This year, the Grand Marshal of the 21st Annual Elmhurst St. Patrick’s Day Parade will be Elmhurst Mayor Steve Morley.
After being elected Alderman of the 6th Ward in 2007, he was re-elected for a second in 2011. As an alderman, he served on the Finance, Council Affairs & Administrative Services Committee and the Development Planning & Zoning Committee, which he also chaired. Morley was also on the Elmhurst Retail Business Grant Committee and the TIF 1 Joint Review Board.
In April 2013, Morley was elected Mayor and is currently seeking another term in the upcoming spring election for which he is running unopposed. As mayor, Morley has focused on ongoing infrastructure improvements, business and economic development and continues looking for efficiencies in city operations an opportunities to reduce spending.
He serves on several boards and commissions in his role as mayor such as the Commission on Youth, the Historic Preservation Commission, DuPage County Green Government Council and the Lizzadro Museum of Lapitdary Art. He is a member of the Elmhurst Chamber of Commerce & Industry and the DuPage Mayors and Managers Conference, where he serves on the legislative committee.
Born and raised in Elmhurst, Steve graduated from York High School in 1986 and went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in economics from the University of Iowa, where he graduated in 1991. He is a marketing professional who lives in Elmhurst with his wife Nancy and their children Reed, Jeanette and Anna.
Former Grand Marshals include:
Elmhurst College, 2016
Governor Bruce Rauner, 2015
State Senator Kirk Dillard, 2014
Elmhurst District 205 School Board, 2013
Kickoff for Kids, 2012
Elmhurst Children’s Assistance Foundation (ECAF), 2011
Kiwanis Club of Elmhurst, 2010
Elmhurst Memorial Hospital, 2009
Congressman Peter Roskam, 2008
DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin, 2007
Spring Road Business Association, 2006
Former City Manager Thomas P. Borchert, 2005
St. James Ewald, 2004
Former Mayor Thomas D. Marcucci, 2003
Kuester, Catalano, Pigoni-Ahlgrim, 2002
Congressman Henry Hyde, 2001
Dan Gibbons, 2000
Joe Newton, 1999
Jim Ryan, 1998
Ruth C. Morris, 1997
