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Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Represented a district with 1.7 million residents and including approximately two-thirds of suburban Cook County registered voters and small portions of Chicago. Managed a near doubling of appeal volume with only a token increase in personnel. One of three commissioners charged with administering an Office with ~142 employees responsible for reviewing a steadily increasing number of appeals culminating in a nationwide record 253,000 property assessment appeals during the 2019/2020 assessment appeal year. First Republican candidate for County office to unseat an incumbent Democrat in fifteen years.▻ Served as the first and only full time Commissioner in the history of the Board.▻ Personally raised nearly $2 million over ten years as a candidate for the Board of Review.▻ Presented approximately 400 Assessment Appeal Seminars throughout the 500 square-mile 1st district, providing detailed information to property owners regarding property taxes, exemptions and assessment appeals. Conducted an additional 150+ presentations to Chambers of Commerce, Rotary Clubs, Real Estate offices and commercial property associations.▻ Initiated on-line assessment appeals nine months after election so property owners could file complaints from home — this cut data input labor time, reduced costs for printing complaint forms, and eased access to the appeals process.▻ Transitioned the Board from a paper driven review system to a state-of-the-art Digital Appeals Processing System (DAPS), which boosted appeals adjudication from 158,000 in 2010 to 253,000 in 2020 while empowering the county to continue to issue tax bills by the statutorily required date.

Wheeling Township, Il

Taxpayer advocate in a township of 150,000 residents encompassing the second largest number of property parcels of any township in Cook County. Among several other duties, assisted property owners to file appeals, apply for exemptions and understand their tax bills.

Greater Chicago Area

The largest quasi-judicial appeal board of its’ kind in the United States analyzing an average of 180,000 assessment complaints per year and granting $1.4 billion in reductions for a county containing 1.7 million parcels of property and 5.4 million inhabitantsSENIOR ASSESSMENT APPEAL ANALYST & COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR COMMISSIONER MAUREEN MURPHYOne of only three exempt property appeal analysts (the only non-attorney) at the Board who made recommendations to the Illinois Department of Revenue regarding exemption of property owned by religious, charitable and municipal corporations. Developed and coordinated all aspects of public and media relations strategy for Commissioner.As Sr. Assessment Appeal Analyst: ▻ Analyzed thousands property tax appeals each year from residential and commercial property owners for the second most populous county in the nation and largest tax base in the Midwest.▻ Represented Board of Review at over 500 Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board (PTAB) oral hearings.▻ Served as surrogate speaker for the Commissioner at dozens of Property Tax Appeal Seminars educating thousands of taxpayers on how to appeal their assessments.

Provided advice and support for Republican candidates.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Top U.S. Senate primary upset in the nation in 1996 in the sixth largest state (by population) in the country.Served as campaign spokesperson to media as well as community organizations and grass roots supporters. Wrote press releases and media advisories. Crafted content of newsletters and campaign flyers.▻ Directly responsible for initiating over 125 candidate radio interviews in the three months leading up to the March primary election with an additional 200+ interviews scheduled prior to the November general election. ▻ Planned and managed press conferences for multiple state fly-arounds to as many as six cities in one day.▻ Coordinated earned media opportunities with over 250 state and national news outlets. ▻ Completed detailed questionnaires regarding candidate’s positions from over one hundred trade associations, non-profits, trade unions, newspapers and political organizations.▻ Represented campaign as the liaison to ABC television and the League of Women Voters for the primary election televised debate.

Morton Grove, Illinois

Residential real estate sales.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Business Administration

Diploma, College Prep

Last graduating class.