Illinois counties are well-represented throughout the National Association of Counties (NACo) leadership structure. This page includes a list of Illinois county officials and staff who serve in leadership roles and positions of influence on NACo committees in 2025-2026. ISACo will update the page to reflect changes made to the membership to the NACo Board of Directors, committees and advisory boards.
Please click on and complete the form below if your county is a NACo member and you are interested in serving on a NACo committee. Completed forms should be sent to info@isacoil.org.
NACo Board of Directors
Board Member Denise Winfrey (Will County Board Member)
Board Member Toni Preckwinkle (Cook County Board President)
Board Member David Meyer (Washington County Board Chair)
Board Member Scott Sorrel (Peoria County Administrator)
Board Member Angelo Kyle (Lake County Board Member)
Board Member Mary Keating (Dupage County - Director of Community Services)
Board Member Lynn Canfield (Champaign County)
Board Member Rebekah Snyder (Lake County)
NACo Standing Committees/Commissions/Advisory Boards
Arts and Culture Innovation Council
Council Member - Lynn LaPlante (DuPage County Board Member)
Council Member - Carissa Casbon (Lake County Board Member)
Council Member - Germaine Williams (Cook County)
Council Member - Irene Sherr (Cook County)
Council Member - Kyla Williams Tate (Cook County)
Council Member - Tara Stamps (Cook County)
Finance Standing Committee
Committee Member - Scott Sorrel (Peoria County Administrator)
Committee Member - Denise Winfrey (Will County Board Member)
Advisory Council on Immigration and Government Affairs
Council Member - Alma Anaya (Cook County Commissioner)
Council Member - Lauren Staley Ferry (Will County Clerk)
Council Member - Myrna Molina (Kane County)
Information Technology Standing Committee
Committee Member - Craig Nelson (McLean County Director of Information Technologies)
Committee Member - Jason Warfel (Jasper County Board Chair)
Committee Member - Judy Ogalla (Will County Board Chair)
Committee Member - Kevin Morrison (Cook County Commissioner)
Committee Member - Lauren Staley Ferry (Will County Clerk)
Committee Member - Mark Little (Peoria County Chief Information Officer)
Committee Member - Tom Lynch (Cook County Chief Information Officer)
Committee Member - Mark Shipman (Cook County)
Committee Member - Timothy Fogle (Montgomery County)
Healthy Counties Innovation Council
Council Member - Marah Altenberg (Lake County Board Member)
Council Member - Denise Winfrey (Will County Board Member)
Council Member - Gina Roberts (Lake County Board Member)
Council Member - Lynn Canfield (Champaign County)
Membership Standing Committee
Vice Chair - Matthew Prochaska (Kendall County Circuit Clerk)
Committee Member - Denise Winfrey (Will County Board Member)
Committee Member - Jason Warfel (Jasper County Board Member)
Committee Member - Gina Roberts (Lake County Board Member)
Committee Member - Mary Ross Cunningham (Lake County Board Member)
Committee Member - Alma Anaya (Cook County Commissioner)
Committee Member - Tiffani Homer (ISACo)
Next Generation NACo Network
Member - Lynn LaPlante (DuPage County Board Member)
Information Technology Standing Committee
Committee Member - Timothy Fogle (Montgomery County Board Member)
Committee Member - Tom Lynch (Cook County - Deputy Chief Information Officer)
Committee Member - Craig Nelson (McLean County - Chief Information Officer)
Committee Member - Jason Warfel (Jasper County Board Member)
Committee Member - Mark Little (Peoria County - Chief Information Officer)
Committee Member - Judy Ogalla (Will County Board Member)
Committee Member - Lauren Staley Ferry (Will County Clerk)
International Economic Development Innovation Council
Council Member - David Meyer (Washington County Board Chair)
Council Member - Denise Winfrey (Will County Board Member)
Council Member - Matthew Prochaska (Kendall County Circuit Clerk)
Council Member - Timothy Fogle (Montgomery County)
Programs and Services Standing Committee
Vice Chair - Matthew Prochaska (Kendall County Circuit Clerk)
Committee Member - Gina Roberts (Lake County Board Member)
Committee Member - Marah Altenberg (Lake County Board Member)
Committee Member - Scott Erickson (Knox County Clerk)
Retirement Readiness Advisory Council
Council Member - Bill Lowry (Cook County Commissioner)
Resilient Counties Advisory Board
Board Member - Alma Anaya (Cook County Commissioner)
Board Member - Denise Winfrey (Will County Board Member)
Board Member - John Wasik (Lake County Board Member)
Board Member - Lynn Canfield (Champaign County Board)
Board Member - Matthew Prochaska (Kendall County Circuit Clerk)
Board Member - Sarah Edwards (Cook County)
Veterans and Military Service Committee
Committee Member - David Meyer (Washington County Board Chair)
