Corinne Michelle Pierog
Candidate for Illinois State Senate, District 28


With a lifelong commitment to community service and its fundamental value to democratic dialogue, Corinne Pierog embarks on her career in public service with a keen understanding of the diverse and disenfranchised voices of the 28th district and the State of Illinois. She recognizes the sense of urgency amongst her constituents and will tackle their most pressing concerns with compassion and clarity of purpose. Corinne is committed to restoring Illinois’ economy through immediate job creation and transparent legislative policy, as well as ending the educational disparity that has long plagued our children’s schools

Corinne’s career began as a University professor of both Communication and Theater after becoming the first member of her family to earn a college degree. During her teaching career she developed educational opportunities for underserved populations, and eventually transitioning to work in community service. Recognizing the necessity of sound fiscal management to a nonprofit agency’s mission, she went on to receive an M.B.A. from Chicago’s Roosevelt University.

For the past 12 years, she has engaged in a broad spectrum of important community service efforts. She was the Director of the Center for the Arts at the Little City Foundation in Palatine -- an organization that provides opportunities and support for the developmentally disabled -- where she received a Community Service Award from the Illinois Alliance for Arts Education in the summer of 2008. She has also advised nonprofit agencies on matters regarding executive transition, strategic management, fundraising, and economic development. Her executive experience coupled with her long history of fighting for her community make Corinne an ideal candidate for the 28th District and the Democratic Party.

Currently, Corinne is an interim Executive Director at Health for Humanity working in the area of sustainable global health development as part of the nationally recognized Executive Service Corps of Chicago. She also serves on the School Board of St. Charles Community Unit District 303, chairing the Board’s policy committee and is the liaison to the Norris Cultural Arts Center.

Corinne, 58, was born in Chicago and lives in St. Charles withher husband Robert. She has three children and two grandchildren, one just arrived. She is looking forward to an ethical and productive campaign and to speaking directly and honestly with the voters of the 28th district.