On September 14, 2011 the Chicago Southland Convention & Visitors Bureau Annual Meeting & Luncheon will take place at the newly expanded Tinley Park Convention Center.
The year our guest speaker will be Warren Ribley, Director of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
Governor Pat Quinn appointed Warren Ribley as Director of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity in March 2009.
In his first term, Ribley prioritized the state's economic development efforts which resulted in Illinois creating more jobs than any other Midwestern state coming out of the global recession.
Ribley began working in state government in 1979, serving for twelve years in the Office of the Illinois Senate President. He joined the Office of the State Treasurer in 1991 and became the Director of Banking in 1993 under now-Governor Quinn, managing relationships between the State of Illinois and over 500 financial institutions. Before being named Director of DCEO, Ribley served as DCEO’s Director of Operations, where he led the day-to-day operations of the agency for six years.