Full Text of HR0902 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives wish to congratulate Richard J. Mark on the | 4 | | occasion of his retirement as president of Ameren Illinois | 5 | | Companies; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Richard Mark is the son of Joseph and Cleola | 7 | | Mark; he is a native of Collinsville and graduated from | 8 | | Collinsville High School; he attended Iowa State University | 9 | | from 1973 to 1977, where he played defensive back for the | 10 | | Cyclones under Coach Earle Bruce and earned his bachelor's | 11 | | degree in Early Childhood Education; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Richard Mark has led a non-traditional career, | 13 | | initially working in education and coaching football; he then | 14 | | worked for a police department, a county government, and a | 15 | | political campaign before working in hospital administration | 16 | | for 11 years, including six years as president and chief | 17 | | executive officer of St. Mary's Hospital in East St. Louis and | 18 | | five years as chief operating officer; during this time, he | 19 | | also led the East St. Louis District 189 Financial Oversight | 20 | | Panel, helping the district reemerge with $20 million in | 21 | | reserves 10 years after it had initially faced $4 million in | 22 | | debt; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Richard Mark has served the Ameren Corporation | 2 | | for the past 20 years, leading Ameren Illinois as president | 3 | | since 2012; under his direction, Ameren Illinois has | 4 | | undertaken a transformative overhaul of the Illinois electric | 5 | | grid and natural gas infrastructure, installing advanced | 6 | | technologies, improving reliability, reducing outages, and | 7 | | creating thousands of jobs in communities throughout central | 8 | | and southern Illinois; his focus on customer satisfaction | 9 | | further earned Ameren Illinois a top-tier ranking among | 10 | | Midwest Large Utilities by JD Power; additionally, he has been | 11 | | credited with increasing Ameren Illinois' corporate | 12 | | philanthropy efforts and focusing on building stronger local | 13 | | communities, directing more than $22 million in donations to | 14 | | downstate Illinois non-profits and service organizations; he | 15 | | has also served as a champion of diversity, opening doors for | 16 | | more minorities to grow into leadership positions in Ameren | 17 | | Illinois; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Richard Mark has served on multiple boards of | 19 | | directors, including the American Gas Association, the Tenet | 20 | | Healthcare Corporation, the Madison Mutual Insurance Company, | 21 | | the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation, and | 22 | | Fontbonne University; he is also chairman of the Leadership | 23 | | Council of Southwestern Illinois and founding director of the | 24 | | Illinois Utilities Business Diversity Council; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Richard Mark has been recognized locally and | 2 | | nationally for his leadership numerous times, including being | 3 | | named one the Top 10 National Business Leaders by | 4 | | African-American Career World magazine in 2015, receiving the | 5 | | Illinois Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus' Appreciation Award in | 6 | | 2016, and being named the EMpower 100 Ethnic Minority Leader | 7 | | in 2017; he has also received three honorary doctoral degrees | 8 | | for his civic and community work; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Richard Mark is the husband of Missy Mark and the | 10 | | father of Fontez Mark, Joseph Mark, and Megan Gardner; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Richard Mark will retire on August 1, 2022; his | 12 | | legacy of hard work, commitment to customers, visionary | 13 | | thinking, serving as a voice for Downstate Illinois on | 14 | | utility-related legislation, and philanthropy will continue at | 15 | | Ameren Illinois; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 17 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we congratulate Richard J. Mark on his retirement from the | 19 | | Ameren Illinois Companies and wish him continued success in | 20 | | his future endeavors; and be it further
| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 | | presented to Richard Mark as an expression of our esteem and |
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