* Then-Rep. Steve Andersson was one of the Republican leaders of the 2017 split with Bruce Rauner which resulted in the first state budget in two years and partial restoration of the 2011 tax hike. Another leader, former Rep. David Harris, is the director of the Illinois Department of Revenue…

Members receive $119,000 per year, plus expenses. [Updated thanks to a commenter. I thought they got a pay raise, along with tighter restrictions on who could be a commissioner, but I couldn’t find it.]

…Adding… Andersson opted out of the legislative pension plan, so this will have no impact on GARS because he’s not in it.

* Bio from the governor’s press release…

Andersson has been a licensed attorney for more almost three decades. He is a partner at the law firms of Mickey, Wilson, Weiler, Renzi and Andersson, P.C. and the Elder Law Center, P.C. He is admitted to practice law at all Illinois courts, the United States Supreme Court, the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, and United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Andersson was also the state representative for Illinois’ 65th legislative district from 2015 to 2019 where he served as Republican floor leader in 2018. During the 99th General Assembly, Andersson was a leader of the Republican coalition that joined with the Democratic caucus to end the longest state budget impasse in U.S. history. He has also been a strident defender of the rights of all people, including being the chief co-sponsor for the ERA, a two-time sponsor of the Equal Pay Act and chief co-sponsor of the LGBTQ curriculum bill. Prior to joining the Illinois House of Representatives, Andersson served his community as a trustee and treasurer on the Geneva Library District Board for approximately 5 years, including serving 2 years as treasurer. Andersson is a past president of the Kane County Bar Association. He is also a member of the Kane County Bar Foundation; Illinois Bar Association; American Bar Association; National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys; and served on the governing board of the Aurora Family Counseling Service and Big Brothers Big Sisters.

…Adding… CBA presidents don’t give up their day jobs…

An Illinois Deputy Governor and longtime Chicago attorney and education advocate will take the reins of leadership at the Chicago Bar Association as the CBA welcomes and installs its most diverse group of officers at the association’s 146th Annual Meeting June 18.

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker will offer remarks at the meeting to welcome Jesse Ruiz, who will be installed as the 146th President of the Chicago Bar Association. Outgoing President Steven M. Elrod will pass the gavel of leadership to Ruiz.

Ruiz will be joined by the new slate of CBA Officers including First Vice President Maryam Ahmad, Chief of the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Juvenile Justice Bureau; Second Vice President E. Lynn Grayson, of Nijman Franzetti LLP; Secretary Ray J. Koenig III, Managing Partner of Clark Hill, and Treasurer Timothy S. Tomasik of Tomasik Kotin Kasserman LLC.

The CBA’s 2019-2020 Officers represent the most diverse group to lead the association in its long history, including Ruiz, a Hispanic male, Ahmad, an African American female, and Koenig, a gay man.