Gov. J.B. Pritzker appointed Alicia Tate-Nadeau in 2019 to lead the state agency overseeing pandemics, natural disasters and an influx of migrants. An executive assistant to Tate-Nadeau, Amy Gentry, resigned Thursday in response to the Chicago Sun-Times’ questions about costs she has been billing to IEMA. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times; Justin L. Fowler /The State Journal-Register via AP)
Illinois taxpayers have been paying $28,000 to $48,000 a month for the executive assistant to the Illinois Emergency Management Agency’s director.
Between February and August, the assistant accounted for $240,761.30 in billings — double the salary of her boss, Alicia Tate-Nadeau, during that period.
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