Whiteside County Healthier Communities Partnership
Officers and Committees

Officers and Executive Committee
Judy Randall – Chairperson
Carol Fitzgerald – Vice Chair
Beth Fiorini – Secretary


Alcohol Tobacco and Other Drugs Committee

Kelly Wilhelmi, WhitesideCounty Sheriff Department, Chairmain

Margo Jakobs, RFHS Ron McCord, Rock Falls High School (RFHS)
Emily Witt, Northwestern Illinois Center for Independent Living (NICIL) Pam Balayti, Comcast Brian Schmidt, Sterling Police Department
Kris Noble, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois (LSSI) Sauk Valley Media Debbi Kelly, Newman Central Catholic High School
Ron Potthoff, Sterling Police Department Judy Randall, Educators of the Rock River Valley Janet Freed, Sterling High School
Joan Hermes, CGH Health Foundation Jed Johnson, Sauk Valley Community College  

Community Needs & Promotion Committee
(Formerly Legislative & Marketing Committee)

Andrew Jackson, Sinnissippi Centers, Inc.– Chair Beth Fiorini, Whiteside County
Health Department
Bud Thompson, Whiteside County Board member
Beth Steinert, Whiteside County Economic Development Corporation Janice McCoy, University of Illinois Extension Kathy Fischer, NICIL
Carol Fitzgerald, YWCA of the Sauk Valley Sandy Henrekin, Rock Falls Community Development Corporation Mary Carlson, WSDR
Robbin Blackert, Ill. State Representative Jerry Mitchell's office Heather Sotelo, Greater Sterling Development Corporation Mary Cox, Tri-County Opportunities Council, Inc.
Carolyn Spencer, Hospice of the Rock River Valley Russ Seifken, United Way
of Whiteside County
Mary Cox, Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
Bridgett Bartnicki,
Partners for Employment

Donna Bausman,
YWCA of the Sauk Valley

Janel Yordy, Red Cross

Youth Committee

Melissa Ryan, Sterling Rock Falls YMCA – Chair Kathy Howard, Challand Middle School Jenni Hunter, University of Illinois Extension
Maureen Frankfother, Sterling Police Department Irene Lewis Wimbley, YWCA of the Sauk Valley Sabrina Earl, Sauk Valley Community College AmeriCorps
Bob Sondgeroth, Whiteside Regional Office of Education Amy Adams, Sinnissippi Centers, Inc. Elizabeth Grissinger, Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois
Missy Waddell, NICIL Lynne Schweppe, WCHD