Mary Lee Cozad

“I am very much in favor of solar energy — among other reasons because it isn't noisy or dangerous to birds, unlike wind energy.”

Mary Lee Cozad is the Democratic incumbent for DeKalb County Board District 10, a DeKalb resident who has served on the board since December 2020. A professor emerita of Northern Illinois University, she holds an A.B. from the University of California, Davis, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. She previously served on the DeKalb School District 428 Board.

Her county board committee work includes the Forest Preserve and Highway committees. Her stated priorities include the financial sustainability of the DeKalb County Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, responsible solar-energy development, and addressing the court backlog and public-defender staffing.