Champaign County
Angie Patton currently serves as Chief of Staff for Champaign County since February 2019 and is the Owner of Soy Fabulous, a Central Illinois soy candle and bath bomb company established in November 2016. In addition, Angie authored "Peachy," a collection of poems and short stories published by BookLeaf Publishing from May to August 2024, now available at Barnes and Noble and Amazon. Previous experience includes a role in Strategic Communications at Prairie Research Institute from June 2018 to February 2019 and serving as Senior Media Communications Specialist at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from April 2008 to June 2018. Angie holds a Master's degree in Communication and Media Studies from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism from Indiana University Bloomington.
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Champaign County
Champaign County, Illinois is located in the heart of East Central Illinois. Home to the University of Illinois, Parkland College, and two major regional hospitals (Carle Foundation Hospital and OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center), Champaign County is a leader in education, health care, government, high technology, light industry and agriculture. Champaign County comprises 1008 square miles, the majority of which are involved in agriculture. Champaign County was organized in 1833 from part of Vermilion County. The County was named after Champaign County, Ohio, and the County Seat was named after Urbana, Ohio, which was the home place of State Senator John Vance, who sponsored the bill to create the County. The development of the County was furthered by the arrival of the Illinois Central Railroad and the establishment of a land-grant university. Champaign County was incorporated on February 20, 1833. Champaign County adopted the Township form of government in 1859. The County Board currently has 11 Districts, with two members representing each District for a total of 22 Board members. The County Board Chair is elected from the Board members. Champaign County also has an elected County Executive that functions as an administrator for County business.