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     If You are interested in learning more about the network, want to get involved, need a speaker to attend one of your meetings, or want to start a neighborhood organization, please contact an ECN member below.

Mailing address:

PO Box 6520
Elgin, IL 60120-6520

Our Members:

Carl Missele

Immediate Past President

President, North Country Knolls Property Owners Association, Volunteer at Hawthorne Hill Nature Park and Hillcrest Elementary School. Other: advisory board member of Elgin Parks & Recreation, vice president of music and performance of the Fox Valley Men of Harmony, Spokesman for the Elgin Police Citizen's Advisory Committee.
(847) 741-0825

David Kaptain

Executive Director

30 + years with the Fox River Water Reclamation District, two-terms with the Elgin Planning and Development Commission Co-founder and president of the Eagle Heights Residents Association Chairman of the Steering committee during the organization of ECN and currently executive director.
(847) 741-7375

Tom Armstrong

President

Tom recently retired as a Senior Planner in the Elgin Community Development Department. During his tenure with the City, he participated in the review and processing of 26 years worth of development projects and planning efforts. He was the principal author of the Elgin Comprehensive Plan and Design Guidelines adopted in 2005. He participated as an advisory Committee Member on the recently completed Elgin Bikeway Master Plan, 2008. Tom has recently been appointed by the Mayor and Elgin City Council to serve on the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board and on the Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee. He is also chairing the Urban Design Work Group as part of a larger community effort to craft a Sustainable Elgin Master Plan. Tom remains active in the community. He is a member of the Hispanic Heritage Coalition and the Downtown Neighborhood Association. Tom was named Kane County Planner of the Year in 2006.

Bill Werst

Vice President

President, College Park-McIntosh Homeowners Association Member, NAIFA Fox Valley Member, Cornerstone United Methodist Church Other: Past member, Elgin Kiwanis Club; Hiawatha District Boy Scouts os America; former Elgin City Council candidate.
(847) 931-4516

Sigi Psimenos

Secretary

Secretary, ECN; President, League of Women Voters Elgin Area; Co-Chair, Elgin Climate Change Organization; President, Tyler Towers Condominiums; various additional philanthropic/charitable boards & associations.
312-953-8216

Kyla Jacobsen

ECN Treasurer

Water System Superintendent / City of Elgin's Water Department
Chair of St. John's Lutheran Church Leadership Council
Treasurer of Friends of the Fox River
Outreach Committee Chair for the American Water Works Assoc.

Mark Billings

Elgin Community Builder Editor

Founding member (2006), Summit Park Neighbors & Settlement Member steering committee during the organization of the ECN; creator of the Elgin Community Builder; co- facilitator of ECN podcasts with host Gary Joy Treasuser, Elgin Breakfast Rotary Other: Past president, Gifford Park Association; facilitator of GPA’s 2004 residential rehabilitation project, 13-year involvement in the Historic Elgin House Tour, Mayors Award recipient; 10-year community columnist for the Daily Herald.
(847) 741-8399

Michael Curtin

 

SWAN (South West Area Neighbors) Environmental Committee Co-chair and grant writer.

Betsy Couture

Past president, North East Neighborhood Association Member, Elgin Heritage Commission Member, Downtown Neighborhood Association Design Committee member, Elgin 150 Anniversary Commission.

(847) 741-3561

Jeanine Seitz-Partridge

(847) 742-3822