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Eight newcomers join DuPage County Board

Posted December 02, 2012 11:24 pm

Daily Herald report

Elizabeth Chaplin is congratulated by Judge John Elsner after being sworn in as a District 2 county board member during the 2012 Inauguration of DuPage County elected officials at the Jack T. Knuepfer Administration building in Wheaton on Monday. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com

A revamped DuPage County Board is ready to begin its work now that eight new members have joined the panel.

New county board members Elizabeth Chaplin, Peter DiCianni, Amy L. Grant, Gary Grasso, Tonia Khouri, Sean T. Noonan, Lauren Nowak and Sam Tornatore were sworn in during a Monday night inauguration event in Wheaton.

Sitting representatives who have started new terms on the 18-member county board are John Curran, Grant Eckhoff, Paul Fichtner, James D. Healy, Brian Krajewski, Robert L. Larsen, JR McBride, Tony Michelassi, Donald Puchalski and James F. Zay.

The entire board was up for election last month because of the census. Fichtner, DiCianni, Curran, Eckhoff, Khouri and Nowak have terms in office that end in two years. The rest of the board is serving 4-year terms.

Meanwhile, countywide elected officials sworn in during Monday’s inauguration ceremony were State’s Attorney Robert Berlin, Circuit Court Clerk Chris Kachiroubas, County Auditor Bob Grogan, County Coroner Richard Jorgensen, County Recorder Fred Bucholz and Circuit Court Judge Patrick J. O’Shea.

Tonia Khouri gets sworn in as a District 5 board member by Judge John Elsner during the 2012 Inauguration of DuPage County elected officials at the Jack T. Knuepfer Administration building in Wheaton on Monday. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com

Richard Jorgensen hugs his wife, appellate judge Ann Jorgensen, after she swore him in as coroner at the 2012 Inauguration of DuPage County elected officials at the Jack T. Knuepfer Administration building in Wheaton on Monday. Bev Horne/bhorne@dailyherald.com

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