Bill Text: IL HR0820 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Congratulates Brian W. Caputo, Ph.D. on the occasion of his retirement as president of College of DuPage. Wishes him the best in all his future endeavors.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-05-22 - Resolution Adopted [HR0820 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HR0820-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION | ||||||
2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives wish to congratulate Brian W. Caputo, Ph.D. on | ||||||
4 | the occasion of his retirement as president of College of | ||||||
5 | DuPage; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Dr. Caputo earned a Bachelor of Science from the | ||||||
7 | U.S. Military Academy at West Point, a Master of Science in | ||||||
8 | Accountancy from DePaul University, and both a Master of | ||||||
9 | Public Administration and a Ph.D. with fields of study in | ||||||
10 | public administration, public policy, and government finance | ||||||
11 | from Northern Illinois University (NIU); he is a Certified | ||||||
12 | Public Accountant (CPA) and a Certified Public Finance Officer | ||||||
13 | (CPFO); and
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14 | WHEREAS, Dr. Caputo served in the U.S. Army Reserve for 22 | ||||||
15 | years, where he specialized in human resources and financial | ||||||
16 | management and led numerous command assignments, before | ||||||
17 | retiring as a lieutenant colonel in 2004; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Before coming to College of DuPage, Dr. Caputo | ||||||
19 | served as chief financial officer/city treasurer of the City | ||||||
20 | of Aurora for nearly 19 years; and
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21 | WHEREAS, Dr. Caputo's career in higher education includes |
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1 | positions as a full-time faculty member at Central Michigan | ||||||
2 | University and an adjunct professor at NIU; he has also served | ||||||
3 | as a lecturer in numerous academic and professional | ||||||
4 | capacities, including teaching classes in accountancy at | ||||||
5 | College of DuPage; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Prior to his appointment as president of College | ||||||
7 | of DuPage, Dr. Caputo served as vice president for | ||||||
8 | administrative affairs and chief financial officer; upon | ||||||
9 | becoming president in July 2019, he implemented his Strategic | ||||||
10 | Long-Range Plan to encourage student success and to establish | ||||||
11 | the arts, culture, community engagement, economic development, | ||||||
12 | and organizational culture as essential pillars of the | ||||||
13 | college; and
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14 | WHEREAS, During his tenure, Dr. Caputo sought to advance | ||||||
15 | student success through the implementation of College of | ||||||
16 | DuPage's Guided Pathways Initiative, a framework designed to | ||||||
17 | help students effectively choose, enter, and complete a | ||||||
18 | program of study that aligns with their goals for employment | ||||||
19 | and further education, and was deeply involved in the | ||||||
20 | college's Project Hire-Ed, a workforce development program to | ||||||
21 | better align post-secondary education with workforce skill | ||||||
22 | requirements through partnerships with area employers; seeking | ||||||
23 | to close achievement gaps that currently exist for students of | ||||||
24 | color and those who are underserved by 2025, he led the |
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1 | development of college's first equity plan in early 2020, | ||||||
2 | serving as presiding officer of the Equity and Access Team to | ||||||
3 | further aid the plan's implementation; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Dr. Caputo has further served College of DuPage | ||||||
5 | and the surrounding community through supporting the creation | ||||||
6 | of Innovation DuPage, a business incubator-accelerator | ||||||
7 | designed to promote economic growth by leveraging partnerships | ||||||
8 | with public and private entities, and he presently serves as a | ||||||
9 | director of Choose DuPage, the county's economic development | ||||||
10 | agency; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Dr. Caputo has previously served as a member of | ||||||
12 | the Commission on Structured Pathways of the American | ||||||
13 | Association of Community Colleges, and he has served as a | ||||||
14 | member on the Governmental Accounting Standards Board since | ||||||
15 | 2015; he is a peer accreditation reviewer with the Higher | ||||||
16 | Learning Commission, and he also represents College of DuPage | ||||||
17 | on the Illinois Council of Community College Presidents and | ||||||
18 | chairs the council's Credential Committee; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Dr. Caputo has received several accolades, | ||||||
20 | including being named the 2014 Government CFO of the Year by | ||||||
21 | The Daily Herald Business Ledger, receiving the Model | ||||||
22 | Administrator Award from The Greater Chicago Chapter of the | ||||||
23 | American Society for Public Administration in 2018, and being |
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1 | recognized as a Notable Veteran Executive by Crain's Chicago | ||||||
2 | Business in 2020; and
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3 | WHEREAS, Outside of his professional duties, Dr. Caputo | ||||||
4 | has volunteered with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) for | ||||||
5 | decades; an Eagle Scout himself, he recently served as the | ||||||
6 | president of the Three Fires Council of the BSA; for his | ||||||
7 | distinguished service to the community, he received the 2021 | ||||||
8 | Outstanding Eagle Scout Award from the National Eagle Scout | ||||||
9 | Association; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Dr. Caputo and his wife, Karen, are the parents | ||||||
11 | of three children, Brian Jr., Gregory, and Katherine; | ||||||
12 | therefore, be it
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13 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
14 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
15 | we congratulate Brian W. Caputo, Ph.D. on his retirement as | ||||||
16 | president of College of DuPage, and we wish him the best in all | ||||||
17 | his future endeavors; and be it further
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