Judge Edward Joseph Underhill is a longtime champion for equality who was appointed to the bench in 2023 by unanimous vote of the Illinois Supreme Court. He has a wide range of life and legal experience – and positive ratings from all bar associations which have evaluated him. Judge Underhill grew up on the Southwest side of Chicago, the youngest of five. His father
Kari K. Steele was elected November 6, 2012, to her first term as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) and re-elected in 2018 for a second term. In January 2019, she became the first African American woman in the more than 130-year history of the MWRD to be elected by the Board of Commissioners to serve as President. She
The daughter of immigrants, Mariyana Spyropoulos grew up on Chicago's South Side. She attended Chicago Public School and took an early interest in civics. Elected to the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Board of Commissioners in 2010, Mariyana served as Board President from 2015-19. As president, she embraced green infrastructure and oversaw the disinfection of Chicago’s waterways – a project that directly benefited the region
