A Trustee serves a four year term as a member of the Village Board, which is the legislative body that develops and approves ordinances and resolutions governing the life of the community.  The Board approves revenue generating activities as well as expenditures made in support of the operations and business of the Village.  The Board provides direction to the Village Manager who oversees the activities of all Village Departments.

Trustee Jaycox is a life-long resident of Maywood (although she spent 16 years in Country Club Hills, in Illinois).  She is a graduate of Washington Elementary School and Proviso East High School, both of which are located in Maywood.  She attended Triton College and Malcolm X College (formerly known as Crane Junior College).

Trustee Jaycox is retired after having worked for 30 years with ComEd.  She is also a retired professional trainer, but remains qualified as a Community Intervention Specialist.

Her community involvements are distinguished by membership in numerous organizations, including: Maywood Alliance for Better Government, NOMCO, Maywood Chamber of Commerce (Executive Board Member, Membership Chairperson, and Banquet Committee Chairperson), Maywood Youth Mentoring Advisory Council, Proviso Township Democratic Organization (Fund Raising Committee Chairperson), and Women In Management.

As a Village of Maywood Trustee, Trustee Jaycox is chairperson of the Finance Committee.  She ran for Village Trustee to help bring a sense of stability and safety to the community; and to help ensure that Maywood has good government, a strong police force, constructive activities for families, and a good plan for moving forward.  She believes Maywood has the potential to be one of the better communities to live, work and play in; however, to reach this potential, citizens, community leaders, and elected officials must get involved and work together for the good of the Village.  Having served as Trustee for several years now, Trustee Jaycox believes Maywood is headed in a new and more positive direction based on strong family and community values.

Being part of the Maywood community, knowing what it used to be and what it has the potential to become, and having the opportunity to enrich the lives of the citizens are among her motivators that guide her decisions as Trustee.  “Retirement allows me the opportunity to continue to be active, to participate and serve in my community; and I will continue to do so, as long as the citizens want me to,” says Trustee Jaycox.