Monday, January 10, 2011

Gorman slate leads off huge November election sweep

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Cook County Commissioner Liz Gorman's popularity continues to grow and she's not taking it lightly, backing slates of candidates for every office in Orland Park from village trustee to the Orland Fire Protection District.

Below are the bios for the three candidates in the April 5 consolidated elections backed by Gorman  for Village Trustees called Fiscal Voices for Orland. They are Steve Williams, John Brudnak and Molly McAvoy Flynn.

Already, Williams has both a facebook campaign page up along with campaign ads running on Facebook reaching out to Orland area voters.

Click here for Steven's Facebook Page. He's also running Facebook Ads promoting his candidacy and his slate.

Click here for his web site.

Here are the bios for the three candidates:

John M. Brudnak
Age 49
Married 19 years to Debbie.  3 kids, Peter 16, junior at Carl Sandburg HS, 
Anna 14, freshman at Carl Sandburg HS, Andrew 12, 7th grade at Orland Junior 
High.
 
Employed at Central Steel and Wire Co., Chicago, Il for the past 24 years. 
Outside Sales Representative
 
Education:
BA from St. Mary's College, Winona, MN in 1983 with a Major in Business 
Administration with a concentration in Marketing and a Minor in History
 
Presently, I am an elected Board Member for Orland School District 135 and 
hold the office of Vice President. I have also held the position of 
Secretary before being Vice President.
President for the Orland Music Parents-West
 
Local involvement:
Head Football coach for the Orland Park Pioneer program and Manager for the 
Orland Youth Association Baseball program.


Steven Williams Profile

Steve was born and raised in New Madrid County Missouri and graduated from New Madrid County Central High School in 1983. He attended college for a year and then worked in his parents’ small businesses as well as a local factory before joining the U.S. Air Force in May of 1985.

In the Air Force, he served as a Law Enforcement Specialist (Police Officer) at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, TX for 2 years before earning a coveted position in the San Antonio Armed Forces Police Detachment (AFPD) in the San Antonio Police Department. During his two years at AFPD, he was responsible for relationships with 26 local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies as well as investigating over 100 deserter incidents per year.

After being honorably discharged from the military in 1989, he entered the University of Memphis and graduated with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree of Finance in 1992 while working full-time for the Germantown, TN Police Department as a dispatcher/jailer.

After graduation, Steve entered the audit profession holding several Operational and Information Technology (IT) Audit positions with the Audit Bureau of Circulations in Schaumburg, IL, Federal Express in Memphis, TN, Ameritech in Hoffman Estates, IL, and CCC Information Services in Chicago, IL. While in these positions, he distinguished himself in utilizing IT systems to drive out process inefficiency and waste during process re-engineering engagements. The relationships he developed while conducting audits within the IT organization at Ameritech, led to his recruitment into that organization in 1999 as a project/release manager.

While working full-time in the Internal Audit and IT organizations at Ameritech, Steve attended Northwestern University’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management, earning a Master of Business Administration degree in Technology Strategy, Management, and Entrepreneurship in 2001.

For the last 11 years, Steve has held positions of increasing responsibility in Project Management, Supply/Demand Management, Vendor Management, Finance/Budget Management, Strategic Sourcing, Real Estate, and Metrics/Reporting within the IT organizations of Ameritech/SBC Communications and CNA Insurance. While in these positions, he has led numerous process improvement initiatives saving those organizations millions of dollars per year.

Today, Steve is a Director in the IT Business Management Office at CNA Insurance leading the Metrics, Reporting, and Analytics group and is a key leader in planning and managing the organization’s $350 million budget.

Steve, his wife Andrea, and son Jack moved to Orland Park in 2006. Andrea earned Bachelors and Masters degrees from Northern Illinois University and is a stay at home mom after holding positions in audit and product management. Jack is currently in kindergarten at Centennial School and is actively involved in sports within OYA.  The family supports numerous charities including Toybox Connection, The Julian Center, Orland Township Food Pantry, St. Barbara Food Pantry, Susan G. Komen For the Cure, Dress for Success, and Literacy Volunteers of America. Steve is also an avid mountain biker and member of the Chicago Area Mountain Bikers, a non-profit advocacy and education organization.


Molly McAvoy Flynn

Education: 
Masters in Business Administration & Finance - Saint Xavier University, Chicago, IL, June 2000

Bachelor of Science in Accounting, Cum Laude- Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL,  May 1991

Certified Public Accountant, May 1991

Married to Michael, mother of five young children, Morgan-8, Casey-7, Megan-5, Michael-3, and Caroline-2. The three oldest attend St. Michael's and Michael-3 attends preschool at Sandbox.

Previously ran for State Rep & want to get involved in local politics for the interest of my children and for the everyday person who needs a voice to be heard, especially in the struggling fiscal arena.

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