Stole your post (it’s the Chicago way)...Trying to keep everything together for later reference...Good information. Please feel free to add anything else you find to this thread also. Thanks
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Interesting to look at the background of Burris business partner Fred Lebed, who appears to be well connected to Gov. Blago and was former Exec. Director of Cook County Democratic Party (Lebed is listed after Burris, they are the only two principals of this consulting firm):
http://www.burrislebed.com/partners.html
Executive Management Team
Roland W. Burris:
# Served as Illinois’ State Comptroller for three unprecendented terms
# Served as Illinois’ Attorney General for one term
# Served in Governor’s Cabinet as Director of the Illinois Deparment of Central Management Services
# Currently Of-Counsel to the Burris, Wright, Slaughter, and Tom Law firm, LLC.
# Former Managing Partner of Jones, Ware & Grenard Law firm
# Former Of-Counsel to the Bufford & Peters Law Firm, LLC.
# Former President of the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers, and Treasurers
# Former Executive Board Member of Government Finance Officers
# Former Chair of the Civil Rights Committee of the National Association of Attorneys Generals
# Former Trustee of the Financial Accounting Foundation Board
# Former Board Director of the Illinois CPA Society
# Served as Vice Chair of Governor Blagojevich Transition Team
Fred G. Lebed:
# Served as Co-Chair of the “Re-Engineering Government” Sub-Committee of Governor Blagojevich’s Transition Team
# Former Assistant to Illinois State Comptroller
# Former Assistant to Illinois Attorney General
# Served as Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Intergovernmental Affairs
# Served as Cook County Liquor Control Commissioner
# Served as Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee in 1985
# Managed more than a dozen Illinois campaigns
# Former Delegate to five Democratic National Conventions
# In 1996, served as Executive Director of Cook County Democratic Party.
# Served as President’s liason to Board of Commissioners.
81 posted on Tuesday, December 30, 2008 2:03:25 PM by Enchante
That’s great - it’s always good to consolidate info on FR for later reference. Thanks.