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Baise was born April 13, 1952 in Jacksonville, Illinois. He grew up on a farm nearby. He graduated from Triopia High School in 1970, and went on to attend Illinois College in Jacksonville. He graduated from Illinois College in 1974.

Gregory W. “Greg” Baise (born April 13, 1952) is an American politician. He previously served as the longtime President and CEO of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association. Before that, Baise served in many political and governmental roles, including as Illinois Secretary of Transportation, in which role he was director of the Illinois Department of Transportation.

During the 1976 Illinois gubernatorial election, Baise volunteered for the campaign of James R. Thompson. After Thompson’s victory, Baise was hired to serve as a travel aide to Governor Thompson. In 1979, he became Thompson’s scheduler. In 1981, he became Thompson’s Personnel Director, a role in which he oversaw the governor’s patronage appointments.

In November 1984, Baise was appointed Illinois Secretary of Transportation, making him the director of the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT).

During the 1984 United States presidential election, Baise managed Ronald Reagan’s campaign operations in Illinois.

Baise was campaign manager for Thompson’s 1986 reelection campaign.

During the 1988 United States presidential election, Baise served as an advisor to George H. W. Bush’s campaign operations in Illinois, and ran its Southern Illinois operations.

November 16, 1989 Baise resigned as Secretary of Transportation in order to focus on his campaign running for Illinois Treasurer in 1990.

In 1989, the Illinois-Indiana Regional Airport Study was formed, and its commission studied four potential sites, including Gary Airport, a site along the Illinois-Indiana border, Peotone, Illinois, and Kankakee, Illinois. They also, at the urging of newly-elected Chicago mayor Richard M. Daley, added the proposed Lake Calumet airport to their study.

In 1989, Baise also appointed as chairman of the Governor’s Earthquake Preparedness Task Force.

In November 1989, Baise told local officials that IDOT had decided that it would only complete a portion of the planned route of Illinois Route 390.

Under Baise, an emergency number *999 was created as the Cellular Express Line to be used by expressway motorists with mobile phones (then on the rise) in the Chicago-area. Baise announced the program in August 1989.

On March 1, 1991, Baise succeeded Arthur R. Gottschalk as President of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association (IMA). He later also became CEO.

Baise was involved in the Chicago Airport Capacity Study in partnership with the state’s of Wisconsin and Indiana. The study concluded that a new airport would need to be constructed by the year 2000, and should be located in the southern part of the region. The study and its conclusions drew criticism for its cost projections and passenger projections, among other critiques. The technical committee of the study, which consisted of the planning departments of the three states, had departed the study with its own conclusions, that argued that the region’s existing airports could sufficiently meet demand in the foreseeable future. However, the policy committee of the study, led by Baise along with Aldo DeAngelis and Lieutenant Governor of Illinois George Ryan, continued ahead with studying plans for an additional airport. After Wisconsin got its demand of having Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport named as Chicago’s “supplemental” airport, the state withdrew from its participation in the study, leaving just Illinois and Indiana.

In 2004, the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association, under Baise, became the lead co-founder of the Illinois Coalition for Jobs, a 501(c) organization.

In 2004, Baise founded Xpress Professional Services, a for-profit subsidiary of IMA. Xpress Professional Services is a political fulfillment firm which delivers such services as direct mail, radio, and television production and placement for candidates. The firm would also, in 2006, establish an polling service named We Ask America.

In 2008, Baise and Ronald Gidwitz formed the Economic Freedom Alliance, a 527 organization, to oppose the passage of the Employee Free Choice Act.

Baise has served as treasurer of New Prosperity Foundation political action committee since it was founded during the 2010 election cycle.

In 2019, Baise founded the Vote No on Blank Check Amendment Committee to oppose the Illinois Fair Tax. He serves as head of the committee.

In 2018, Baise announced that he would retire as President and CEO of the Illinois Manufacturers’ Association effective January 1, 2019. He also announced that he would continue to head the organizations’ subsidiary for-profit political strategy and marketing firm Xpress Professional Services.

One of Baise’s campaign proposals was to establish a “College Savings Plan” to enable the treasurer’s office to help students and families afford the cost of higher education. He also promised to modernize the office through technology. He additionally promised to expand the Illinois Public Treasurers’ Investment Pool through collaboration with municipal governments and local treasurers.

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