By Ramona Howerton, President, SLA Illinois

Ken Des Jardins, who has served on the SLA Illinois Board as a Director for the past year, is moving on to the greener pastures of Vermont with his partner who has accepted a management position at Fletcher Allen Health Care, an academic medical center in Burlington. Ken is sad to be leaving Chicago and will miss his friends in the Illinois Chapter. We wish Ken the best, and appreciate his contributions to the chapter. 

Jane Candela will be filling the vacant Director’s position. Jane, the Director of Packer Engineering’s Knowledge Services Center, has been an Illinois Chapter member since April 2002. We would like to welcome Jane to the Board, and look forward to working with her.