The state s former public health director a well-regarded adviser to Gov. J.B. Pritzker during the COVID-19 crisis is under investigation by a state ethics agency for taking a CEO job at a medical nonprofit overseen and funded by the state agency she led.
Public health director Dr. Ngozi Ezike connected with ordinary people nearly every day during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now she is CEO of a top state medical contractor. Did Dr. Ezike’s quick switch violate the state Ethics Act?