Dave Winters
Encyclopedia
Biography
Dave Winters was born on June 30, 1952. He graduated from Dartmouth CollegeDartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
with a B.A. in History (High Honors) and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign is a large public research-intensive university in the state of Illinois, United States. It is the flagship campus of the University of Illinois system...
with an M.S. in Agricultural Economics. He married the former Kathleen Wise with issue - fraternal twins Theresa and Colin were born on July 14, 1981.
Political career
Winters has served in the Illinois House of RepresentativesIllinois House of Representatives
The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The state House of Representatives is made of 118 representatives elected from...
since 1995, and was Assistant Republican House Leader from 2003—2009. His legislative assignments have included environmental/energy issues, child support enforcement, and local telecommunication development. He has worked at both local and state levels in addressing these issues.
- Local Organizations:
- Winnebago County Zoning Board of Appeals, 1993–95
- Board Member, League of Women Voters
- Board Member, Rockford/Winnebago County Planning Commission
- Board Member, Shirland Township Clerk
- Board Member, Sinnissippi Audubon Society
- Board Member, Sinnissippi Open Space Committee, Natural Land Institute
- Board Member, Winnebago County Farm Bureau
- Legislative Committees:
- Air, Member
- Committee of the Whole, Member
- Electric Utility Oversight, Member
- Environment and Energy, Member
- Environmental Health, Ranking Minority Member
- Gaming, Member
- Labor, Ranking Minority Member
- Renewable Energy, Member
- Telecommunications, Member
External links
- Dave Winters official website
- Illinois General Assembly - Representative Dave Winters (R) 68th District official IL House website
- Project Vote Smart - Representative David 'Dave' Winters (IL) profile
- Follow the Money - Dave Winters
- Illinois House Republican Caucus - Dave Winters profile