Gregory W Baise was born on April 13,1952 and is an American politician.
29 Facts About Greg Baise
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Greg Baise previously served as the longtime president and CEO of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association.
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Greg Baise has been involved in a number of political action committees.
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Greg Baise graduated from Triopia High School in 1970, and went on to attend Illinois College in Jacksonville.
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Greg Baise spent his final two summers of college as an intern at the United States House of Representatives at the time of the Watergate hearings.
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In November 1984, Greg Baise was appointed by Thompson as Illinois Secretary of Transportation, making him the director of the Illinois Department of Transportation.
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In November 1989, Greg Baise told local officials that IDOT had decided that it would only complete a portion of the planned route of Illinois Route 390.
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In 1989, Greg Baise was appointed as chairman of the Governor's Earthquake Preparedness Task Force.
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Greg Baise was involved in the Chicago Airport Capacity Study in partnership with the state's of Wisconsin and Indiana.
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November 16,1989, Greg Baise resigned as Secretary of Transportation in order to focus on his campaign running for Illinois treasurer in 1990.
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Greg Baise won the Republican nomination, but lost general election to Democrat Pat Quinn.
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Greg Baise's campaign adopted a tactic of painting Quinn as a longtime anti-establishment demagogue.
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Greg Baise's campaign criticized Quinn for his failed 1986 treasurer campaign and for having considered runs for various other offices before opting to run again for treasurer.
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Greg Baise's campaign painted Quinn as having had few accomplishments.
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Greg Baise criticized Quinn's plan to close what Quinn had called a "tax loophole".
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Greg Baise additionally promised to expand the Illinois Public Treasurers' Investment Pool through collaboration with municipal governments and local treasurers.
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Greg Baise pledged that he would request the Illinois General Assembly establish an advisory board to give him recommendations on where he should invest state money.
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Greg Baise ultimately lost to Quinn by an 11.4 point margin.
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On March 1,1991, Baise succeeded Arthur R Gottschalk as president of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association.
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Greg Baise was credited with overseeing a revitalization of the IMA's education foundation.
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In 2004, Greg Baise founded Xpress Professional Services, a for-profit subsidiary of IMA.
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In 2018, Greg Baise announced that he would retire as president and CEO of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association effective January 1,2019.
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Greg Baise announced that he would continue to head the organizations' subsidiary for-profit political strategy and marketing firm Xpress Professional Services.
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Greg Baise has been involved with a number of political action committees.
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The Illinois Manufacturers' Association, which Greg Baise was the longtime head of, has its own political action committee called Manufacturers PAC, known as MPAC.
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In 2004, Greg Baise, became the lead co-founder of the Illinois Coalition for Jobs, a 501 organization.
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Greg Baise has served as treasurer of New Prosperity Foundation political action committee since it was founded during the 2010 election cycle.
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In 2019, Greg Baise founded the Vote No on Blank Check Amendment Committee to oppose the Illinois Fair Tax.
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At various points of his life Greg Baise has lived in various places in Illinois, including Chicago, Jacksonville, Lemont, Oak Brook, Springfield, and Willowbrook.