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

Senator Kirk Dillard has served in the Illinois Senate since 1993. He is currently Republican spokesperson and co-chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and serves on the Environment and Energy and State Government committees. He also serves on the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Intergovernmental Cooperation Commission, and the Illinois Sports Facilities Authority Advisory Board.

Senator Dillard was chief sponsor of several landmark pieces of legislation including Illinois' first campaign finance/ethics reforms in 25 years and the State's first truth-in-sentencing law. Senator Dillard is also responsible for mandatory DNA testing of all felons, the "Safe to Learn" Act ensuring school safety, tort reform, the reorganization of the public higher education system, the state's anti-gun crime law known as "15-20-Life," and Dillard authored the first statute outlawing date rape or designer drugs, and successfully sponsored the Secretary of State's railroad safety initiatives.

Prior to his election to the Senate, Senator Dillard served with distinction as Chief of Staff to former Governor Jim Edgar. He was a Judge on the court of Claims, Director of Legislative Affairs for former Governor James R. Thompson, and a member of the Senate legislative staff.

Senator Dillard received his J.D. from DePaul University College of Law.