Bill Text: IL HR0723 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulates Sharon Thomas Parrott on her retirement as Senior Vice-President of External Relations and Global Responsibility of the DeVry Education Group.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-09-02 - Resolution Adopted [HR0723 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HR0723-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives wish to congratulate Sharon Thomas Parrott on
the occasion her retirement as Senior Vice-President of
External Relations and Global Responsibility of the DeVry
Education Group; and
WHEREAS, Sharon Parrott is responsible for the design,
implementation, and monitoring of the organization's
comprehensive regulatory compliance programs; in addition, she
directs government relations, community engagement,
international relations, and global communications; as
President of The DeVry Foundation, she directs the
organization's charitable giving program; and
WHEREAS, Prior to joining DeVry, Sharon Parrott worked at
the United States Department of Education in student financial
aid at the Chicago region; later, she directed national
training programs in Washington D.C.; she has also held faculty
and administrative positions at Illinois colleges and
universities, including Loyola University of Chicago,
Dominican University, Northeastern University, and George
Williams College; she began her career as a Chicago Public
Schools teacher at John Marshall Harlan High School, her alma
mater; and

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WHEREAS, Sharon Parrott serves the State of Illinois as a
member of the P-20 Council, co-chairing the committee on
College and Career Readiness; she is a member of the Board of
Trustees of One Goal, a college access and success network,
serves as an informed source on college pricing for The College
Board, and is an inaugural member of the 100 Wise Women, a
program designed to provide networking and mentoring
opportunities for women leaders in Chicago; and
WHEREAS, Sharon Parrott served on the Advisory Committee of
Women Employed "Upgrade Your Future" Taskforce, on the steering
committee of the National Postsecondary Education Cooperative,
and as a member of the National Research Council's Panel on
Quality Improvement in Student Financial Aid Programs;
additionally she was a member of the board of directors of
National Association of Student Finance Aid Administrators and
Vice-Chair of the College Board's Committee on Standards in
Ability to Pay; in 2000, Crain's Chicago Business named her to
the 100 Women Making a Difference in Chicago listing; she is a
member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.; and
WHEREAS, Sharon Parrott received bachelor's and master's
degrees in history from the University of Illinois and pursued
doctoral coursework in higher education policy and leadership;
she has a daughter, who is an entrepreneur, and lives with her

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husband in Chicago; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
congratulate Sharon Thomas Parrott on her retirement as Senior
Vice-President of External Relations and Global Responsibility
of the DeVry Education Group and wish her many more successful
years; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
presented to Sharon Parrott as an expression of our esteem and
respect.