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6 | January 24, 2019 | The lake forest leader NEWS
LakeForestLeader.com
Incumbents, newcomers, independent candidates make the ballots for April 2019 election
Alyssa Groh, Editor
Staying on top of who is
running in local elections
can be challenging, especially
when there are a lot
of seats up for election.
While some boards will
see uncontested races welcoming
back incumbents,
others will see highly contested
races such as the
Lake Forest Ward 3 Alderman
election.
Lake Forest City Mayor
(uncontested)
Current Lake Forest
Mayor Robert T.E. Lansing
announced he will not seek
re-election.
The Lake Forest Caucus
slated George Pandaleon,
who is running unopposed.
Pandaleon earned a
master of business administration
degree from
Northwestern University’s
Kellog School of Management
and a bachelor of arts
degree from Kenyon College.
Pandaleon has more than
25 years of experience
North shore
serving the City of Lake
Forest. He served as Alderman
and Chairman of the
Lake Forest City Council
Finance Committee.
Lake Forest Alderman Ward
1 (uncontested)
James Morris, a candidate
slated by the Lake Forest
Caucus, is looking to return
to Ward 1 for another
term as Alderman. He attended
Northwestern University
where he received a
bachelor of arts degree and
attended Northwestern’s
Kellogg School of Management
to earn an MBA in
finance and accounting.
Morris previously served
on Lake Forest Plan Commission
and Gorton Community
Center’s Executive
Committee and was head
of its Finance Committee.
He is currently chairman
of the City Council Finance
Committee and serves
on the Property and Public
Lands Committee, the
Audit Committee and the
City-Lake Forest College
Founders Council.
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Lake Forest Alderman Ward
2 (uncontested)
Melanie K. Rummel is
also seeking reelection.
She graduated from
Northwestern University
with a bachelors degree and
Loyola University College
of Law with her JD distinction.
Previously, she has
served as Chairman of
the Board of Lake Forest
Open Lands Association,
President of the Lake Forest
School District Board
of 67, Lake Forest Cable
Commission, Lake Forest
Strategic Planning Committee,
Lake Forest Sustainability
Committee,
President of the Women’s
Board of Catholic Charities
for Lake Forest, Vice President
of the LF-LB League
of Woman Voters, and as
an active member of the
Gorton Community Center
Board, Ragdale Women’s
Board and Lake Forest
YWCA. Today, Rummel
serves on the City’s Public
Works Committee and Legal
Services Committee.
Lake Forest Alderman Ward
3 (contested)
The Lake Forest Alderman
Ward 3 election will
see a contested race by an
independent candidate.
The Lake Forest Caucus
has slated Ara Goshgarian
as a candidate for the Ward
3 position. Goshgarian attended
Carroll College,
The University of Illinois
and completed his orthodontic
specialty program.
He is a Past-President of
both The Illinois Society
of Orthodontists and The
Midwestern Society of Orthodontists,
served on the
Lake Forest Caucus. He is
currently serving on The
Council on Governmental
Affairs and has served on
several other commissions
and boards, is the Vice
President of The Friends of
Lake Forest Parks and Recreation
Board. He has also
worked with current Aldermen
on the Deerpath Golf
Course renovation project.
JoAnn Desmond has
decided to run as an independent
candidate after the
Lake Forest Caucus did not
slate her.
Desmond has a doctorate
in educational leadership
and policy studies from
Northern Illinois University,
a bachelor’s and master’s
degree/certification
in school administration,
mathematics, special education
and remedial reading,
certification in dispute
resolution and negotiations
from DePaul University
Center for Dispute Resolution
and National Association
of School Executives
Certification in strategic
planning from the Motorola
University Leadership
Program.
She has served as school
superintendent (CEO) in
Frankfort 157C, North
Shore District 112 and
Bannockburn District 106
and as an as interim director
of business services for
Wilmette District 39.
She is involved with
Lake Forest Open Lands,
Lake Bluff-Lake Forest
League of Woman Voters,
president of Academy
Woods Homeowners Association,
St. Patrick Parish
and president and Lake
Forest organizer of AC-
TION.
Lake Forest Alderman Ward
4 (uncontested)
Ray Buschman is seeking
another term and Ward
4 Alderman and was slated
by the Lake Forest Caucus.
He graduated from Loyola
University in Chicago with
a bachelor’s degree in political
science and earned a
JD degree from University
of Illinois Law School.
Buschman was appointed
to the Building Review
Board, appointed to the
Lake Forest Legal Committee,
appointed by the
U.S. Department of Treasury
on its Taxpayer Advocacy
Panel, a federal advisory
committee to the IRS.
Lake Forest District
67 Board of Education
(uncontested)
The Lake Forest caucus
slated the following candidates
to fill the three open
seats:
Richard Chun received
a bachelor’s degree from
Southern Methodist University
and a law and business
graduate degree from
The George Washington
University.
He is serving five years
with the Lake Forest Caucus,
the Treasurer for two
years, and Chairperson of
the Caucus School Board
Search Committee. Chun
also served four years as
a District 67 Community
Member of the Finance and
Operations Committee.
Justin Engelland holds
a bachelor’s degree in mechanical
engineering from
Lafayette Collete and an
MBA from Dartmouth’s
Tuck School of business.
He has been an active
volunteer in the local public
schools, the APT and
the Spirit of 67. Engelland
has also served on the
Lake Forest Caucus for
four years, served on two
School Board search committees
for both D67 and
D115, served as a community
member on the finance
and operations sub-committee
of the D67 Board of
Education for the past 18
months.
Suzanne Sands is looking
to be re-elected to the
School Board. She holds a
bachelor’s degree in child
study from Tufts University
and a MEd from Emory
University in middle childhood
education.
Sands currently serves as
the Communications Coordinator
for the Sheridan
APT, is the Vice Chair of
Marketing Communications
on the Lake Forest
High School Foundation
Board and serves on the
Lake Forest Soccer Association
Board helping with
communications, co-chairs
the Leadership Development
Committee at Temple
Jeremiah in Northfield
and volunteers at Whittier
Elementary School in
Waukegan through Temple
Jeremiah’s Social Justice
Committee.
Her current School
Board responsibilities include
serving as the BOE
Liaison to the Spirit of 67
Foundation, serving on the
Education Committee and
serving as the President of
the Leadership Council for
NSSED.
Lake Forest High School
District 115 Board of
Education (uncontested)
The Lake Forest Caucus
slated the following candidates:
Dewey Winebrenner
holds a bachelor’s degree
from Dartmouth College
and law and business degrees
from the University
of Chicago.
Dewey has served in a
variety of roles at The First
Presbyterian Church of
Lake Forest including serving
as a member of the Personnel
Committee and as
a co-moderator of a committee
focused on youth
and was very active on the
sidelines for youth sporting
events.
John Noble graduated
from Ball State University
with a bachelor’s degree in
marketing from the school
of business.
Please see election, 9