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12 February 2017
Village Clerk, Hanover Park
Eira Corral Sepulveda is the
Village Clerk for Hanover Park.
Elected at the age of twenty-
three in 2009, she was the youn-
gest elected official in the state
of Illinois. She was reelected in
April 2013 and is running for her
third term.
Corral's leadership has focu-
sed on government transparen-
cy by using technology to make
records accessible to village re-
sidents. The Clerk's Office also
issues business licenses, liquor
licenses, taxi licenses and other
permits as well as coordinates
special events for the Village of
Hanover Park that highlight ho-
metown pride and diversity.
Corral is the board liaison
and a member of the Hanover
Park Cultural Inclusion and Di-
versity Committee and she has
spearheaded regionally recog-
nized events on diversity and
community leadership. She has
also served as the board liaison
to the Sister Cities Committee,
which has a 20-year Sister City
relationship with Cape Coast,
Ghana and recently establis-
hed a Sister City relationship
with Valparaiso, Zacatecas in
Mexico.
Corral represents the Village
of Hanover Park on the Metro-
politan Mayor's Caucus Diversi-
ty Task Force and serves as the
chairwoman for the Immigrant
Integration Committee for the
Northwest Municipal Conferen-
ce.
Prior to her election as Villa-
ge Clerk, Corral was the media
relations and field coordinator
at the United States Hispanic
Leadership Institute. She earned
her Bachelor of Arts from DePaul
University with a double major
in Political Science and Latino
& Latin American Studies and
a double minor in Community
Service Studies and Commercial
Spanish. She is also a 2003 LU-
LAC scholarship recipient.
Eira Corral Sepulveda, 31
Illinois' youngest elected official
"O
ur generation of Latinos'
perspective is important in
the public arena. Engage locally
and run for office with a vision of
community that you can be proud
to represent."
