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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Frank Craig |
| Address | 947 Lindenwood Dr.
Aurora, Illinois 60506, United States |
| Email | frankcraig@email.com |
| Website | http://frankcraig06.com/ |
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Unknown
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| Contributor | Imperator |
| Last Modifed | Imperator
Sep 04, 2006 10:00am |
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| Info | Frank was born in Pittsburgh, PA but has lived throughout the U.S (NJ, OH, NV, NY, RI, MA, and FL). His education began at St. Maurice Catholic School in Pittsburgh but has included public education in Middle School and early High School, and he received his High School diploma at St. John's Jesuit High School in Toledo, OH. Frank has a BBA in International Marketing from the University of Toledo and attended the MBA program at that institution. In the early 1980's, Frank's life took a different path as he was recruited to tour with the Del Viking's, a popular 1950's Doo Wop group ("Come Go With Me"). For the next few years, Frank travelled the country extensively performing with the group as well as many others (The Mama's and Papa's, The Shirelles, The Marvellettes, Little Anthony, Chuck Berry and others) performing as many as 300+ shows a year.
In the mid-80's Frank started his own band in South Florida and found success as the leader, lead singer and songwriter for his own music, being favorably compared to REM, Bob Dylan and The Beatles, and sharing the bill with B.B. King, Bonnie Raitt, The Romantics, Phish and the Hooters, among others. During that time, Frank released several critically acclaimed CDs.
While in Florida, Frank met his soulmate, Annie, who joined the band and together they entertained audiences throughout the South. In 1990, they were married and in 1994 began their family with the addition of their first child, Molly. With a new family to attend to, Frank began to transition frm full-time musician to small businessman by operating a regional talent agency, It's OK, I'm With the Band, which counted Chris Evert among its clients.
In 1996, Frank joined a start-up division within Motorola, iKno!, which supplied wireless content to paging devices throughout North America. Moving up the corporate ladder, Frank accepted a position in Naperville, IL to acquire content from major media sources (CNN, AP, Sony, MTV, The Weather Channel and others) for all of Motorola's wireless devices. In 2001, Frank left Motorola and joined Amadeus, the largest global travel distribution (GDS) company in the world, where he is responsible for online business development for North America.
Always interested in politics and seeking to improve the lives of the people in the community, Frank and Annie began to get involved in local politics, assisting in the successful campaigns of State Representative Linda Chapa LaVia and Aurora Mayor, Tom Weisner. Both Frank and Annie have previously run for political office, Frank running for the Kane County Board in 2004 and Annie successfully running for the Aurora Township Board, winning a seat as a Trustee. Frank is also currently a Precinct Committeman in Aurora.
Frank and Annie are the proud parents of 3 beautiful and happy children (Molly-11, Teagan-8 and Maggie-5).
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