Experience

• Illinois State Treasurer's Office

  Legislative Liaison

  Sheleda worked at Illinois State Treasurer's Office as a Legislative Liaison

• University of Illinois at Springfield

  Adjunct Professor

  • Introduced students to public policy as an academic discipline and as a systematic method of thinking about the design, development and assessment of public sector policies
  • Selected and complied tests, assignments and online discussion exercises
  • Organized and presented instructional material in accordance with the course syllabi, outlines and class schedule
  • Maintained records of student participation, progress and grades
  • Administered evaluations of student performance based on course deliverables and course rubrics.
  

• Illinois Department of Transportation

  Deputy Legislative Director

  • Develops actions and/or positions to be taken by the Department on all proposed transportation-related state legislations
  • Manages legislative division staff on ongoing basis
  • Monitors and identifies state legislation to determine the effect upon departmental operations, and alerts IDOT organizations
  • Develops and maintains an effective liaison between the Governor and the legislature to promote and implement IDOT legislative policies and presents the short and long-range legislation requirements to implement that policy
  • Works with all members of the General Assembly to answer any constituent inquiries regarding IDOT and lobbies for revisions in state law best suited for the transportation needs/programs of the State
  

• Illinois Department of Transportation

  Chief Operating Officer

  Sheleda worked at Illinois Department of Transportation as a Chief Operating Officer

• Illinois State Treasurer

  Deputy Legislative Director

  • Testifies on behalf of the Treasurer’s Office in legislative committees and hearings
  • Lobbies the General Assembly, the partisan staffs and other governmental entities to advance the Treasurer’s legislative agenda and interests of the office.
  • Conducts in-depth analyses and research on legislative, fiscal and policy issues related to the Treasurer’s Office
  • Monitors the legislative process, including committee hearings and legislative sessions of both the House and the Senate, to identify substantive and fiscal issues that may impact operations and/or programs of the Treasurer.
  • Drafts legislation, analyses, position papers and fact sheets for use in advocating the Treasurer’s position on legislative issues
  • Advises the Director and Executive staff on legislative issues impacting the Treasurer including banking, unclaimed property, college savings, human resources, fiscal and other issues.