Great Lakes ITE Endowment Fund

Hello ILITE members! This holiday season, please consider sharing your cheer, and making a donation to the Great Lakes ITE Endowment Fund. 2024 brought the first tangible distribution of Endowment Committee funds, helping students and young engineers attend the Annual Meeting.

Check out the Endowment Funds site to learn more about giving donations. Follow the same link below if you are a young member, student, or public sector member to see how you can apply to receive some financial help to attend the 2025 GLITE Meeting in Indianapolis from June 8-10th. The deadline to apply is March 14th 2025, so don’t delay if you’re young member, student, or public sector member who might need some help in covering registration, travel, lodging, or other costs associated with the 2025 Annual Meeting.

Please return applications by e-mail no later than MARCH 14, 2025 to Tyler Krage

kragetyler@gmail,com

Applicants will be notified of award by April 11, 2025

If you have questions, please contact Tyler Krage or any of the committee members.

The Great Lakes Endowment Committee

Tyler Krage Chair kragetyler@gmail,com

Tom Ford IN-ITE Section Rep & Co-Chair TFord3@indot.IN.gov

John P Mick II IL-ITE Section Rep texmickpefnspe@yahoo.com

Neal Underwood OH-ITE Section Committee Rep nunderwood@cmtran.com

Cole Villalobos MI-ITE Section Committee Rep Villalobos@hrcengr.com

Jeff Preston NC-ITE Section Committee Rep Jeff.Preston@stantec.com

Jerry Schippa Wis-ITE Section Committee Rep JSchippa@cityofmadison.com

Tom Campbell Committee Member te.campbell@comcast.net

2025 ITE Illinois Section Election

ILITE General Election 2025 has started! Please check your emails to see how to cast your vote for our 2025 ILITE Executive Board.

The election began on Monday, December 2nd. You should have received an email asking you to electronically vote for one President, one Vice-President, one Secretary, one Treasurer, and one Section Representative. Committee Chair positions at the end of term will be appointed by the President as non-voting members of the Board. Please follow the instruction in the email to cast your vote(s). If you have any questions, please contact illinois+secretary@gmail.com.

Biographies of these nominated individuals can be found at the following link:

According to the Illinois Section Bylaws, the Nominating Committee for the Section has nominated several persons to hold the position of Officer, who collectively operate as the Section's Executive Board.