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 2023-2024. 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)
NACo Standing Committees/Commissions/Advisory Boards
Arts and Culture Commission
Committee Member - Lynn LaPlante (DuPage County Board Member)
Finance Standing Committee
Committee Member - Scott Sorrel (Peoria County Administrator)
Geospatial Information Systems (GIS) Subcommittee
Committee Member - Craig Nelson (McLean County Director of Information Technologies)
Committee Member - Tom Lynch (Cook County Chief Information Officer)
Committee Member - Todd Schuble (Cook County GIS Manager)
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)
Healthy Counties Advisory Board
Board Member - Marah Altenberg (Lake County Board Member)
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 - David Zimmerman (Tazewell County Board Chair)
Committee Member - Gina Roberts (Lake County Board Member)
Committee Member - Mary Ross Cunningham (Lake County Board Member)
Committee Member - Alma Anaya (Cook County Commissioner)
Next Generation NACo Network
Committee Treasurer - 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 Task Force
Task Force Member - David Meyer (Washington County Board Chair)
Task Force Member - David Zimmerman (Tazewell County Board Chair)
Task Force Member - Denise Winfrey (Will County Board Member)
Task Force Member - Matthew Prochaska (Kendall County Circuit Clerk)
Programs and Services Standing Committee
Committee Member - Gina Roberts (Lake County Board Member)
Committee Member - Marah Altenberg (Lake County Board Member)
Committee Member - Scott Erickson (Knox County Clerk)
Veterans and Military Service Committee
Vice Chair - Natalie Coleman (Will County Board Member)
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 - Tanya Anthony (Cook County)
Committee Member - Roy Clapp (Cumberland County Board Chair)
NACo Policy Steering Committees
Agriculture & Rural Affairs Steering Committee
Subcommittee Vice Chair - David Zimmerman (Tazewell County Board Chairman)
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 - Sheila Rutledge (DuPage County Board Member)
Committee Member - Chris Store (Champaign County Board Member)
Committee Member - Deborah Stone (Cook County Chief Sustainability Officer)
Finance, Pensions & Intergovernmental Affairs Steering Committee
Subcommittee Vice Chair - Stanley Moore (Cook County Commissioner)
Committee Member - Stephanie Helms (Stephenson County Treasurer)
Subcommittee Vice Chair - Lauren Staley Ferry (Will County Clerk)
Committee Member - Elizabeth Chaplin (DuPage County Board Member)
Committee Member - Natalie Coleman (Will County Board Member)
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 - Richard Jorgensen (DuPage County Coroner)
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)
Human Services & Education Steering Committee
Committee Member - Meta Mueller (Will County Board Member)
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 - Dennis Deer (Cook County Commissioner)
Committee Member - Joseph Payette (Carroll County Board Chair)
Committee Member - Sam Tornatore (DuPage County Board Member)
Committee Member Sara Knizhnik (Lake County Board Member)
Telecommunications & Technology Steering Committee
Vice Chair - Jennifer Clark (Lake County Board Member)
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 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 Member)
Committee Member - Monica Gordon (Cook County Commissioner)
Large Urban County Caucus Steering Committee
Caucus Member - Sadia Covert (DuPage County Board Member)
Caucus Member - Dennis Deer (Cook County Commissioner)
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 - Sheila Rutledge (DuPage County Board Member)
Caucus Member - Lauren Staley-Ferry (Will County Clerk)
Caucus Member - Jacqueline Traynere (Will County Board)
Caucus Member - Meta Mueller (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 - David Zimmerman (Tazewell 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)