Sheleda Doss

 Sheleda Doss

Sheleda Doss

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Biography

University of Illinois Springfield Springfield - Business

Chief Operating Officer at Illinois Department of Transportation
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Sheleda
Doss
Springfield, Illinois
Experienced manager who has an extensive background in lobbying, government, project management, public policy and public administration with 10 + years of experience representing organizations, forging relationships and negotiating legislative provisions that advance the interests of an organization. Talented negotiator and public speaker. Extensive contacts in government and private sector.

Specialties: Government Relations, Public Policy, Education Policy, Management


Experience

  • Illinois State Treasurer's Office

    Legislative Liaison

    Sheleda worked at Illinois State Treasurer's Office as a Legislative Liaison

  • University of Illinois at Springfield

    Adjunct Professor

    • Introduced students to public policy as an academic discipline and as a systematic method of thinking about the design, development and assessment of public sector policies
    • Selected and complied tests, assignments and online discussion exercises
    • Organized and presented instructional material in accordance with the course syllabi, outlines and class schedule
    • Maintained records of student participation, progress and grades
    • Administered evaluations of student performance based on course deliverables and course rubrics.

  • Illinois Department of Transportation

    Deputy Legislative Director

    • Develops actions and/or positions to be taken by the Department on all proposed transportation-related state legislations
    • Manages legislative division staff on ongoing basis
    • Monitors and identifies state legislation to determine the effect upon departmental operations, and alerts IDOT organizations
    • Develops and maintains an effective liaison between the Governor and the legislature to promote and implement IDOT legislative policies and presents the short and long-range legislation requirements to implement that policy
    • Works with all members of the General Assembly to answer any constituent inquiries regarding IDOT and lobbies for revisions in state law best suited for the transportation needs/programs of the State

  • Illinois Department of Transportation

    Chief Operating Officer

    Sheleda worked at Illinois Department of Transportation as a Chief Operating Officer

  • Illinois State Treasurer

    Deputy Legislative Director

    • Testifies on behalf of the Treasurer’s Office in legislative committees and hearings
    • Lobbies the General Assembly, the partisan staffs and other governmental entities to advance the Treasurer’s legislative agenda and interests of the office.
    • Conducts in-depth analyses and research on legislative, fiscal and policy issues related to the Treasurer’s Office
    • Monitors the legislative process, including committee hearings and legislative sessions of both the House and the Senate, to identify substantive and fiscal issues that may impact operations and/or programs of the Treasurer.
    • Drafts legislation, analyses, position papers and fact sheets for use in advocating the Treasurer’s position on legislative issues
    • Advises the Director and Executive staff on legislative issues impacting the Treasurer including banking, unclaimed property, college savings, human resources, fiscal and other issues.

Education

  • University of Chicago

    Master of Public Policy

    Public Policy

  • Tennessee State University

    Bachelor

    Political Science