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La Shawn Ford's Biography

Office:

On The Ballot: Running, Democratic for State House (IL) - District 8

Contact Information

239-E Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706

816 South Oak Park, Suite A
Oak Park, IL 60304

5051 West Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60651

Full Name:

La Shawn K. Ford

Gender:

Male

Family:

1 Child: Tia

Birth Place:

Chicago, IL

Home City:

Chicago, IL

Religion:

Catholic

Attended, Niles College Seminary

Attended, University of Illinois at Chicago

BS, Education, Loyola University Chicago, 1990-1995

Representative, Illinois State House of Representatives, District 8, 2006-present

Candidate, Illinois State House of Representatives, District 8, 2020

Former Member, Appropriations for Elementary and Secondary Education Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Appropriations for Human Services Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Financial Institutions Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Health Care Availability Access Committee, Illinois State house of Representatives

Former Member, Health Care Licenses Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Health and Healthcare Disparities Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Higher Education Subcommittee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Housing Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Personnel and Pensions Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Personnel and Pensions Subcommittee on Miscellaneous Issues, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Property and Casualty Insurance Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Restorative Justice Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Chair, Small Business Empowerment and Workforce Development Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Special Subcommittee on Finance Institutions, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Tollway Oversight Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Tourism and Conventions Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Vice Chair, Tourism, Hospitality and Craft Industries Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Former Member, Veterans Affairs Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives

Founder, Ford Desired Realty, present

Former History Teacher/Basketball Coach, Chicago Public Schools

Board Member, Austin Chamber of Commerce, present

Board Member, Austin Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA), present

Member, Chicago Association of Realtors, present

Advisory Board Member, Children's Museum, Austin, present

Board Member, Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory High School, present

Member, Circle Family Care, present

Member, Community Action Team for Healthier Kids, present

Member, External Advisory Board, Consortium to Lower Obesity in Chicago Children (CLOCC), present

Chair, Firearm Public Awareness Task Force, present

Member, National Association of Realtors, present

Member, Parish Council, Saint Martin de Porres Catholic Church, present

Board Member, Peace Corner, present

Finance Committee Member, Saint Martin de Porres Catholic Church, present

Co-founder, West Side Heroin Task Force, present

Trustee, West Suburban Hospital Medical Center, Oak Park, present

Founding Organizer, Zawadi Youth Group, present

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