The Waubonsee Community College Board of Trustees seated a new member at its regularly scheduled meeting on March 21.
Gregory S. Thomas, of Aurora, is the Chief of Police for the Darien Police Department. Thomas is also the former
Chief of the Aurora Police Department. He retired from that position in 2015 after serving on the force since 1978. He was appointed Chief in Aurora in 2008.
Thomas earned an Associate Degree in Criminal Justice at Waubonsee, a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice from Lewis University and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from Aurora University. He was named Waubonsee’s Distinguished Alumnus for 2010.
While serving on the Aurora police force, Thomas received the Kendall County Medal of Valor and was named the Exchange Club of Aurora’s Police Officer of the Year in 2005. He is a member of several professional organizations which include the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, the Police Executive Research Forum, the Kane County Chiefs of Police Association, and the DuPage County Chiefs of Police Association.
In addition to these professional organizations, Thomas does or has served on various boards and commissions including Hesed House, the Kane County Child Advocacy Board, the Suburban Law Enforcement Police Academy Board, the Institute for Collaboration, the Human Rights Commission, and the Aurora Cares Board. He has presented at national and international conferences on matters of policing and he is an adjunct instructor at Aurora University teaching graduate and undergraduate criminal justice classes.
Thomas will fill the seat vacated when Roger Harris resigned from the board in January.
