Martin Sandoval
| Martin A. Sandoval | |
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| Member of the Illinois Senate from the 11th district |
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Assumed office January 9, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Steven M Landek |
| Member of the Illinois Senate from the 12th district |
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In office January 8, 2003 – January 9, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Molaro |
| Succeeded by | Steven M Landek |
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January 12, 1964 Chicago, Illinois |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Marina Sandoval |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Martin A. Sandoval (born January 12, 1964) is a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate, serving since 2003.
Sandoval was born in The Back of the Yards, a neighborhood on Chicago’s Southwest Side. He graduated from Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary South High School and went on to Loyola University, Chicago where he earned a bachelor's degree in psychology.
Sandoval’s career has included appointments to the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and ten years at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He was also a leader in various federal labor unions.
As a Federal Administrator at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Defense, and the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs – Sandoval exercised strong financial management and strategic planning skills with impeccable professional ethics. Successfully implemented national programs, policies and regulations and had direct responsibility for managing the transparency, accountability and integrity of multimillion-dollar federal procurement processes in the context of complex and politically sensitive environment.
In 1999, Sandoval was appointed as Commissioner to the Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago through Bipartisan appointment between then-Republican Governor George Ryan and then-Mayor Richard M. Daley. The Metropolitan Water Reclamation serves 5.1 million people, 124 suburban municipalities in addition to Chicago and the commercial/industrial equivalent of 4.5 million more by processing more than 1 billion gallons of waste water every day for an area of 872 square miles; the District owns and maintains seven treatment plants, including the largest waste water treatment plant in the world in Stickney; controls more than 76 miles of navigable waterways; and owns 547 miles of intercepting sewers and 94 miles of underground tunnels as part of the Tunnel and Reservoir Plan, the nation's largest public works program for flood control.
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