Our Executive Board works collaboratively to develop policies, priorities, and strategy for the local Democratic Party. The various committee chairs and County Board District Chairs lead activities to support party building, community outreach, and local political campaigns. Our party officers — Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, Secretary and General Counsel — are elected at the biennial County Convention by the membership at large. District Chairs are elected by the members of their respective Districts, while the remaining members of the Board are appointed by the Chair and confirmed by the members of the Executive Board.
Executive Board
Kristina Zahorik
Chair
Nunda 25 • 8 Fenview Ct, Oakwood Hills, IL 60013-1067, United States 815-701-8396
View Profile
Ruth Scifo
Vice Chair
Algonquin 50 • 4212 Meandering Way, Crystal Lake, IL 60014, United States 8152639659
Crystal Lake resident since 1995, originally from Chicago IL, Crystal Lake School District 47 Board Member, 2001-2013
View Profile
Susan Reed
Treasurer
Hebron 02 • 13703 O'Brien Rd, Hebron, IL 60034, United States 815-353-2095
Township Trustee & Cemetery Commission
View Profile
Kristy Smith
Secretary
Algonquin 42 • 1572 Birmingham Ct, Crystal Lake, IL 60014, United States 815-541-9923
View Profile
Michael Bissett
Technology Chair
Grafton 12 • 971 Brittany Bnd, Lake in the Hills, IL 60156, United States 224-622-4911
It doesn't matter what you say you believe. It's what you do that counts.
View Profile
Lou Ness
Fundraising Chair
Dorr 06 • 466 W Jackson St, Woodstock, IL 60098, United States 815-404-7246
transforming the world from poverty to prosperity one village at a time
View Profile
James Harrison
General Counsel
McHenry 15 • 508 Bald Knob Rd, Johnsburg, IL 60051-9606, United States 815-271-5445
View Profile
Daniel Giallombardo
Membership Recruitment Chair
Algonquin 40 • 23 Willow Cir, Cary, IL 60013, United States 224/735-8474
Dad, Son, Brother, Writer/Author, Indivisible, Democrat, Committed to an improved society for all. Political junkie, New Englandophile, world class curmudgeon
View Profile
Kathy Bergan Schmidt
Parliamentarian
Nunda 01 • 4713 Timberlane Rd, Crystal Lake, IL 60014-2609, United States 8154772725
View Profile
John Labaj
District 2 Chair
Algonquin 36 • 665 Green Brier Ln, Crystal Lake, IL 60014, United States 815-356-8952
View Profile
David Trost
District 3 Chair
McHenry 02 • 414 N Shepherd Hill Ln, McHenry, IL 60050, United States 815-403-6851
I'm an old white guy who is a progressive and activist. Still working for a living and fighting for a country that treats all citizens and immigrants fairly.
View Profile
Missy Funk
District 4 Chair
McHenry 10 • 3014 Walnut Dr, Wonder Lake, IL 60097, United States 815-404-3274
Be the wave!
View Profile
Jennifer Wegmann-Gabb
District 5 Chair
Grafton 05 • 314 W Judd St, Woodstock, IL 60098, United States 8155290556
Lawyer/Art Historian (medieval and Islamic) back at my first passion, politics. Get ready for weird mashup of history, art, bad puns, politics, & data science
View Profile
Cathy Johnson
District 6 Chair
Riley 01 • 8610 S Hill Rd, Marengo, IL 60152, United States 815-621-4425
Politically active on a local level my whole life. I was delivering political literature starting at about the age of 10. We had political discussions at dinner every evening. Our Dad played devil's advocate.
View Profile