Endorsed
Pruyn for Mayor. Aiani, Madaras and Powers for Trustee.
About the candidates
Experience. Servant leadership. Community roots.
Our slate of candidates leverages their life experiences in service to our village. They are business owners. Business leaders. Leaders in various local government boards and local service organizations. Renowned for rolling up their sleeves and making good outcomes happen, our candidates are responsible stewards of public funds.
Meet The Candidates
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Jeff Pruyn
Village President
- Village President since 2009
- Director DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference (Past President)
- Member Metropolitan Mayors Caucus COVID 19 Task Force
- Life long resident of Itasca
- Owner — Anthes, Pruyn & Associates Accounting Firm, Itasca
Jody Conidi
Village Clerk
- Village Clerk since 2017
- Police Commissioner (2016 – 2017)
- Itasca Historical Commission — Secretary (1998 – 2018)
- Itasca Business Council — Coordinator
- 30-year resident of Itasca
- Benedictine University — BA, Management
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Jeffrey Aiani
Village Trustee
- Village Trustee since 1993
- Chairperson — Infrastructure Development Committee and Riverwalk, Parks & Landscape Design Committee
- Vice Chairperson — Nature Center Committee
- Life long resident of Itasca
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Frank Madaras
Village Trustee
- Village Trustee since 2009
- Chairperson — Finance and Operations Committee, Community Development Committee, Personnel & Benefits Committee, Administration Committee, Public Safety Committee
- Vice Chairperson — Intergovernmental Committee
- Owner — Bedford Mortgage Corporation, Itasca
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Patrick Powers
Village Trustee
- Previous Itasca School District 10 Board Member, Vice President and President (1999-2007)
- 38 year Itasca resident
- Itasca Athletic Association (IAA) baseball and softball coach, and Board Member
- Vice President of Finance, Treasurer and Corporate Controller, Fellowes, Inc., Itasca
- Audit Supervising Senior — KPMG, Chicago, IL.
- Roosevelt University, Chicago — MBA
