Jean Kenol Elected Chair of Silver Cross Hospital Board of Directors

The Silver Cross Hospital Board of Directors recently elected Jean Kenol as Chairman. Kenol succeeds John Phelan, who has served as Chairman since December 2020. Phelan will remain on the Board.

Kenol, a partner at Mahoney, Silverman and Cross, LLC, grew up in Joliet, graduating from the University of Notre Dame with a B.A. in government. While at Notre Dame, he also completed the American University Semester program on public policy in Washington, D.C., where he clerked for former Congressman Jerry Weller of the 11th Congressional District.

After college, Kenol attended the University of Illinois College of Law on a full-tuition Lincoln scholarship, graduated in 2001 and that year, was admitted to practice law in the State of Illinois and the United States District Court Northern District of Illinois. During his law school career, he interned for the Honorable Ann C. Williams, United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Kenol’s practice areas include corporate and business law, real estate law, zoning and land use, and local government law. He was listed as a “rising star” in the 2009 Illinois Super Lawyers & Rising Stars magazine and is an active member of the Illinois State Bar Association.

Devoted to community interests, Kenol has served as the President of the Notre Dame Club of Joliet and on the Board of Directors for United Cerebral Palsy of Will County, and the Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In September 2012, he was named the Joliet Area Young Professional of the Year by the Joliet Chamber.

For more information about Silver Cross Hospital, visit www.silvercross.org