Illinois Member Pro-File

Sally Wright

EDUCATION (Schools attended & Degrees earned):

• 1981-1985 Slippery Rock University, Pennsylvania BS Parks and Recreation
• 1987-1989 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale MS Recreation Administration

PROFESSIONAL (Present & Past Positions) :

• Jan 2007 - July 2007, Interim Director, Recreational Sports and Services - SIUC
• June 2004 - Present, Assistant Director, Recreational Sports and Services - SIUC
• Jan 2001 - May 2004, Superintendent of Recreation, Carbondale Park District, Carbondale IL
• June 1994 - Dec 2000, Case Manager, Center for Comprehensive Services, Carbondale IL
• 1992 - 1994, Coordinator of Rehabilitation Services, Rehabilitation and Vocational Education, Anna IL
• 1989 - 1992, Coordinator of Recreation, Rehabilitation and Vocational Education, Anna IL

PERSONAL (Family, b-days, etc):

• Husband, Mike Wright - married 21 years
• Son, Jeff is 16 and a junior at Cobden High School

Did you know ...

• I've hiked to the summit of Pike's Peak 2x in the past 3 years

Stellar though of the day:

“We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as results.”  Herman Melville