Chairman Holbrook was appointed Chairman of the Board by Governor Pat Quinn in 2011. Prior to joining the Board, Holbrook served as State Representative from the 113th Representative District where he was first elected in 1994. In the Illinois House, Holbrook served on various committees. He was a member of the Environment & Energy Committee for nearly two decades and Chairman for the last decade. Chairman Holbrook helped craft significant environmental legislation including a re-write of the procedural process for addressing leaking underground storage tanks program; revising air, water, and land permitting rules and procedures, and creating programs such as Illinois’ first e-waste program. He also served on the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules, which gave him a working knowledge of the State’s rulemaking process. Holbrook worked in the private sector for 33 years, installing, maintaining, and calibrating state of the art instrumentation for monitoring emissions and quality control. Holbrook received a Bachelor's Degree in Social Science and Government at Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville.

Board Member Johnson was appointed to the Board for a term beginning in July 2001. He served as Chairman from January 2003 until December 2003, and was then reappointed to a three-year term as Board Member. Johnson has spent more than a decade in private legal practice after graduating from Northern Illinois University School of Law in 1989 and holds a BS in Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. Johnson has also served the public in many capacities including: Champaign County Board Member, Special Assistant Attorney General, and Special Prosecutor for the Secretary of State. He is a lifelong resident of Champaign County and lives in Urbana with his wife and two children.

Board Member Zalewski was appointed to the Board by Governor Pat Quinn in 2009. Ms. Zalewski is a licensed attorney in Illinois. Prior to joining the Board, Ms. Zalewski served as Assistant Chief Counsel at the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) where she was the lead environmental compliance attorney. While at IDOT, Ms. Zalewski dealt with various environmental issues involving NPDES permits, leaking underground storage tanks, reviewing NEPA documents for IDOT projects and other air, land and water issues faced by IDOT. Ms. Zalewski has also worked for the State Appellate Defender’s Office and in private practice. She has a Juris Doctor from Chicago-Kent College of Law and a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana. While at the University of Illinois, she studied abroad in Durban, South Africa. Ms. Zalewski was selected as a member of the Illinois Women’s Institute for Leadership in 2008. She is on the Board of Directors for the Chicago Youth Centers (Metropolitan), and the LaGrange YMCA.

Board Member Burke was appointed to the Board by Governor Pat Quinn in 2011. Ms. Burke is a licensed attorney in Illinois since 1995. Prior to joining the Board, Ms. Burke served as Senior Counsel to the City of Chicago in the Department of Law. While at the City of Chicago, Ms. Burke focused on environmental matters including Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ( RCRA) litigation, brownfield redevelopment, and compliance with air, waste, asbestos, and lead regulations. Ms. Burke previously was a partner in the law firm of Jenner & Block in Chicago representing clients in various environmental matters including environmental enforcement, toxic tort litigation, insurance coverage litigation, cost recovery litigation, and environmental due diligence in corporate transactions. Her law degree is from Chicago-Kent College of Law and her undergraduate degree is a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Ms. Burke lives in Chicago.

Board Member Glosser was appointed to the Board by Governor Pat Quinn in 2011. Dr. Glosser is an environmental planner with a doctoral degree from the Department of Urban & Regional Planning at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana (UIUC). She worked for the Illinois Department of Natural Resources for 13 years and has been president of Environmental Planning Solutions, Inc., a small, woman-owned business for eight years. Dr. Glosser has been involved with urban and environmental planning issues for over twenty years. She has been closely involved with the American Planning Association for over ten years and has co-authored three policy guides for APA on wetlands, endangered species, and community and regional food planning. In addition, Dr. Glosser has served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor at UIUC’s Department of Urban & Regional Planning and an Adjunct Professor in the Environmental Studies program at the University of Illinois-Springfield.