Precinct 7 Candidate Bios

(Biographies are provided by the candidates)

Village Nominating Committee

Marcia Fraerman  I am a former elementary school teacher. I am a practicing artist. I have served on the Glencoe School Board Caucus two times, have been President of the PTA and on the Glencoe Junior High Project. I have serve on the Women’s Board and been the President at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago since 2007. I am a member of the Arts Club Chicago, Emerge at the MCA, and the Society for Contemporary Art at the Art Institute. My husband and I have loved living in Glencoe and raising our children here. As time goes on we love it even more. The pandemic has made us look at our community more closely, and I think I have a lot to offer by getting involved once again.  

Greg Turner  My wife Katie and I feel very privileged to have the opportunity to live and raise our family here, and being active participants and contributors in our village allows us to give something back to this very special community. I currently serve on the Glencoe Plan Commission and Glencoe Golf Advisory Committee and have previously served on the Glencoe Board of Trustees, Glencoe Historic Preservation Commission, Glencoe Historical Society Board and as a mentor in the One Million Degrees program.

School Board Nominating Committee

Melissa Ackerman  I am the President of Produce Alliance a national produce company specializing in consulting and purchasing of produce from field to fork. In this role I work with all types of food service entities, but am passionate for those feeding the food insecure. I use these skills to help with those in Glencoe feeding our own food insecure pro bono (GFS and Am Shalom). I have also helped at GJK in the past as community chair which included organizing and getting credits for the Grand Food Program. I am the mom to three young boys.