Elections to the Board of Directors were held and new officers named at the 25^th Anniversary Celebration and Annual Meeting of A Safe Place/ Lake County Crisis Center Monday, October 17, 2005, at the Crowne Plaza, Mundelein.

Newly-elected board members include: Silvia Vazquez-Chacon, agent, American Family Insurance; Moira MacGregor, Managing Director, Resources Global Professionals; Delaine Rogers, Director of Economic Development, City of Zion; and the Hon. Joseph Waldeck, Associate Circuit Judge, 19^th Judicial Circuit Court of Lake County.

Elected to their second term on the nonprofit board were Joanne Esplin, Owner, Citinet Travel;   Kathryn Keenan, President, BenchStrength;   Mary Penich, First Assistant Regional Superintendent of Schools, Lake County Regional Office of Education;   Mary Stanton, Chief, Misdemeanor Division, Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office;   and Lauren Turelli, Real Estate Agent, Baird & Warner.  

Beginning additional terms on the board of directors are Joan Gilmore, Director, Allstate Insurance Cos.; and Betty Toser, community volunteer.      

Officers chosen for the 2005-06 fiscal year are: President, Darryl Cheeks, President & CEO, The Chicagoland Companies; Vice President; Mary Stanton, Chief, Misdemeanor Division, Lake County State’s Attorney’s Office; Treasurer, Mark Leopold, Deputy General Counsel, Household International; and Secretary, Peter Esteve, Human Resources Director, Abbott Laboratories.

Members completing their terms of service on the board were Lois J. Ford, Abbott Laboratories, retired;   Robbie Ford, Abbott Laboratories; and Beth E. Ragsdale, First Midwest Bank N.A.

Other members of A Safe Place’s Board of Directors include Bradley J. Black, Vice President of Finance, Food Service Professionals/ Ceres Food Group Inc.; Robert Boyle, Vice President, Billing Services, Zurich North America; Byron J. Prais, President, Byron J. Prais & Associates; and Donna Sickler, Manager III, Financial Reporting, Cardinal Health, Inc.; and Karen Vaughn, Human Resources Director, Kraft Foods.