Herbert Brooks, Jr., District 6 (D-Joliet)

Contact Me

Phone: 815-592-9982

E-mail: [email protected]

Committee Assignments

Capital Improvements & IT

Legislative

Land Use & Development

Landfill

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About Board Member Brooks:
 
Education

· LaSalle University (Chicago) - Bachelor Degree in            Business
· John Marshall Law School - Social Law
 
Personal

· Married to his wife Gwen, together they have 5 adult      children
 
Professional

· Pastor of St. John Missionary Baptist Church in Joliet, IL
· Board Member of Will County Workforce Investment Bd.
· Former Speaker of the Will County Board
  (2012 to 2014)
· Will County Forest Preserve Commissioner
· Re-elected to the Will County Board in 2024
 
Community Activity

· Board of Directors, Senior Services Center
· Board of Directors, Stepping Stones
· Board Member, NAACP - Joliet Branch
· Past Member of the Children’s Advocacy Center Board
· Lebanon Baptist District Member
· Member of the Silver Cross Hospital Community              Commission
· Former President of Rainbow PUSH - Joliet
· Former President, Joliet Grade School District #86
· Former Board Member of the Workforce Investment        Board
 
Member Brooks Vision for the County
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“My goal for Will County is to see us expand our commitments we already have with our non-for-profits. 
​I would love to continue to work with the disadvantaged communities and help with the thirty-seven towns within Will County to build up people. We are a very diverse county as well as a prosperous county and have       resources that can improve on what we already have.
​We have many great communities, great people, and together we can achieve great results.”
 

Term in Office
2024 - 2028