{"id":903,"date":"2017-05-15T15:57:55","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T15:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/commissionerkaristeele.com\/water\/?page_id=903"},"modified":"2017-07-07T07:10:14","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T12:10:14","slug":"about-commissioner-steele","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/commissionerkaristeele.com\/water\/about-commissioner-steele\/","title":{"rendered":"About Commissioner Steele"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='fullscreen_slider_0' class='avia-fullscreen-slider main_color  container_wrap sidebar_right'   ><a href='#next-section' title='' class='scroll-down-link av-control-hidden' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue877' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello'><\/a><div  data-size='extra_large'  data-lightbox_size='large'  data-animation='fade'  data-ids='981'  data-video_counter='0'  data-autoplay='true'  data-bg_slider='true'  data-slide_height='100'  data-handle='av_fullscreen'  data-interval='2'  data-class=' '  data-css_id='fullscreen_slider_0'  data-scroll_down='aviaTBscroll_down'  data-control_layout='av-control-hidden'  data-custom_markup=''  data-perma_caption='aviaTBperma_caption'  data-autoplay_stopper='1'  data-image_attachment='fixed'  data-min_height='0px'  data-stretch=''  data-default-height='100'  class='avia-slideshow avia-slideshow-1 av-slider-scroll-down-active av-control-hidden av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-extra_large av_fullscreen   avia-fade-slider '  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner' style='padding-bottom: 52.333333333333%;'><li style='background-position:bottom center;' data-img-url='http:\/\/commissionerkaristeele.com\/water\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/karisteele-webbanner.jpg' class=' av-single-slide slide-1 ' ><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap'  ><\/div><\/li><\/ul><div class = \"caption_fullwidth av-slideshow-caption caption_center caption_center_framed caption_framed\"><div class = \"container caption_container\"><div class = \"slideshow_caption\"><div class = \"slideshow_inner_caption\"><div class = \"slideshow_align_caption\"><h2  style='font-size:50px; color:#ffffff; ' class='avia-caption-title'  itemprop=\"name\" >COMMISSIONER<\/h2><div class='avia-caption-content av_inherit_color'  itemprop=\"description\"   style='font-size:75px; color:#25aae2; '><p><span style=\"color: white;\">KARI K. STEELE<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><div class='av-social-sharing-box '><div class='av-share-box'><h5 class='av-share-link-description'>Share This Information Online<\/h5><ul class='av-share-box-list noLightbox'><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-facebook' ><a target='_blank' href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/commissionerkaristeele.com\/water\/about-commissioner-steele\/&amp;t=About%20Commissioner%20Steele' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue8f3' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on Facebook'><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-twitter' ><a target='_blank' href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=About%20Commissioner%20Steele&url=http:\/\/commissionerkaristeele.com\/water\/?p=903' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue8f1' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on Twitter'><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-linkedin' ><a target='_blank' href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;title=About%20Commissioner%20Steele&amp;url=http:\/\/commissionerkaristeele.com\/water\/about-commissioner-steele\/' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue8fc' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share on Linkedin'><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share on Linkedin<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class='av-share-link av-social-link-mail' ><a  href='mailto:?subject=About%20Commissioner%20Steele&amp;body=http:\/\/commissionerkaristeele.com\/water\/about-commissioner-steele\/' aria-hidden='true' data-av_icon='\ue805' data-av_iconfont='entypo-fontello' title='' data-avia-related-tooltip='Share by Mail'><span class='avia_hidden_link_text'>Share by Mail<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  av-animated-generic left-to-right  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  \" style='background-color:#3388ce; border-radius:0px; '><div style='padding-bottom:10px;' class='av-special-heading av-special-heading-h3   '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >About Commissioner Kari K. Steele<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border' ><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex_column av_one_full  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding first  \" style='border-radius:0px; '><section class=\"av_textblock_section\"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  av_inherit_color'  style='color:#000000; '  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-871 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/commissionerkaristeele.com\/water\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/13886369_890766604403381_1364216823869100801_n-495x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"285\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"http:\/\/commissionerkaristeele.com\/water\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/13886369_890766604403381_1364216823869100801_n-495x400.jpg 495w, http:\/\/commissionerkaristeele.com\/water\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/13886369_890766604403381_1364216823869100801_n-845x684.jpg 845w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 285px) 100vw, 285px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Kari K. Steele was elected November 6, 2012 to her<br \/>\nfirst term as a Commissioner at the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD).<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Steele is currently serving as the Chairman for the Budget and Employment Committee, the Information Technology Committee, and the Monitoring and Research Committee, and Chairman of the MWRD Employees Credit Union. She also is the Vice Chairman for the Stormwater Management, Finance and Real Estate Development Committees.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Steele is a chemist, an environmentalist and a community leader. She has more than 11 years of experience working as a chemist. She has worked at both the Jardine Water Purification Plant (as a water chemist) and the MWRD (as a water sampler and lab technician). This background makes Commissioner Steele uniquely qualified to discuss and analyze proposed operational changes and operational efficiencies.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Steele is a member of the Illinois Women\u2019s Institute of Leadership; member of the 8th Ward Women\u2019s Auxiliary Council; member of the Sierra Club; member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority;\u00a0member of the 27th Ward Regular Democratic Organization; member of Southside Democracy for\u00a0America (2016); and a member of West Side Black Elected Officials (2017). Commissioner Steele\u00a0was a 2014 Chicago Defender Woman of Excellence Honoree;\u00a02014 Edgar Fellow; 2016 Graduate of the Metropolitan Leadership Institute and a recipient of\u00a0the University of Illinois at Chicago\u2019s Freshwater Lab water award (2017). She is a past member of the Young Democrats of America;\u00a0past Chairman of the 6th Ward Young Democrats; past Chairman and Treasurer of the Young Democrats of Cook County; and the\u00a0Society of Cosmetic Chemists.<\/p>\n<p>Commissioner Steele has a Pre-med degree in Chemistry from Xavier University of Louisiana.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-903","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/commissionerkaristeele.com\/water\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/commissionerkaristeele.com\/water\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/commissionerkaristeele.com\/water\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commissionerkaristeele.com\/water\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/commissionerkaristeele.com\/water\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/commissionerkaristeele.com\/water\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1116,"href":"http:\/\/commissionerkaristeele.com\/water\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/903\/revisions\/1116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/commissionerkaristeele.com\/water\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}