McPherson Elected Third Vice-President and Full Results From the ISBA Election

Heather McPherson has been elected Third Vice-President of the Illinois State Bar Association. Michael G. Bergmann, Sandra Crawford, Jameika W. Mangum, Emily N. Masalski, and Ashonta C. Rice won Cook County and Courtney A. Berlin won Under Age 37 on the Board of Governors.

Third Vice-President 

  • Wesley A. Gozia, Salem 656
  • Heather McPherson, Freeport 1,695
  • Juan R. Thomas, Aurora 1,093 

Board of Governors

Cook - 5 to be elected

  • Michael G. Bergmann, Chicago 989
  • Bianca B. Brown, Chicago 691
  • Sandra Crawford, Park Ridge 877 
  • Jameika W. Mangum, Evanston 713 
  • Emily N. Masalski, Oak Park 989 
  • Ashonta C. Rice, Orland Park 914 

Under Age 37 

Cook - 1 to be elected 

  • Courtney A. Berlin, Chicago 786 
  • Genevieve E. Miller, Chicago 516

The following races were uncontested. Each candidate is therefore, pursuant to the Bylaws of the Association, automatically elected.

Board of Governors

Area 3 (Circuits 12, 13, 16, 21, and 23) - 1 to be elected 

  • Kristine M. Honiotes, Joliet 

Area 4 (Circuits 10, 14, and 15) - 1 to be elected 

  • Kelly R. Giraudo, Morton 

Area 5 (Circuits 5, 6, and 11) - 1 to be elected 

  • Angelica W. Wawrzynek, Mattoon 

Under Age 37 

Outside Cook - 1 to be elected 

  • Gregory Edward Moredock, Springfield 

Assembly

Cook County - 47 to be elected 

  • Paul M. Bach, Northbrook 
  • Patrice Ball-Reed, Chicago 
  • Courtney A. Berlin, Chicago 
  • Joel L. Chupack, Chicago 
  • Robert K. Downs, Oak Park 
  • Joshua Nathan Epstein, Chicago 
  • Daniel J. Goldberg, Chicago 
  • Bria Grant, Chicago 
  • Daniel J. Heywood, Chicago 
  • Matthew R. Huff, Chicago 
  • Kenya A. Jenkins-Wright, Chicago 
  • Nicholas P. Jordan, Chicago 
  • John V. Kalantzis, Chicago 
  • Mark L. Karno, Chicago 
  • Marjorie Rose Kennedy, Chicago 
  • Tene McCoy Cummings, Chicago 
  • Rebecca B. Melzer, Chicago 
  • Mary L. Milano, Chicago 
  • Robert T. Oleszkiewicz, Chicago 
  • Jackson J. Paller, Evanston 
  • Devin J. Piper, Chicago 
  • Arlette G. Porter, Chicago 
  • Marcos A. Resendiz, Chicago 
  • Curtis B. Ross, Chicago 
  • Mallory P. Sanzeri, Chicago 
  • Whitney Kendall Siehl, Chicago 
  • Alon Stein, Northbrook 
  • Taylor L. Tyler, Chicago 

Circuit 1 - 2 to be elected 

  • Peter C. Alexander, Carbondale 
  • David R. Hughes, Carbondale 

Circuit 3 - 5 to be elected 

  • Dennis J. Orsey, Granite City 

Circuit 6 - 5 to be elected 

  • Anthony A. Bruno, Urbana 
  • Emma Dorantes, Champaign 
  • Mark C. Palmer, Champaign
  • Timothy John Sullivan, Champagin 

Circuit 7 - 5 to be elected 

  • Nancy G. Easum, Springfield 
  • Robert Paul Osgood, Springfield 

Circuit 10 - 4 to be elected 

  • Kayla M. Hickey, Morton 
  • Ann R. Pieper, Morton 

Circuit 11 - 3 to be elected 

  • Michael Groves Butts, Bloomington 
  • G. Timothy Leighton, Bloomington 
  • Joshua G. Rohrscheib, Bloomington 

Circuit 12 - 4 to be elected 

  • Ted P. Hammel, Joliet 
  • Edward Jarot, Jr., Joliet 
  • Cameron T. Lythberg, Joliet 
  • Joel P. Murphy, Joliet 

Circuit 13 - 2 to be elected 

  • Douglas B. Olivero, Peru 

Circuit 14 - 3 to be elected 

  • Jennifer L. Kincaid, Silvas 

Circuit 15 - 1 to be elected

  • Ryan J. Shaner, Shannon 

Circuit 16 - 5 to be elected 

  • Junaid M. Afeef, Elgin 

Circuit 17 - 3 to be elected 

  • Tamika R. Walker, Rockford 

Circuit 18 - 17 to be elected 

  • Robert Bahr Anderson, Wheaton 
  • Joseph M. Beck, Wheaton 
  • John E. Brennock, Naperville 
  • Kevin P. Camden, Downers Grove 
  • Paloma Holloman, Warrenville 
  • Julie A. Johnson, Elmhurst 
  • Melissa Johnson, Elmhurst 
  • Carly E. Kenny, Naperville 
  • Christian Edward Ketter, Oakbrook 
  • Daniel J. Kordik, Elmhurst 
  • Jason M. Kunowski, Wheaton 
  • Ronald D. Menna, Jr., Wheaton 
  • Anthony Riccardo Pasquini, Carol Stream 
  • Elizabeth A. Pope, Elmhurst 

Circuit 19 - 11 to be elected 

  • Robert O. Ackley, Round Lake 
  • Jacqueline Stephens Breisch, Lake Forest 
  • Lisa L. Dunn, Deerfield 
  • Gretchen E. Fisher, Libertyville 
  • Deanna L. Hoyt, Libertyville 
  • Susan G. Mock, Libertyville 
  • Shyama S. Parikh, Waukegan 
  • Gloria V. Rodriguez, Waukegan 
  • Kristine Marie Schanbacher, Mundelein 
  • Diana Christine Servos, Deerfield 
  • Jessica Sparbeck, Libertyville 

Circuit 22 - 3 to be elected 

  • Michael G. Cortina, Crystal Lake 
  • David B. Franks, Lake in the Hills 
  • James P. Kelly, Lake in the Hills 

Circuit 23 - 2 to be elected 

  • Marguerite Komes, Sycamore 

Please direct questions to Kim Weaver.

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Kelsey Jo Burge
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Member Comments (2)

congrats to the winners. why do so few vote??

Congrats to Heather and all of the other winners who are willing to serve the lawyers of Illinois. Also, Contrats to those who ran and were willing to put forth their efforts to share their vision and advice for making the ISBA the great organization that it is!

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