Alison Thompson is running for the Naperville Park District Board in the 2025 Naperville Consolidated Election.
Alison Thompson returned to Naperville to raise her children
I grew up in Naperville and moved back with my husband to raise our girls here. My husband and I both graduated from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana, and we chose the Chicago-land area to start our careers in, and settled in Naperville just over 6 years ago.
Before the pandemic, I was a manager for a photography company, responsible for 40 or more employees, depending on our staffing needs. I worked from home before it was all the rage!
After the pandemic, I shifted to an operations and administrative role at a tax company in Chicago and have been there ever since.
I also worked part time as a family photographer, and currently stay busy with my kids’ activities!
Thompson is an avid user of the park district
I wanted to make a difference in the community that has given me so much in my life, and the park district was a perfect fit for me. As a mom, I was already an avid user of the park district’s amenities and programs, so I was able to use my unique background of park district use as a child myself and as a mother to best make decisions for the district.
Thompson’s top priorities are indoor space, inclusive and adaptive programming, and attracting the best talent to the park district
I am really excited to work on our indoor needs survey, which is a comprehensive survey we took to determine what indoor amenities Naperville wants most! I also am looking at ways to make our already inclusive and adaptive programming even more inclusive and adaptive to children and adults with special needs. I am proud to have supported updated policies for our employees, such as wage increases, inclusive language and protections for LGBTQIA+, and increased medical/bereavement leave. Employees are the face and the heart of the district, and we have to remain competitive to attract the best talent. I am excited to continue the progress that has already been made.
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