Juliana Stratton

Juliana Stratton DEMDemocrat

Lieutenant Governor

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Juliana StrattonDEMDemocrat Lieutenant Governor
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Juliana Stratton (née Wiggins; born September 8, 1965) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 48th lieutenant governor of Illinois since 2019. She previously served as a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives from 2017 to 2019. She is the first African-American woman to become Illinois' lieutenant governor, and the state's fourth woman lieutenant governor overall, after Corinne Wood, Sheila Simon, and Evelyn Sanguinetti.

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Education5 - 5 of 3
University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
DePaul University College of Law
Kenwood Academy
Past Positions1 - 12 of 12
Lieutenant Governor
State of Illinois
2019 - Current
Representative
Illinois State House of Representatives
2017 - 2019
Mediator
Center for Conflict Resolution
Current
Director
Center for Public Safety and Justice at University of Illinois at Chicago
2015 - Current
Adjunct Faculty
Loyola University Chicago
2010 - 2015
Executive Director
Cook County Justice for Children
2014 - 2015
President
JDS Mediation Services, Incoporated
1997 - 2015
Executive Director
Cook County Justice Advisory Council
2011 - 2014
Administrative Law Judge
City of Chicago Office of Administrative Hearings
2006 - 2011
Deputy Hearing Commissioner
City of Chicago Department of Business Affairs & Consumer Protection
2005 - 2011
Hearing Officer
City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations
2008 - 2011
Associate
Monahan & Cohen
1992 - 1994
Other Experience1 - 23 of 23
Chair
Illinois Judicial Council
Current
Member
Chicago Children's Advocacy Center Board
Current
Member
Cook County Bar Association
Current
Member
Black Women Lawyers Association
Current
Member-At-Large
National Lieutenant Governors Association Executive Committee
Current
Recording Secretary
Chicago, Illinois Chapter of The Links, Incorporated
2012 - Current
Legislative Liaison
Jack & Jill of America, Incorporated, Chicago Chapter
1995 - Current
Chair
Illinois Military Economic Development Council
Chair
Governor’s Rural Affairs Council
Chair
Illinois Council on Women and Girls
Chair
Illinois River Coordinating Council
Former Chair
Kenwood Academy Local School Council
Former Member
Juvenile Protective Association Board of Directors
Member
Justice, Equity and Opportunity Initiative
Member
Illinois Women's Institute for Leadership
Former Member
Aging Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives
Former Member
Higher Education Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives
Former Member
Judiciary-Criminal Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives
Former Member
Subcommittee on Community Care Program, Illinois State House of Representatives
Former Member
Subcommittee on Justice System, Illinois State House of Representatives
Former Member
Economic Justice & Equity Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives
Former Member
Mental Health Committee, Illinois State House of Representatives
Former Member
Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice & System-Involved Youth, Illinois State House of Representatives
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