Edward-Elmhurst names Goodson Director of Community, Government Relations

Lee Ann Goodson has been named Director of Community & Government Relations for Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare, effective April 9.  Goodson will focus her efforts on Edward’s service area, including Naperville, Plainfield, Aurora, Bolingbrook, Lisle, Oswego, Romeoville, Warrenville, Woodridge, Yorkville and surrounding areas.

Goodson, a resident of Plainfield with two children, replaces Sandy Benson who is retiring April 11 after nearly 25 years at the health system.  Benson plans to continue as an active Rotarian and President of the Naperville Library Board of Trustees, and maintain her involvement in numerous other community volunteer activities.

Goodson will work closely with Diane McGinnis, who oversees Community and Government Relations in Elmhurst Memorial Hospital’s service area, to monitor and lobby for community-focused and legislative issues important to Edward-Elmhurst.  Goodson and McGinnis report to Brian Davis, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer at Edward-Elmhurst.

Goodson has been a District 5 Will County Board Member since first elected in 2002.  She also works as County Government Coordinator for House Republican Leader Jim Durkin and is a Commissioner of the Forest Preserve District of Will County.  Goodson previously was Will County Legislative Coordinator for House Republican Leader Tom Cross from 2004 to 2013.  She will resign her current posts when she joins Edward-Elmhurst in April.

Goodson studied business management at the College of St. Francis in Joliet and Joliet Junior College, and is a graduate of the University of Illinois Institute of Government and Public Affairs Leadership Academy for Local Government Officials.

She is a member of the Illinois Association of County Board Members and Commissioners, Illinois Association of Counties, Metro Counties of Illinois, United Counties Council of Illinois, National Association of County Officials and Illinois Association of Park Districts.