CANDIDATE QUESTIONNAIRE

PEKIN CITY COUNCIL

2. What education, skills and experiences do you bring to the Pekin City Council?

Rick Hilst: Did not respond to the questionnaire.

Karen Hohimer: I have been a member of Habitat for Humanity House Selection Board, a past board member of the Fuller Center for Veterans, a member of the Board of Education at Pekin Community High School for almost 14 years, past treasurer for the Marigold Home Owner's Association, as well as teaching for more than 20 years and being my grade level Universal Leadership Team representative for the past 4 years. I was an Area Vice President for the Peoria Federation of Teachers, representing union members and negotiating contracts. I believe with my past/current leadership experiences, dealing with people I know as well as people I don't, will help me promote Pekin and it's citizens in a professional and fair manner.

John Abel: I try to see both sides of an issue. I try to talk to people on both sides of an issue.

David Nutter: 35 years in business management, team building, meeting leadership, budgeting, problem solving, departmental management, cost reduction, customer service, employee screening and hiring.

Matthew T. Tucker (Tyler): See #1: I am a native born and raised Pekinite. I attended C.B. Smith, Edison Junior High and of course Pekin High. After graduating in 1985, I entered the ranks of The United States Marine Corps for a 4-year enlistment. Upon my discharge from the Marines, I enlisted to Illinois Central College and earned my Associates Degree in Liberal Arts and Science.

After earning my degree, I moved to Champaign, Illinois for 2 years. While there, I was employed with an advertising company and then for a retail company known as Rent-To-Own. At the end of the two years I moved to Chicago for fifteen years. For three of the fifteen years, I was employed as a Plant Manager. Here I oversaw the production of advertising buttons, magnets and key tags as well as 75 employees.

At the end of the three years I began my current career path. I was initially employed as a loan processor for a capital equipment financing and leasing company (H.P.S.C Financing). After cutting my teeth for three years at H.P.S.C. Financing, I worked as a leasing agent for three other companies prior to starting my own company, Semper Fi-nancial.

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