Two Lake County residents are on the move, with one earning an outstanding achievement award and another earning a new position with the Illinois National Guard.
More Top Picks Best Cyclone Separators For Garage Workshops
Lake County
Award: Kaleo, a privately-held pharmaceutical company, announced that Chelsea Laliberte, co-founder and executive director of Live4Lali, has been awarded the first kaleo Cares Award for outstanding achievements serving patients in need. The award was presented Oct. 4 onstage at the UNITE to Face Addiction rally, on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Live4Lali’s Overdose Prevention Program has trained more than 8,000 first responders, treatment providers, medical professionals, businesses, legislators and community members to identify and take action in an opioid emergency situation, such as an overdose. It is estimated that the program has helped reverse more than 300 opioid overdoses as of June, 2015. In addition to leading her non-profit organization, Laliberte is a co-founder of the Lake County Opioid Initiative and the lead advocate for House Bill 1, known as the “Heroin Crisis Act” that passed the Illinois Legislature in September, 2015. She also facilitated and organized more than 40 International Overdose Awareness Day events across North America in 2015.
Lake Villa
New position: Master Sgt. Christopher Winling of Lake Villa, with Joint Force Headquarters in Springfield, took the oath of office as the Illinois National Guard Assistant Inspector General for the Office of Inspector General Oct. 8 during a ceremony at Camp Lincoln in Springfield. As the Assistant Inspector General, Winling will work for The Adjutant General of the Illinois National Guard providing an objective assessment of efficiency, discipline, readiness and resources in the Illinois National Guard. Winling enlisted in the Illinois Army National Guard in 1988. Winling has deployed to Germany in 2002; Iraq in 2005, where he received a Bronze Star and Purple Heart; and to Afghanistan in 2011.
Twitter @newssun