Civic Spotlight on Grand Inspector General Charles Holiday, Jr., 33 o C HICAGO B OARD OF E LECTIONS E XECUTIVE D IRECTOR Submitted by Sovereign Grand Inspector General Daryl L. Andrews, 33 o
Charles Holiday, Jr., 33 o is the Executive Director of the Chicago Board of Election (CBOE) Commissioners and oversees voter registration and election administration for the City of Chicago’s over 1.7 million voters, the third largest in the United States of America. For over 30 years, he has dedicated his career towards the management of free, fair, and transparent elections in Chicago, including supervising the registration
91 of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Illinois. He served as Worshipful Master of the Lodge in 1997. He is a member of John W. Thompson Priory No. 3 which is only allotted to members who have been elected to and served as Excellent High Priest of a Chapter of Holy Royal Arch Masons, Thrice Illustrious Master of a Council of Royal and Select Masters, Eminent Commander of a Commandery of Knights Templar, and Past
division through a digital modernization, multiple redistricting processes, voter canvassing, and more. He believes that “if we aren't practicing the right to vote then we aren’t really living. The vote is your voice. Stand up and be heard and live.” Charles’s work has helped lead to several advancements that have improved voter turnout, including growing Early Voting and Vote By Mail expansion, increasing poll worker training and recruitment, safeguarding accessible voting sites, and expanding outreach and communication to the many communities and civic organizations of Chicago. He also directs the day-to-day operations of the Board’s seven divisions: registration, community services, information technology, pre- election voting and logistics, finance, human resources, and warehouse operations. Charles is a graduate of the Chicago Public Schools system and attended Harold Washington College and Olive Harvey College. He is married to his wife Angela and is the proud father of four children and grandfather to three grandchildren. In his spare time, he volunteers with charities throughout the city, including the Greater Chicago Food Depository, Ronald McDonald House, and Wrightwood Little League. Charles’ fraternal affiliations extend across all houses in Prince Hall Freemasonry. He is a forty year member of Chicago’s Cornerstone Lodge No.
Master of a Blue Lodge. For the State of Illinois, he not only served as Most Excellent Grand High Priest of Holy Royal Arch Masons but also Right Eminent Grand Commander of Knights Templar. An Honorary Grand Thrice Illustrious Master of Royal and Select Masters, he has held all leadership and most administrative roles in the Prince Hall York Rite at the local and national level for both male and female houses. Illustrious Holiday holds over 30 years of membership in Western Consistory No. 28, Valley of Chicago, Orient of Illinois. After being selected Mason of the Year for the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Illinois in 2005 and terms of administrative service in Western Consistory, he was coronated a Grand Inspector General of the United Supreme Council in the 2008 Bolden-Fitch Class. An advisor on many committees, he remains active in all bodies including Al Hamid Temple No. 222, AEAONMS, Oasis of Joliet, Desert of Illinois. With years of service as a District Deputy Grand Master and a Head of House for multiple statewide bodies, he sought to elevate his level of activity. In 2022, Right Worshipful Brother Holiday was elected Grand Auditor of the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Illinois. He leverages his vast administrative expertise from service in multiple offices to fulfill the obligations associated with this role.
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