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Commission Appointees

James (Jim) Bennett (Chair)

Director, Illinois Department of Human Rights
Hilda Bahena

Executive Director, Illinois Commission on Discrimination & Hate Crimes
Anita Banerji

Consultant, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
Cindy Buys

Professor of Law, Southern Illinois University School of Law
David Goldenberg

Midwest Regional Director, Anti-Defamation League
Julie Justicz

Chief Strategy Officer, Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights
Melineh Kano

Executive Director, RefugeeOne
Brendan Kelly

Professor of Law, Southern Illinois University School of Law
Rabbi Seth M. Limmer

Senior Rabbi, Chicago Sinai Congregation
Amy Meek

Civil Rights Bureau Chief, Illinois Attorney General’s Office
Mona Noriega

Chair, Illinois Human Rights Commission
Channyn Parker

Director of Community and Strategic Partnerships, Howard Brown Health
Jason Rosensweig

Director of Legislative Affairs and Policy, Illinois Department of Human Rights
Dr. Dilara Sayeed

President, Illinois Muslim Civic Coalition
Karen Tamley

President and CEO, Access Living
Marvet Sweis

Trial Attorney, Taxman, Pollock, Murray & Bekkerman, LLC
Molly Uhe-Edmonds

Director of Student Care, Illinois State Board of Education

Note that the Commission on Hate Crimes and Discrimination will include 21 members total. Additional members are currently completing the appointment process and will be announced soon.