[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 130 (Thursday, July 27, 2023)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E738-E739]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                         HONORING COLLEEN DOLAN

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                       HON. JANICE D. SCHAKOWSKY

                              of illinois

                    in the house of representatives

                        Thursday, July 27, 2023

  Ms. SCHAKOWSKY. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor my constituent 
Colleen Dolan, from Chicago, for a successful career and to 
congratulate her on her much-deserved retirement.
  Graduating from Lewis University with a degree in sociology and 
psychology, Colleen Dolan entered the workforce in 1975 as a bank 
teller at the First National Bank of Winnetka. After a year, she took 
the first step in what would be an impressively steep climb up the 
human resources corporate ladder as a Profit-Sharing Analyst in 
corporate accounting at the Continental Illinois National Bank. At 
Continental, she held several positions, rising to the rank of Sales 
Director--Personal Banking Relations at the end of her 13-year stint at 
the bank. Along the way, she had two boys, Shaun and Ryan Dolan, and 
instilled confidence in her late father, a Zenith Business Executive, 
that her degrees would be useful in carving out a promising career in a 
field he was only beginning to understand.
  In 1989, Colleen made a considerable leap forward as the U.S. 
Director of Human Resources for Leica Microscope, a position she held 
for 10 years before transitioning into the world of commercial real 
estate: first as the Vice President of Compensation & Benefits for a 
year at Equity Residential before moving to Transwestern, where she 
would spend the last and most fulfilling 23 years of her career. She 
embodied the company's purpose statement: empowering good people to do 
extraordinary things together, Colleen started at Transwestern as Vice 
President and ascended to hold the roles of Senior Vice President and 
Executive Vice President before ultimately

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joining the C-suite as the Chief Human Resources Officer.
  Of her many achievements and affiliations, Colleen is the proud 
recipient or member of the following: Transwestern Executive Committee 
and Board of Directors, Human Resources Management Association of 
Chicago, American Management Association (AMA), Society of Human 
Resources Management (SHRM), Chicago Compensation Association (CPC), 
Transwestern Founder's Award Recipient, Real Estate Forum's Women of 
Influence Recipient, Notable Leader in Human Resources by Crain's 
Chicago Business, and a member of Transwestern's Diversity, Equity and 
Inclusion program both at the Steering Committee level and through 
leadership on both the Training and Belonging committees.
  I send my heartfelt congratulations to Colleen Dolan for a career 
spent putting people first, bettering the lives of others, and defining 
company culture based on her principles of inclusion, fairness, and 
deep compassion. I know she is looking forward to spending even more 
time with her grandchildren, Parker, Hadley, and Patch, her sons Shaun 
and Ryan, and their wives Ashley and Lizzie. I am hoping Colleen enjoys 
this time with her family, as she has earned it.

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