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Letter to the Editor: Candidate Pierog brings a new perspective
| The Chronicle Friday, February 26 | PDF version |

Press release for January 25, 2010

NON-PROFIT EXECUTIVE AND SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER CORINNE MICHELLE PIEROG TO RUN FOR STATE SENATE, UNOPPOSED IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY

ST. CHARLES—After 15 years of work in Non-Profit organizations, Corinne Pierog announced today that she is running for State Senate in the 28th district.

Ms. Pierog said she was inspired to seek public office “after seeing just how crucial it is for our legislators to be attuned to the ethical responsibility they have to the tax-payers. It was clear in my work in the non-profit sector and on the St. Charles CUSD 303 School Board here that we have to be much better stewards of tax-payers dollars.  In the non-profit arena and on the School Board, I have had to stretch every penny to maximize our resources without jeopardizing program services.  I will take this same philosophy to Springfield and rein in the wasteful spending of career politicians.”

“I will support job growth and encourage innovative businesses back to Illinois. I know first hand the despair that unemployment can bring and I will fight to put our families back to work.”  Ms. Pierog added, “My work throughout much of this district has given me a clear understanding of the needs of our voters.  As a state senator, I will ensure accessible, honest and open dialogue between myself and the people of the community.”  Her top priorities in Springfield will be job creation, educational reform and increased accountability amongst elected officials.

Ms. Pierog has accumulated a wide-range of executive experience in her work.  She has been involved in creating micro-business opportunities for the developmentally disabled, community economic development, and more recently, as an interim executive director with the national award-winning Executive Service Corps of Chicago, moral leadership and global health. Previous to her work in the non-profit sector, Ms. Pierog was an associate professor teaching classes in speech communication and theater arts.

For her efforts as the former Director of the Center for the Arts at Little City Foundation, an organization providing assistance to people with special needs, Ms. Pierog received a Community Service Award from the Illinois Alliance for Arts Education.    

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