Angie Bresnahan

Juris Doctor (cum laude), University of Illinois College of Law
Bachelor of Science (magna cum laude), Economics, Northern Illinois University

An attorney by training, Angie has worked as a child and family advocate in both nonprofit and legal sectors. As a partner with the Illinois law firm of Holstrom & Kennedy, she had a diverse practice representing commercial and individual clients within multiple practice areas, including arbitrations and mediations, trials and appeals. As a trained arbitrator with the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit, she heard cases and rendered decisions in mandatory court-annexed arbitration proceedings. As guardian ad litem, she was trained and approved to serve in probate and family law hearings. For several years, she was a court-appointed special advocate (CASA) for Winnebago County, IL, where she was trained and certified to serve as a children’s advocate, investigating allegations of abuse and neglect and making placement recommendations to the court.

 In the nonprofit sector, Angie served as the development director to ʻOhana Oasis, which provides retreats for grieving families who have lost a child. She provides strategic counsel and grant-writing services to nonprofits. She is an active parent at Hanalei Elementary School and currently serves as the enrichment coordinator, overseeing the hiring of enrichment staff and coordination of art, music, P.E. and garden classes at the school. She also serves on the board of directors for Movement and the Arts on Kauaʻi, dedicated to bringing the performance arts to the North Shore of Kauaʻi.