Sunday, September 7th
11am CT – Joseph & Bessie Feinberg Foundation Stage

Alexi Giannoulias was sworn in as Illinois’ 38th Secretary of State in 2023. Overseeing the largest Secretary of State’s office in the nation with more than 4,000 employees and 25 departments, Giannoulias’ top priorities have been to enhance road safety, modernize office operations and improve customer services for Illinois residents.

Giannoulias launched an ongoing effort to transform and modernize the office’s outdated technology, making it more secure and efficient and enabling Illinoisans to obtain more services online, replacing the need to visit a DMV. Customer experience has been improved by eliminating the “Time Tax,” or the amount of time that Illinoisans spend waiting in lines or filling out forms to obtain simple but essential government services.

In 2006, Giannoulias was elected Illinois State Treasurer, becoming the youngest State Treasurer in the nation at age 30. After leaving the Treasurer’s office in 2011, Giannoulias was appointed as chairman of the Illinois Community College System, overseeing the state’s 48 community colleges. He also served as senior director at BNY Mellon Wealth Management, a member of the Chicago Public Library Board of Directors and an adjunct professor at Northwestern University.

He lives in Chicago with his wife and four daughters.