Chicago, IL — Governor J.B. Pritzker has appointed Charles MacKelvie to the Illinois Racing Board.

For more than 40 years, MacKelvie has worked in the legal profession and is currently of counsel at Kutak and Rock LLC, focusing his practice on healthcare and business law. He is a former commissioner of the Illinois Education Educational Facilities Authority, appointed by Governor James R. Thompson in 1987 and served on the initial board that created Loyola University Chicago Law School’s Beazley Health Law Institute. He is general counsel and a board member of the American Federal of Home Health Agencies.

MacKelvie served in the United States Army starting in 1969 until he was honorably discharged in 1970. He earned his Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin in history and accounting, Juris Doctorate from John Marshall Law School, Master of Laws in Taxation from Kent Law School at the Illinois Institute of Technology, and Master of Business Administration from the University of Chicago.