Jacqui Collins' Biography
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Full Name:
Jacqueline 'Jacqui' Y. Collins
Gender:
Female
Birth Date:
12/10/1949
Birth Place:
McComb, MS
Home City:
Chicago, IL
Religion:
Catholic
BA, Journalism, Northwestern University
J.D., Loyola University of Law
MA, Human Services Administration, Spertus College
MA, Theological Studies, Divinity School, Harvard University, 2003
MA, Public Administration, Harvard University, 2001
Assistant Majority Leader, Illinois State Senate, 2021-2023
Senator, Illinois State Senate, District 16, 2003-2023
Candidate, United States House of Representatives, Illinois, District 1, 2022
Majority Caucus Whip, Illinois State Senate, 2017-2021
Candidate, Illinois State Senate, District 16, 2020
Former Member, Commerce and Economic Development Committee, Illinois State Senate
Former Member, Committee of the Whole, Illinois State Senate
Former Chair, Financial Institutions Committee, Illinois State Senate
Former Member, Governors Racial Profiling Task Force
Former Member, Governors Statewide Community Safety Reentry Commission
Former Member, Higher Education Committee, Illinois State Senate
Former Member, Insurance Committee, Illinois State Senate
Former Vice Chair, Insurance Subcommittee on Health Exchanges, Illinois State Senate
Former Member, Pensions and Investments Committee, Illinois State Senate
Former Member, Public Health Committee, Illinois State Senate
Former Member, Redistricting Committee, Illinois State Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Pension Investments, Illinois State Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Redistricting II, Illinois State Senate
Former Member, Subcommittee on Special Issues, Illinois State Senate
Former Member, Transportation Subcommittee on Capital, Illinois State Senate
Former Editor, Citizen Community Newspapers
Legislative Fellow, United States Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, 2001-2007, 2014-2021
Journalist, Television News, Central Broadcasting Station-Television (CBS-TV), 1986-1999
Editor, Television News, Central Broadcasting Station-Television (CBS-TV), 1986-1999
Press Secretary, Office of Congressman Gus Savage, 1981-1986
Engineer, WBBM-AM Radio Station, 1978-1986
Press Liason, Democratic National Convention, 1984
Press Liaison, Reverend Jesse Jackson, Democratic National Convention, 1984
Former Member, Henry Toll Fellow, Council of State Governments
Former Legislative Fellow, The Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development (BILLD)
Minister of Communications, Saint Sabina Catholic Church, Chicago, 1987-1999
Chair, Black Employees Association, Central Broadcasting Station (CBS-TV), 1987-1988
Awards:
Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow, 1998-1999