MARK P. DONAHUE

President, Fraternal Order of Police, Chicago Lodge No. 7

Mark Donahue has been a Chicago Police Officer since 1977. For twenty years he served as a patrolman and a Field Training Officer on the City's south side. In 1996 he was promoted to Youth Officer and subsequently became a Detective in 1998.

Mark is a graduate of St. Laurence High School, Moraine Valley Community College and St. Xavier University.

For many years Mark has served in a host of capacities with the Fraternal Order of Police, he has represented his colleagues on the City, State and National levels. In 1996 Donahue began his full-time work for the organization when he was elected Financial Secretary of Chicago Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #7, and has served on the Board of Trustees of both the Chicago Lodge and the Illinois State Fraternal Order of Police. Mark was recruited to serve the National Board of Trustee's as Grievance Chairman and continues to share his leadership skills on the national level. Mark served as president of the Illinois State Lodge from 1998 until July of 2002.  In April of 2002, Mark was elected President of Chicago Lodge #7.

Mark Donahue is an active participant in many organizations related to quality-of-life issues for all the citizens of Illinois. Mark serves on the Board of Directors of the Illinois Crime Commission and also as an Advisory Board Member of FIGHT CRIME: Invest in Kids, Illinois, an organization which reaches out to at-risk children in the City of Chicago and across the state and country.

Mark resides on Chicago's southwest side with his wife Sharon and their three children.