The Illinois Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission serves to promote a deeper knowledge, understanding and engagement in the life and times of Abraham Lincoln, through conferences, publications, preservation of Lincoln sites, and local, state-wide and national observances commemorating Abraham Lincoln’s birthday on February 12, 2009.
Marilyn Kushak, Chair
David A. Bahlman
Terry Barnhart
Jerry D. Blakemore
Edward V. Carroll
Sundiata Keita Cha-Jua
Julie Cellini
Robert J. Coomer
Paula Cross
Rodney O. Davis
Julie Dirksen
J. Douglas Donenfeld
Phil Funkenbusch
Edward M. Genson
Richard Hart
John Hoffmann
Terri Jackson
Richard J. Jasculca
Jan V. Kostner
Welz Kauffman
Ron J. Keller
Russell Lewis
Shirley Madigan
Susan Mogerman
Allison Payne
Graham A. Peck
Shirley Portwood
Gerald J. Roper
James A. Sanders
Thomas F. Schwartz
Elizabeth Smith
Axel D. Steuer
Nicky Stratton
Roger Taylor
Cherryl Thomas
Kristina Valaitis
Andy Van Meter
Douglas Wilson
Ex-Officio Members
Photo taken February 9, 1864, Mathew Brady's Studio, Washington, D.C., courtesy of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library