Committee Member - Julie Anne Berkowicz (Will County Board Member)
Committee Member - Marah Altenberg (Lake County Board Member)
Committee Member - Mary Ross Cunningham (Lake County Board Member)
Committee Member - Roy Clapp (Cumberland County Board Chair)
NACo Policy Steering Committees/Caucuses
Agriculture & Rural Affairs Steering Committee
Committee Member - Nicole Baker (Stephenson County Board Member)
Committee Member - Judy Ogalla (Will County Board Member)
Committee Member - David Meyer (Washington County Board Chairman)
Community, Economic & Workforce Steering Committee
Committee Member - Steve Balich (Will County Board Member)
Committee Member - Xochitl Flores (Cook County Bureau Chief)
Committee Member - Mary Keating (DuPage County Director of Community Services)
Committee Member - Mary Ross Cunningham (Lake County Board Member)
Committee Member - Denise Winfrey (Will County Board Member)
Committee Member - Kevin Morrison (Cook County Commissioner)
Environment, Energy & Land Use Steering Committee
Committee Member - Jason Warfel (Jasper County Board Chair)
Committee Member - Bridget Degnen (Cook County Commissioner)
Committee Member - John Wasik (Lake County Board Member)
Committee Member - Rebekah Snyder (Lake County Director of Community Engagement and Partnerships)
Committee Member - Chris Stohr (Champaign County Board Member)
Committee Member - Deborah Stone (Cook County Chief Sustainability Officer)
Committee Member - Destiny Ortiz (Will County Board Member)
Finance, Pensions & Intergovernmental Affairs Steering Committee
Subcommittee Vice Chair - Stanley Moore (Cook County Commissioner)
Committee Member - Stephanie Helms (Stephenson County Treasurer)
Committee Member - Elizabeth Chaplin (DuPage County Recorder)
Committee Member - Monica Gordon (Cook County Clerk)
Health Steering Committee
Committee Vice Chair - Toni Preckwinkle (Cook County Board President)
Subcommittee Vice Chair - Lynn Canfield (Champaign County Mental Health Board/Dd Board Executive Director)
Committee Member - Sharon Williams (Peoria County Board Member)
Committee Member - Laurie Summers (Will County Coroner)
Committee Member - Frankie Pretzel (Will County Board Member)
Committee Member - Donna Miller (Cook County Commissioner)
Committee Member - Anthony Quezada (Cook County Commissioner)
Human Services & Education Steering Committee
Committee Member - Mica Freeman (Will County Board Member)
Justice & Public Safety Steering Committee
Subcommittee Vice Chair - Matthew Prochaska (Kendall County Circuit Clerk)
Subcommittee Vice Chair - Gina Roberts (Lake County Board Member)
Committee Member - Grant Eckhoff (DuPage County Board Member)
Committee Member - Sam Tornatore (DuPage County Board Member)
Committee Member - Sara Knizhnik (Lake County Board Member)
Committee Member - Marah Altenberg (Lake County Board Member)
Committee Member - Michelle Gumz (Kane County Board Member)
Telecommunications & Technology Steering Committee
Vice Chair - Jennifer Clark (Lake County Board Member)
Subcommittee Vice Chair - Mark Shipman (Cook County)
Committee Member - Samuel Newton (Stephenson County Board Vice Chair)
Committee Member - Hema Sundaram (Cook County Chief Technology Officer)
Committee Member - Scott Erickson (Knox County Clerk)
Committee Member - Jim Richmond (Will County Board Member)
Committee Member - Kyla Williams Tate (Cook County)
Transportation Steering Committee
Committee Vice Chair - Stanley Moore (Cook County Commissioner)
Committee Member - Jeff Blue (Champaign County Engineer)
Committee Member - Sadia Covert (DuPage County Board Member)
Committee Member - Jennifer Killen (Cook County Superintendent, Transportation & Highways)
Committee Member - Joe VanDuyne (Will County Board Speaker)
Committee Member - Sadia Covert (DuPage County Board Member)
Committee Member - Tom Rickert (Kane County)
Large Urban County Caucus Steering Committee
Caucus Member - Sadia Covert (DuPage County Board Member)
Caucus Member - Alma Anaya (Cook County Commissioner)
Caucus Member - Sandy Hart (Lake County Board Chair)
Caucus Member - Grant Eckhoff (DuPage County Board Member)
Caucus Member - Stanely Moore (Cook County Commissioner)
Caucus Member - Toni Prekwinkle (Cook County Board President)
Caucus Member - Lauren Staley-Ferry (Will County Clerk)
Caucus Member - Jacqueline Traynere (Will County Board)
Caucus Member - John Wasik (Lake County Board)
Caucus Member - Denise Winfrey (Will County Board Member)
Rural Action Caucus
Caucus Member - David Meyer (Washington County Board Chair)
Caucus Member - Jason Warful (Jasper County Board Member)
Caucus Member - Judy Ogalla (Will County Board Member)
Caucus Member - Matthew Prochaska (Kendall County Circuit Clerk)
Caucus Member - Scott Erickson (Knox County Clerk and Recorder)