Elected Officials

Mayor

Dr. Irene H. Brodie, a long-time resident of Robbins, served twelve years as Village Clerk before running for Mayor. She is the first woman mayor and has held the office for nineteen years - longer than any mayor in the history of Robbins. Her primary reason for being Mayor has always been to help the Village of Robbins progress and to help the children of Robbins receive college support. Dr. Brodie is a long-time educator and administrator in Robbins’ schools. She was a sixth grade teacher at Thomas J. Kellar School, and later, both sixth grade teacher and assistant principal at Turner School in Robbins. Later, she taught high school English at Richards High School in Oak Lawn. She was later recruited by the board of Moraine Valley Community College to help write curriculum, test students for admission eligibility, and teach courses she created for the newly formed college. After being a professor for two years, she became a director of the programs she created.  She became an academic dean as the programs expanded. Following her retirement at Moraine, the college named a section of the B Building, “Dr. Irene H. Brodie Center”. In 2002, she was “US Region V Benefactor to Moraine Valley Community College”.

Dr. Brodie has been a member of Great Hope Baptist Church in Robbins since 1955. She also enjoys visiting many of the other churches in Robbins.

Dr. Brodie holds three degrees: Bachelor of Education from Chicago Teachers College (now Chicago State University); Master of Science from the University of Chicago; Doctor of Education from Northeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

Dr. Brodie has extensive political experience and numerous political ties with officials at all levels of government. These relationships have helped Robbins receive favorable treatment over the years. Some of her accomplishments include:

• Elected a vice-president of the Illinois Municipal League.
• Elected executive board member and assistant secretary of National Conference of Black Mayors.
• Appointed chair of education committee and scholarship committee for the National Conference of Black Mayors.
• Appointed to three of Governor Rod Blagojevich’s transition teams (municipal government, education, and economic development).
• Member of Metropolitan Mayors Caucus; Mayor Richard Daley chairperson.
• Member of South Suburban Mayors & Managers Association.
• Advisory committee member of Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
• Guest lecturer in 1993 and 1994 to Harvard University Graduate School of Business.
• Served on a think-tank group for President Bill Clinton regarding environmental issues.

Dr. Brodie is committed to educating the youth of Robbins. She demonstrates this by encouraging corporate America to donate scholarship funds and by contributing her personal funds to various scholarship programs.

• She established the Dr. Irene H. Brodie Foundation with a $750,000 scholarship fund to educate college students from Robbins.
• As Mayor, she single-handedly obtained corporate commitments to provide over $100,000 yearly scholarships for Robbins’ college-bound students. Each recipient received between $3,000 and $17,500 per year for their four years of college. 
• Each year, she provides $2,000 of her personal funds to be distributed between the valedictorian and salutatorian at Thomas J. Kellar School.

Village Clerk

• Pamela M. Bradley
  Village Clerk since 2005

Board of Trustees

• Willie E. Carter
  Village Trustee since 1983, Chair of 3 Committees: Finance; Public Works; Building, Zoning & Planning
• Richard Williams
  Village Trustee since 1985, Chair of 3 Committees:  Fire; Water/Sewer; Industrial (Community Development)
• Lynne D. Johnson
  Village Trustee since 1997, Chair of 2 Committees:  Health/Code Enforcement and Transportation
• Tyrone Haymore
  Village Trustee since 2007, Chair of 2 Committees:  Police and Ordinances/Licenses
• Shantiel X. Simon
  Village Trustee since 2007, Chair of 1 Committee:  Youth
• Tyrone Ward
  Village Trustee since 2007, Chair of 1 Committee:  Public Property

Village Hall

Address:
3327 W. 137th Street
Robbins, IL, 60472

Phone: 708-385-8940
Fax: 708-385-8949

Village Hall Hours:
Monday - Friday, 9 am - 5 pm

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