Bill Text: IL HR0883 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulates Mark A. Pfister on his retirement as executive director of the Lake County Health Department and Community Health Center (LCHD/CHC). Thanks him for his commitment and dedication to the community and the State of Illinois.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)

Status: (Passed) 2024-11-12 - Resolution Adopted [HR0883 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HR0883-Introduced.html

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HOUSE RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
Representatives wish to congratulate Mark A. Pfister on the
occasion of his retirement as executive director of the Lake
County Health Department and Community Health Center
(LCHD/CHC); and
WHEREAS, Mark Pfister received his Bachelor of Arts in
Biology, Environmental Science, and Psychology from Augustana
College in May 1986 and his Master of Science in Energy and
Sustainability, specializing in Limnology and Environmental
Science, from Indiana University School of Public and
Environmental Affairs in August 1991; he is currently a
doctoral candidate at the University of Illinois Chicago
School of Public Health; and
WHEREAS, Mark Pfister has served as a public health
professional and ecologist for LCHD/CHC since 1991, initially
working as an aquatic biologist and the coordinator of the
Lakes Management Program under the LCHD/CHC's Environmental
Health Services (EHS) until 2005; he proceeded to serve as
associate director of EHS from 2005 to 2009 and then as its
interim director from 2009 to 2010; he became director of
Prevention and Population Health Services in 2010, holding
that position until he was named interim executive director of

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LCHD/CHC in 2016; and
WHEREAS, Mark Pfister has served as executive director of
LCHD/CHC since January 2017; during his tenure, he led over 60
separately funded public health, behavioral health, and
medical programs performed by approximately 1,000 employees at
over 20 locations in Lake County while maintaining fiscal
responsibility over several multimillion-dollar budgets; he
reorganized and centralized quality improvement,
organizational development, finance, grant management, and
public health informatics, and he restructured the agency
quality management system; he revamped the LCHD/CHC strategic
planning process and required alignment to the Lake County
community health improvement plan and proposed changes to the
agency vision and mission to address the social determinants
of health and promote a health equity lens; he also worked
tirelessly during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure the safety
and care of all residents of Lake County; and
WHEREAS, Mark Pfister belongs to several organizations,
including as the policy and legislative chair and a past
executive council member of the Illinois Public Health
Association and as a board member of the Illinois Primary
Healthcare Association and the Northern Illinois Public Health
Consortium; he is also a member of the American Public Health
Association; and

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WHEREAS, Mark Pfister will retire from LCHD/CHC after more
than 30 years of service on September 1, 2024; therefore, be it
RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
we congratulate Mark Pfister on his retirement as executive
director of the Lake County Health Department and Community
Health Center, and we thank him for his commitment and
dedication to the community and the State of Illinois; and be
it further