Pam McDonough (CEO & President) Pam McDonough serves as CEO/President of NORBIC and the Alliance for Illinois Manufacturing and is responsible for the organization's overall strategy, partnerships and funding relationships. Pam simultaneously acts as CEO of DeAngelo McDonough Construction Management Company and was the former Chair of both the Local Labor Relations Board and the Illinois Research Park Authority. Previously, as the first woman director of the Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (DCCA) she managed the state's economic development agency with a nearly $2 billion budget and a staff of over 500 and helped create and retain more than 110,000 jobs for Illinois. Under her leadership, Illinois was ranked first in the nation for economic development in 2001 and 2002 by Site Selection magazine. Pam has also served as part of the Governor's negotiating team which successfully avoided a strike of the Chicago Hotel Workers in September of 2002 and was the lead negotiator for the State in the relocation efforts of The Boeing Company's global headquarters to Chicago. Other successes include, retaining Solo Cup and the Ford Motor Company expansions on Chicago's Southeast side; a downtown expansion for ABN-AMRO; and the $1Billion redevelopment of the Joliet Arsenal into North America's largest inter-modal hub. Most of Pam's adult life has been spent working for or with state government She was simultaneously president of McDonough Consulting, a government consulting firm, and executive director of the Illinois Federation of Women Contractors. She has held senior legislative/policy positions for four Illinois state departments: the Department of Administrative Services (now Central Management Services), the Department of Public Aid, the Capital Development Board, and the Department of Transportation. She was deputy director of legislative affairs under Governor James R. Thompson and served as chief of staff for the House Republican Leader. In the private sector, she was head of state government relations for the Illinois Bankers Association. Pam has served on a number of major task forces and boards and has received numerous recognition and leadership awards, including the 2002 Motorola Excellence in Public Service Award and the 2002 Leadership Award from the Illinois Development Council. Pam earned a Master of Public Administration degree with honors from Sangamon State University (now the University of Illinois-Springfield), and a Bachelor of Arts degree with honors from Northeastern Illinois University. A native of Chicago, Pam has two daughters, Brehan and Meghan.