421 N. COUNTY FARM ROAD  
WHEATON, IL 60187  
DU PAGE COUNTY  
Economic Development Committee  
Final Summary  
www.dupagecounty.gov  
Tuesday, January 21, 2025  
8:30 AM  
Room 3500A  
1.  
CALL TO ORDER  
8:30 AM meeting was called to order by Chair Yeena Yoo at 8:30 AM.  
2.  
ROLL CALL  
Member Childress arrived at 8:35am when JPS concluded. He was present for all voting.  
Members Krajewski and Honig were also present for the Committee meeting.  
Childress, Eckhoff, Haider, Rutledge, and Yoo  
Galassi  
PRESENT  
ABSENT  
3.  
CHAIRWOMAN'S REMARKS - CHAIR YOO  
Chair Yoo , as the newly appointed Chair of Economic Development, welcomed Members and  
expressed excitement for the upcoming year of economic growth and advancement of workforce  
development. The Committee was updated on a workshop at the workNet Career Center and a  
clothing drive, in collaboration with Duly Health Care and the Workforce Development  
Division, to provide clients access to clothing needed for job interviews or new job placement.  
4.  
5.  
PUBLIC COMMENT  
No public comments were offered.  
APPROVAL OF MINUTES  
5. A.  
25-0130  
Economic Development Committee -Minutes - November 19, 2024  
Economic Development Committee - Minutes - November 19, 2024  
Attachments:  
APPROVED  
Sheila Rutledge  
Saba Haider  
RESULT:  
MOVER:  
SECONDER:  
6.  
INCUMBENT WORKER TRAINING  
6. A.  
25-0131  
Lake Cable, LLC  
Lake Cable IWT Board Memo  
Attachments:  
ACCEPTED AND PLACED ON FILE  
RESULT:  
7.  
PRESENTATION  
7. A. Greg Bedalov - Choose DuPage Update  
Greg Bedalov, President & CEO for Choose DuPage, presented the 2024 Scorecard to the  
Committee Members. Topics covered were 2024 project highlights, Staff Scorecard for business  
attraction and retention, and outcomes for the MAP and GCEP programs. Mr. Bedalov also  
updated Committee members on current projects, Sustainable DuPage, and marketing  
campaigns.. Questions were taken from Committee Members.  
8.  
9.  
OLD BUSINESS  
No old business was discussed.  
NEW BUSINESS  
Lisa Schvach, Executive Director of Workforce Development, briefed the Committee on a series  
of quarterly Industry Sector Partner roundtables to be held in the upcoming year. Questions were  
taken from Committee members.  
10.  
ADJOURNMENT  
With no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 9:03 AM by Chair Yoo.