Oak Brook residents will have plenty of choices to make when they go to cast their votes for the April 4, 2023 local elections.
With three-term Village President Gopal Lalmalani not seeking reelection, three current Village Board members are running to become Oak Brook’s next top elected official.
Suresh Reddy, Asif Yusuf and Laurence Herman all have filed the necessary petitions and other paperwork to have their names on the ballot.
Reddy and Herman both will be halfway through four-year terms on the board, meaning they will remain as trustees if they are not elected as village president. Yusuf will be finishing up a four-year term and will be off the board if not elected as village president.
With three Village Board seats open in the election, incumbents Michael Manzo and Edward Tiesenga are seeking reelection. Others who will be on the ballot are Melissa Martin, Naveen Jain, John Anos and Henry (Hank) Haff.
Longtime Village Clerk Charlotte Pruss, who was first elected in 2007, is facing a challenge from Netasha Scarpiniti.
For Oak Brook residents residing within the boundaries of Butler Elementary District 53, there is a choice of six candidates for three open board seats.
John Baar, Kaleem A. Qureshi, Reynick “Rey” Martinez, Athanasia Soula Skokos, Nozaina Aftab and Karla Caldera all are hoping to win a position on the board.
Hinsdale High School District 86 also will be contested with Asma Akhras of Darien, Kay Gallo of Clarendon Hills, Catherine Greenspoon of Burr Ridge, Andrew Catton of Hinsdale and Deborah Clare Willoughby of Westmont each looking to be voted in to one of three available board positions.
Beyond the contrast of a contested elections is the Oak Brook Park District, which had nobody file for either of the two available board seats of six years each.
Chuck Fieldman is a freelance reporter for Pioneer Press.