Vice President: Membership

2025-2027

Catherine Mardikes is currently the LWV Chicago Vice President for Membership and co-leader and founder of the South Side Unit. She has served on the LWV Chicago Board of Directors since 2017, previously holding the roles of acting President and Executive Vice President. 

Her involvement in voter services not only includes organizing many voter registration drives (she is coordinator of the naturalization ceremonies, where in 2024 LWV Chicago registered just over 10,000 new citizens), but she is also in charge of the League's candidate forums and their Election Protection partnership.

Catherine is Senior Humanities Bibliographer at the University of Chicago Library, where she co-leads their banned books initiative.