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Main Office:

118 N. Clark Street, Room 567
Chicago, IL 60602
Phone: (312) 603-4216
Fax: (312) 603-3693

District Office:

Country Square Plaza
(Route 83 & 127th Street)
5405 W. 127th Street
Crestwood, IL 60445
Phone: (708) 389-2125
Fax: (708) 389-2240

Phone: (312) 603-4216
Email: joan.murphy@cookcountyil.gov











Joan Patricia Murphy

Committee Chair

  • Capital Improvements 
  • Finance - Labor

Committee Vice-Chair

  • Finance - Real Estate & Business & Economic Development
  • Zoning & Building

Committee Membership

  • Contract Compliance
  • Environmental Control
  • Finance - Pension
  • Finance - Tax Delinquency

Committee of the Whole Membership (comprised of all commissioners)

  • Criminal Justice
  • Finance
  • Health & Hospitals
  • Homeland Security & Emergency Management
  • Legislation & Intergovernmental Relations
  • Roads & Bridges
  • Zoning & Buildings

Committee Proceedings

For information on the activities of the Committees of the Board of Commissioners, visit the Secretary of the Board website.

Forest Preserve District Board 

All Cook County Board Members also sit as Board Members for the Forest Preserve District. Please visit the Forest Preserve website for more information on their board activities.


Education

  • State Teachers College, Boston

Prior Work History

  • 1995-2002 Chief Investigator - Cook County Board of Ethics
  • 1989-1997 Elected Supervisor - Worth Township
  • 1982-present Real Estate Broker
  • 1977-1985 Elected Clerk - Worth Township
  • 1965-1969 Elected Clerk - Village of Crestwood

Additional Commissions and Memberships

  • March of Dimes, Greater Metropolitan Chicago Area - Volunteer:
    -  Board of Directors
    -  Chairman - Finance & Arrangements Committee
    -  Chairman - Community Campaigns
    -  Events Coordinator & Income Development Committee
  • Maryville Academy - Chuckwagon Fundraising Committee
  • League of Women Voters
  • South & South Suburban Mayors and Managers - Member
  • Chicago Southland Chamber of Commerce - Member
  • Council on Governmental Ethics Law (COGEL) - Member