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File #: 17-2745-0412    Name: Resolution Honoring Juan Salgado
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 3/28/2017 In control: Board of Commissioners
On agenda: 4/12/2017 Final action: 4/12/2017
Title: RESOLUTION HONORING COMMISSIONER JUAN SALGADO FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE
Sponsors: Commissioners' Office

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RESOLUTION HONORING COMMISSIONER JUAN SALGADO FOR HIS YEARS OF SERVICE

 

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A resolution                                                                                                         

 

adopted by                      The Board of Commissioners

of the Chicago Park District, Illinois

 

Presented by Michael P. Kelly, General Superintendent & CEO on April 12, 2017

 

                     Whereas, Juan Salgado was appointed a Commissioner of the Chicago Park District Board in 2011 by Mayor Rahm Emanuel; and

Whereas, Commissioner Salgado has taken on the additional responsibility of representing the Park District on the boards of the Grant Park Music Festival and the Museum of Science and Industry; and

Whereas,  since 2001 Commissioner Salgado has served as Executive Director of the Instituto del Progresso Latino, which provides a multitude of services to Chicago’s Latino community including economic and workforce development, adult education, citizenship programs, and youth development; and

Whereas, in 2010, Commissioner Salgado opened a charter school, Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy <http://healthacademy.idpl.org/homepage.aspx>, which offers counseling and support to students beyond graduation through the first two years of postsecondary education or training; and

Whereas, in 2011, Commissioner Salgado was recognized by the White House as one of only thirteen Champions of Change nationwide for his strong community leadership and innovative approach to education in the Latino immigrant community; and

Whereas, Commissioner Salgado was named a MacArthur Fellow by the MacArthur Foundation in 2015, a recipient of what is known as a Genius Grant for his work with Chicago’s Latino immigrant community; and

Whereas, Commissioner Salgado is leaving the Park District to continue his public service as Chancellor of the City Colleges of Chicago.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that we, the Chicago Park District Board of Commissioners, and the General Superintendent & CEO, extend our heartfelt gratitude to Commissioner Juan Salgado for his distinguished service and that a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to Commissioner Salgado this 12th day of April, 2017.