About Us

THE ILLINOIS FORUM was established in 1989 as a statewide grassroots coalition of nonpartisan political activists. Since that time, it has become one of the largest citizen groups in the state.

The organization’s chairman is the Hon. Robert Redfern, the board chairman is the Hon. Daniel Crane, and the Board of Governors consists of 19 additional individuals from various portion of Illinois including:

  • Dan Crane (Danville)
  • Robert S. Redfern (Fairfield)
  • William Hogon (Springfield)
  • Chad Koppie (Gilbert)
  • Charles Mattis (Danville)
  • Rod McCullough (Yorkville)
  • John McNeal (Riverside)
  • Mark Percival (Watson)
  • Judy Crane Ross (Downers Grove)
  • Martha Tuttle (Paris)
  • Craig Simmons (Chicago)
  • Val Zimnicki (Roselle)
  • Hon. Phil Crane Wauconda)
  • Robert Shearen (Chicago)
  • Al Salvia (Mundelein)
  • John Nickels (Libertyvilly)

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Principle -- particularly moral principle -- can never be a weathervane, spinning around this way and that with the shifting winds of expediency. Moral principle is a compass forever fixed and forever true.

Edward R. Lyman


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