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New NEIU Board of Trustees Officers Named
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media Contact: Dana Navarro
May 5, 2008 (773) 442-4227
d-navarro@neiu.edu
Walter W. Dudycz Named Chair of the
NEIU Board of Trustees
Jin Lee as Vice Chair and Carlos Azcoitia as Secretary
CHICAGO – The Board of Trustees of Northeastern Illinois University (NEIU) has elected three new officers. Former Illinois State Senator Walter W. Dudycz was elected Chair, Jin Lee as Vice Chair, and Carlos Azcoitia as Secretary. They each will serve a two-year term.
Dudycz, a member of the NEIU Board of Trustees since 2005, served as a state senator from 1985 to 2002 and was assistant majority leader from 1993 to 2002. He served as executive director of the Illinois Racing Board from 2002 to 2003. A retired Chicago Police Department detective, Dudycz is also former director of the Cook County Sheriff’s Alternative Program.
Dudycz is an alumnus of NEIU and a member of the Vietnam Veterans of America, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, and the Gabro Council, Fraternal Order of Police.
Lee, also a member of the NEIU Board of Trustees since 2005, has been director of business planning and development for the Albany Park Community Center since 1997. Previously he served as executive director of the Chicago Korean American Chamber of Commerce. He is a member of the Human Relations Task Force of Chicago and a member of the Asian American Advisory Councils for the Illinois Secretary of State and the Illinois State Treasurer.
Azcoitia, a member of the NEIU Board of Trustees since 2006, recently retired as principal of John Spry Community School. Since 2004 he has served as a member of the Education Accountability Taskforce of school administrators to help shape a new Illinois Department of Education. Previously he served as Deputy Chief Education Officer for the Chicago Public Schools. He earned his doctorate in educational administration from Northern Illinois University in 1989.
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