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Laura Kent Donahue

Conseiller principal, Illinois

Laura Donahue has dedicated her life to serving the people of Western Illinois. She brings years of public service experience to LS2group.  Laura was appointed to take the place of her mother in the Senate in 1981 and went on to serve the people of Illinois in the Senate from 1981 to 2002. Laura was the assistant majority leader of the Senate from 1994 to 2002.  In her time at the Statehouse, she consistently served on the appropriations, public health and welfare, agriculture, and energy and environment committees.

Avant sa nomination au Sénat de l'État de l'Illinois, Laura travaillait au foyer des anciens combattants de l'Illinois à Quincy, dans l'Illinois. Elle a siégé au conseil d'administration de l'hôpital communautaire d'Illini, au conseil d'administration de Transitions of Western Illinois, au conseil d'administration du YMCA et est l'actuelle présidente des républicains du comté d'Adams. Elle a une vaste expérience des campagnes, y compris cinq de ses propres campagnes.

Laura’s love has always been the theater. She choreographed and directed numerous shows in Ireland. She choreographed and performed at the Cork Opera House in Cork, Ireland, and the Everyman Theatre in Cork, Ireland. Laura Donahue graduated from Stephens College in Columbia, MO, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in education, specializing in dance.

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