Whitney Robbins is a first time candidate for city council. She has served the past two years on Naperville’s Liquor Commission, which is responsible for deciding issues such as which establishments to grant liquor licenses to. She believes her experiences growing up in Naperville and raising her “three young children,” here provide her with an understanding of the community and investment...

Patrick Kelly is a first time candidate for Naperville city council. He says he’s attended city council meetings and been involved in the community since he moved to Naperville and was selected by his neighborhood to represent them on the steering committee for the Fifth Avenue development. Kelly is a lawyer by trade and explains that he has worked with environmental law and civil litigation -- whic...

Bruce Hanson is one of Naperville’s city council candidates. Although it would be his first elected positions, he explains that he has a combined 16 years of experience in varying local government positions. He was chosen for his previous position by mayoral appointment and approved by the Naperville city council members at the time. Hanson says he has served on Naperville’s Financial Adviso...

Bradford Miller is a first time candidate for Naperville’s city council. Although he doesn’t have previous experience in local government, he has been a staff member for two state representatives. He also believes that his experience in law and running his own small law firm for the past ten years will help him on city council, explaining that he, “has to balance budgets every day in [his] busin...

Joe McElroy is one of the eleven candidates running for Naperville city council. He got his start in local government as a city planner. He has been a member of Naperville’s Planning and Zoning Commission and previously served one term on the city council. Although McElroy is now semi-retired, he made his career in city planning and communications, which he believes provides him with important expe...

Nancy Turner is running for her first elected position, Naperville’s city council. She is involved in community volunteer work at organizations like Loaves and Fishes and as a child advocate in Dupage. Turner has been partially retired for the past few years but spent 34 years as a public school teacher. She says that her time teaching meant that she had to learn to work with a wide variety ...

Theresa Sullivan is running for Naperville’s city council for the first time. She has spent two and a half years as precinct committeeperson, a different elected position. Outside of her work in local governments, Sullivan runs her own small business as a career consultant. She says that her work helping professionals decide how to best structure their future careers gives her the experience to...

Michele Clemen is a first-time candidate for city council. She has not previously run for an elected position, but she has experience in local government working for Naperville’s Housing Advisory Commission the past six years. She also works as a salesperson and believes that her experiences with leadership in her company make her qualified to be a member of the city council. Many of her her jobs...

Paul Hinterlong is running for re-election to Naperville’s city council. He says that, because of term limits, if he is re-elected, it will be for his last term. Aside from his tenure on the city council itself, Hinterlong was also a part of the Planning and Zoning Commission and worked with various committees. He is “a plumber by trade,” and has been a part of the construction and renov...

Patty Gustin is one of eleven candidates running for Naperville’s four open city council seats this year. Gustin is a real estate broker and has served one term on the city council after the last election. Gustin explains that she originally worked as a paralegal -- essentially someone who researches cases and compiles information for law firms. However, when she took a break from working to help rai...