Kimberly Neely Du Buclet

Commissioner for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

Kimberly Neely Du Buclet is currently a commissioner with the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago (MWRD) Board of Commissioners. She serves as Chairman of the Federal Legislation and Stormwater Committees, and Vice Chairman of the Labor & Industrial Relations Committee, Pension, Human Resources & Civil Service Committee, and the Municipalities Committee. Commissioner Du Buclet is also a trustee for the MWRD Pension Fund.

Prior to joining the MWRD Board, Commissioner Du Buclet served as the Legislative and Community Affairs Director for the Chicago Park District where she worked with community organizations and elected officials around the city and the state to improve parks and park programming throughout Chicago. As part of her duties, she closely monitored legislative activity at all levels of government to assess the impact of proposed legislation. Commissioner Du Buclet previously served as a Representative in the Illinois General Assembly where she represented the 26th District. While serving, she received an award from the Illinois Environmental Council for consistently voting with the environmental caucus.

As a native resident of South Side, Chicago, Commissioner Du Buclet is proud to serve the residents of Cook County where she works to increase awareness of environmental justice issues and increase open green space for communities while providing additional green infrastructure opportunities for water conservation. Commissioner Du Buclet earned a B.S. in Marketing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

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