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Langfelder Announces Full Transition Team


Mayor-Elect Jim Langfelder says he’s put together a cross-section of people that will help him transition in to the top city job.

Langfelder has announced a transition team of business and industry leaders and those representing political and other interests in the city, ranging from Memorial Health Systems CEO Edgar Curtis, to Ward Two Alderman Gail Simpson.

Langfelder says he wanted to bring people in that “have a vested interest” in the city.

Langfelder’s inauguration is May seventh.  He’s planning on a number of activities that day that will be open to the public.

THE FULL JIM LANGFELDER TRANSITION TEAM

Karen Conn, Conn’s Hospitality Group
Edgar Curtis, Memorial Health System
Dyanne Ferke, University of Illinois-Springfield College of Business and Management
Pamela Frazier, All in One On-Site Wash & Detail
Bill Houlihan, Sen. Dick Durbin’s Office
Tony Libri, Retired Sangamon County Circuit Clerk
Kenneth Page, former Springfield NAACP Branch President
Mike Pence, Bank of Springfield
Brac Schaive, LIUNA 477
Gail Simpson, Alderman, Ward 2
Jeff Stauffer, Mid-America Advertising
Lisa Clemmons Stott, Edgewise Consulting
Guerry Suggs, First National Bank of Springfield (Retired)

 

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