State Rep. Janet Yang Rohr, D-Naperville, represents the 41st District, serving the

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and Warrenville., Illinois communities in the Illinois House of Representatives. She began her first term in January 2021 as a part of the 102nd General Assembly.

Early life and education

Yang Rohr is a life-long resident of

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. She attended

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, Kennedy Junior High School, and

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. She earned a

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degree in English and Economics from

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and she earned her

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA; also Master's in Business Administration) is a postgraduate degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration such as accoun ...

in Finance, Accounting, and Entrepreneurship at

University of Chicago Booth School of Business The University of Chicago Booth School of Business (Chicago Booth or Booth) is the graduate business school of the University of Chicago. Founded in 1898, Chicago Booth is the second-oldest business school in the U.S. and is associated with 10 N ...

Career

Yang Rohr served as a school board member for

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schools from 2017-2021. She is the head of Managed Investment Data at

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Yang Rohr holds the

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designation and has been widely quoted for her investment expertise.

Electoral history

Committee assignments and key legislation

Yang Rohr serves on the following committees: Appropriations-General Service; Elementary and Secondary Education: School Curriculum Policies; Financial Institutions; Insurance; Personnel and Pensions; Veterans' Affairs. During the 2021 General Session, Yang Rohr sponsored the Mental Health Early Action on Campus Act, which requires school districts and public colleges and university to provide contact information for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, the Crisis Text Line, and a local suicide prevention hotline on their school-issued identification cards. Yang Rohr also sponsored the Opioid Overdose Reduction Act, which provides that a person experiencing an overdose shall not be charged or prosecuted for possession of a controlled, counterfeit, or look-alike substance or a controlled substance analog if the evidence for the possession charge was acquired as a result of the person seeking or obtaining emergency medical assistance.

Caucus memberships

Yang Rohr is a member of the Women’s Caucus and the Asian Caucus within the Illinois House of Representatives.

Personal life

She lives in

. She is married and is a mother to three children.

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