Donna Hodges was elected president of the Illinois Information Processing Association at their annual spring convention. The organization is a professional association for information systems directors and information processing specialists in Illinois. Hodges has served the association in various roles for the past four years, and will now also serve on the board of the Southern Information Processing Association as president. She received her bachelor's and master's degrees in information systems and business administration from Joliet College, and has worked as the director of Information Systems for Marshall, Barrett & Co. for eight years.