Biographies

 

A resident of Chicago Heights, Camiella D. Williams is a student support staff member at an alternative school in Chicago Heights.

Ms. Williams is a former student of Prairie State College, where she was a member of the Student Government Association, Political Science Club and Black Student Union. She has a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Governors State University, where she currently is pursuing a master’s degree in political and justice studies. Ms. Williams serves as the executive director for singer/actress Drew Sidora's Dreamakers Charity, board member of the Blair Holt Memorial Foundation, and national organizer for Future4Future Network. She also has worked extensively in the Chicagoland area to prevent gun violence since 2006, and currently serves as violence prevention task force member for Congresswoman Robin L. Kelly.

She is a graduate of the accounting program at Governors State University and is active in the community. Aldana serves on the Board of Trustees with the Chicago Heights Public Library, a role she’s been in since 2020.

 

 

Mr. Readey has a bachelor's degree, law degree and MBA from Yale University. He is a member of the Boards of Directors for Centers for New Horizons, the Southland Human Services Leadership Council, the Southland Juvenile Justice Council, NeighborScapes NFP and the Outerbelt Alliance NFP. Mr. Readey was a member of the inaugural class of Presidential Leadership Scholars in 2015 and has been a Fellow of Leadership Greater Chicago since 2012.

A lifelong resident of Chicago Heights, John N. Stanfa was elected to the Board of Trustees in April 2017, and reelected in 2019. Mr. Stanfa recently retired from his position as general manager for the Park District Golf Courses with the Chicago Heights Park District.

A former student at Prairie State College, Mr. Stanfa has served as a trustee of the Chicago Heights Library Board since 2012, after being appointed by Mayor David A. Gonzalez.