Co-Chairs

• Justice Gino DiVito
• Governor James R. Thompson

Commissioners

• State's Attorney Anita Alvarez
• Judge Paul P. Biebel, Jr.
• State's Attorney Joseph E. Birkett
• Edwin A. Burnette
• Justice Thomas E. Callum
• Vincent Cornelius
• Senate President John J. Cullerton
• Senator Kirk Dillard
• Representative Jim Durkin
• Justice Rodolfo Garcia
• State's Attorney Robert Haida
• Attorney General Lisa Madigan
• Terri L. Mascherin
• Michael Metnick
• The Hon. Robert S. Molaro
• Appellate Defender Michael J. Pelletier
• Stephen Pugh
• Ted Street
• Judge Michael P. Toomin
• Donald R. Zoufal

Director

• Peter G. Baroni

Special Advisor

• John F. Decker

President John Cullerton began his career in law by serving as an Assistant Public Defender for Cook County, while also teaching at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy in Boulder, Colorado. President Cullerton served as a public defender for five years before entering private law practice in Chicago, which he continues today as a partner of Chicago's law firm of Fagel Haber.

In 1978, President Cullerton was first elected to the Illinois General Assembly and served as a member of the House of Representatives for 12 years. Throughout President Cullerton's 6-term career in the Illinois House, he served as the Speaker Pro Tempore and Democratic Floor Leader. In 1992, President Cullerton was elected to the Illinois Senate, representing the state's 6th Legislative District. In January 2009, Senator Cullerton was elected president of the Illinois State Senate.

President John J. Cullerton received a J.D. from Loyola University's School of Law in 1974. He earned a Bachelor's degree in Political Science from Loyola University of Chicago in 1970.