Michael Cabonargi
Michael Cabonargi | |
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official portrait, 2023 | |
| Regional Director of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Region 5 | |
| In office March 13, 2023 – 2025 | |
| President | Joe Biden |
| Preceded by | Janine Boyd |
| Commissioner of Cook County Board of Review from the 2nd district | |
| In office February 10, 2011 – December 5, 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Joseph Berrios |
| Succeeded by | Samantha Steele |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 29, 1971 |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Residence(s) | Wilmette, Illinois |
| Education | Miami University (B.A.) University of Illinois College of Law (J.D.) |
Michael M. Cabonargi (born January 29, 1971) is an American politician and lawyer who formerly served as a commissioner of the Cook County Board of Review from the 2nd district from 2011 until 2022. From 2019 until 2023, he also served as a vice-chair of the Democratic Party of Illinois. In 2023, he was appointed regional director of the Department of Health and Human Services.
In his early career, Cabonargi worked on the staffs of Illinois U.S. senators Paul Simon and Dick Durbin. He then worked as a law clerk to U.S. District Court judge William J. Hibbler. Thereafter, he entered the private sector, working as a lawyer concentrating in complex commercial and regulatory litigation.
From 2005, until being appointed to serve on the Cook County Board of Review in 2011, Cabonargi worked as senior attorney and prosecutor at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Cabonargi also held leadership roles within the Democratic Party of Illinois, and served as a 2020 presidential elector. In 2020, he unsuccessfully ran in the Democratic primary for clerk of the Cook County Circuit Court.