Don Tracy

Don Tracy (born 1949 or 1950) and is the son of the late founder of Dot Foods Robert F. Tracy and his wife Dorothy Agnes Tracy (née Curtin). He is the eldest of 12 children.

Career Tracy has served as a partner at the Springfield firm Brown, Hay & Stephens (since 1995

In 2015, Governor Bruce Rauner appointed Tracy to serve as Chair of the Illinois Gaming Board (IGB), Tracy served in an acting capacity from February 2, 2015 until June 20, 2017, and as the Board's confirmed chair from June 21, 2017 until June 14, 2019, for a total of more than four years of service.

As of 2019, Tracy was continuing to serve as a partner at Brown, Hay & Stephens, and as general outside counsel to Dot Foods. Tracy defeated attorney Jeannie Evans and national director for the Polish American Congress's PAC Casey Chlebek to win the Republican primary spot.

Contributions controversy During the period of Tracy's extended service with the IGB at the request of incoming Governor J. B. Pritzker Tracy claimed that the allegation was "nonsense", arguing that the contribution had been made by his wife, thus presupposing that a wife could not make independent contributions. He also claimed that the Office of the Executive Inspector General (OEIG) had not interviewed his wife.

Personal life Tracy is married, with 4 children and 8 grandchildren, and resides in Springfield, Illinois. Tracy's sister-in-law is state senator Jil Tracy.