Board of Governors

Cindy Williams (Hinsdale) 

Class of 2006

Cindy Williams, Hinsdale, is the Corporate Counsel for the Federal Signal Corporation in Oak Brook, Illinois as well as the Director of the newly established Governmental Affairs Department at the Company.   

 

She received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Michigan in 1985 and a law degree from Indiana University, Bloomington in 1988.  Cindy worked as a defense trial attorney at the Chicago law firm of Lord, Bissell & Brook from 1988 through 1999, primarily defending physicians and hospitals in medical malpractice cases.

 

Cindy left the law firm in 1999 to care for her four children.  During this period, she volunteered in a number of charitable organizations including as President and Vice President of the Hinsdale Junior Woman's Club.  In 2003, Cindy was elected to a four-year term as Trustee to the Hinsdale Village Board and was reelected in 2007. 

 

She has been appointed to the following positions: Chair of the Environment and Public Service Committee; Strategic Planning Council Executive Member; and, Leader of the Hinsdale Task Force addressing the village’s electric service.  Most recently, Cindy was elected by the Village Board to the position of Village President Pro Tem.  Cindy is a founding member of the Red Cross Tiffany Circle and has been active over the last year raising funds and educating the public about the mission of the Red Cross.