Sonia Berg

Board Member at Illinois Housing Development Authority

Sonia is currently a Realtor with Ruhl & Ruhl Realtors. She is dual licensed in Illinois and Iowa.

Before getting her real estate license, Sonia was employed as the Director of Community Relations with Economic Growth Corporation and served as a Consultant for Bridge Investment Community Development Corp.

Sonia previously held positions as a Vice President of Operations for a local payroll company and a local collection agency. She was employed as the Special Events Coordinator for the Trinity Health Foundation, CRA Officer with Quad City Bank and Trust and she held various positions with Rock Island County.

Sonia was a previous Moline Housing Authority commissioner. In April 2009, Sonia was elected to the Black Hawk College Board of Trustees. Prior to being elected, she was a member of the Black Hawk College Foundation Board. She was recruited by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to coordinate a “Financial Access to Immigrants” Conference in the Quad Cities. Sonia was selected by the Illinois Bankers Association to serve on the “Emerging Markets Advisory Committee”. She has previously served on the “New Alliance Task Force” through the FDIC. In addition, Sonia was named as a 2005 Quad City Area Leaders Under 40 Award recipient and recognized for her accomplishments by the 2005 Quad City Times Business Journal’s “Women in Business” and Class of 2007 Quad City Chamber of Commerce Federation Community Leadership. She currently serves as the Alderman At Large for the City of Moline and on the Board of Directors for Skip-A-Long and the First Tee of the Quad Cities. Sonia received her higher education from Black Hawk College.

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  • Board Member

    Current role