Tollway bio: Director Joseph Gomez is currently the senior vice president of Byline Bank, where he oversees business development. Prior to that, he worked for the state of Illinois in the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation’s Bureau of Banking. He was the Chicago bank managing director. He has also worked for the U.S. Department of Commerce as a financial consultant, helping develop the department’s globalization program in China, Latin America and Canada. Director Gomez has also served on the Illinois Development Finance Authority under Governors James R. Thompson and Jim Edgar. Director Gomez earned his bachelor’s degree from Southern Illinois University.