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Cheryl "Cheri" Bustos (born October 17, 1961) is an American journalist, healthcare executive, and politician who has served as the U.S. Representative for Illinois's 17th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Bustos is the first woman elected to Congress from her district. Previously elected to the East Moline City Council in 2007, she defeated Republican incumbent Bobby Schilling in the 2012 congressional election and a subsequent 2014 rematch. Assigned to the House Committee on Agriculture and Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, she represents a northwest Illinois constituency anchored by the Quad Cities, Peoria, and Rockford. As of the 2014 elections, Bustos is the only Democrat in the Illinois Congressional Delegation not from the Chicago area aside from U.S. Senator Dick Durbin. == Early life, education, and private sector career == Bustos was born in Springfield, Illinois, to Gene and Ann Callahan, one of three children. Her father worked for ''The State Journal-Register'' before entering state politics; he later served as assistant press secretary to Governor Samuel Shapiro, press secretary to Lieutenant Governor Paul Simon, and chief of staff to Senator Alan Dixon. Her mother worked as a teacher.〔 〕 She graduated from Springfield High School in 1979. Initially attending Illinois College, she received her bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Maryland, College Park in 1983 and her master's degree in journalism from the University of Illinois, Springfield in 1985.〔 Bustos worked for seventeen years as a reporter and editor for the ''Quad-City Times''.〔 From 2001 to 2007, she worked as senior director of corporate communications for Trinity Regional Health Systems. From 2008 to 2011, she worked as vice president of corporate communications for Iowa Health System; in her last full year, she received overall compensation of $306,295. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cheri Bustos」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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