On Tuesday, February 13, 2024, Governor JB Pritzker announced the appointment of Raychel Wesley as an Employee Commissioner of the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission.  This is effective immediately.  This fills the vacancy from the recent departure of Commissioner Baker, and now all three Commission panels are again full.

Commissioner Wesley earned her Juris Doctorate Degree from De Paul University, College of Law, and her Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Education from De Paul University College of Education, both in Chicago, Illinois. 

For more than 25 years, Ms. Wesley worked as an attorney at several law firms, with workers’ compensation a part of her practice. She was appointed an Arbitrator at the Illinois Workers’ Compensation Commission by Governor Pritzker in 2020, and reappointed in 2023. 

Congratulations Commissioner Wesley.