Deputy Governor
State of Illinois
Sol Flores serves as deputy governor in the Pritzker administration, overseeing health and human services.
Flores is the founding executive director of La Casa Norte, a nonprofit organization established in 2002 that has served more than 30,000 youth and families confronting homelessness. She built La Casa Norte from two employees to an 80-plus employee, multi-million-dollar organization that delivers inspiration, hope and critical services to the lives of youth and families experiencing homelessness. She has served on numerous working groups, commissions and local nonprofit boards. Flores was raised by a single mother who came to Chicago from Puerto Rico.
