Debbie Halvorson

First woman to serve as Majority Leader in the Illinois State Senate and Served in US congress. Currently President and CEO of Solutions Unlimited a Government Relations firm and President of a logistics company. Author of Playing Ball With the Big Boys http://playingballwiththebigboys.com a book that can be described as part Memoir/part Manual. In 1996 both Barack Obama and I were elected to the Illinois Senate and in 2008 I successfully won a seat in congress. While in Congress I served on the Veterans Committee, Small Business Committee and the Agriculture Committee. As part of the New Democrat Coalition, I served as the Energy Task Force Co-Chair.