Bachelor of Science in Accounting | 9 | | from Ball State University; he holds a Certificate in Housing | 10 | | and Community Development for the completion of the Executive | 11 | | Education Program from the University of Maryland, a Graduate | 12 | | Certificate in Public Management from Indiana University | 13 | | Northwest, and a Certificate from the Institute for Innovative | 14 | | Leadership Development; he completed the NeighborWorks | 15 | | Achieving Excellence Program offered through Harvard | 16 | | University and was certified as a Rental Housing Development | 17 | | Finance Professional by the National Development Council; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, For more than 25 years, David Northern Sr. has | 19 | | developed a distinguished career in federal housing assistance | 20 | | programs, including urban planning and policy development; he | 21 | | has served as the executive director and chief executive | 22 | | officer of the Housing Authority of Champaign County (HACC) in | 23 | | Champaign since April 2018; in this position, he is |
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| 1 | | responsible for administrative and professional oversight in | 2 | | planning, directing, and coordinating the HACC's varied and | 3 | | complex Housing and Community Development Programs while | 4 | | ensuring compliance with HUD regulations; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, David Northern Sr. is currently the senior vice | 6 | | president of the Public Housing Authority Directors | 7 | | Association (DC), which represents roughly 2,000 housing | 8 | | authorities throughout the nation; he also serves as the | 9 | | Illinois vice president of Members Services of the National | 10 | | Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials (NAHRO), a | 11 | | trustee of the Champaign Fire Pension Board, and a member of | 12 | | the OSF HealthCare Heart of the Mary Foundation Council; he | 13 | | formerly served as an elected member of the Board of Education | 14 | | for Community Consolidated School District 46, a secretary of | 15 | | the Lake County (IL) Sheriff's Office Merit Commission, and a | 16 | | member of the Special Education District of Lake County | 17 | | Executive Board; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, David Northern Sr. has received numerous awards | 19 | | during his illustrious career, including being named as | 20 | | Citizen of the Year by Omega Psi Phi fraternity's Chicagoland | 21 | | members in 2018 and being named as an honoree (USA) for the | 22 | | Wheatle Peart 2018 Global Business Ball; he was awarded the R. | 23 | | Delacy Peters Lifetime Achievement Award for dedication to | 24 | | federal housing in 2018 and the Most Influential African |
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| 1 | | American of Lake County Award in 2015; he has been featured in | 2 | | a number of publications, including Ball State University's | 3 | | alumni magazine, the Chicago Peoples Voice newspaper, and | 4 | | Ebony magazine; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, David Northern Sr. will complete his time at the | 6 | | helm of the Housing Authority of Champaign County on January | 7 | | 28, 2021; he will next serve as the new president and CEO of | 8 | | the Housing Authority's Birmingham Division in Birmingham, | 9 | | Alabama; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 11 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we commend David A. Northern Sr. on his work for the Housing | 13 | | Authority of Champaign County and wish him well in his future | 14 | | endeavors; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to David Northern Sr. as an expression of our esteem | 17 | | and respect.
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