Geneva resident named 2023 Swedish Days parade marshal

Geneva resident Jay Womack has been named the 2023 Swedish Days parade marshal.

According to a news release from the Geneva Chamber of Commerce, Womack is involved with community organizations including the Geneva Park District Foundation, Kane County Forest Preserve District, Geneva Natural Resources Committee, Kane/DuPage Water Conservation District and Conservation Foundation of Kane County.

Womack was nominated to be named marshal by both the Geneva Park District, where he serves on the foundation board, and the Kane County Forest Preserve, where he is a site steward for Fabyan Forest Preserve. Womack was honored in 2019 with the Outstanding Citizen Volunteer of the Year given by the Illinois Association of Park Districts, according to the release.

Womack has been the chairman of the Natural Resource Committee since 2007 and during this time has donated thousands of hours to causes including Earth Day, Fox River Clean Up and the Wine Cheese & Trees fundraiser, which he created and continues to chair to raise money to assist in replacing trees in Geneva that were lost to disease such as the Emerald Ash Borer, according to the release.

In 2022, Womack was honored as the Wood Award Recipient.

The Swedish Days Festival, supported by Northwestern Medicine, runs June 21-25.

For information, visit https://genevachamber.com/events/swedish-day.