Illinois HR 625: MEMORIAL-K. PIERCE-SHERROD

Status: Resolution Adopted (as of 2026-01-22)

State: Illinois · Session: 104th · Bill: HR 625

Sponsors: Kam Buckner

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HR0625LRB104 20340 LAW 33791 r

1HOUSE RESOLUTION

2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 

3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Kristen 

4Pierce-Sherrod, chief executive officer (CEO) of Harold's 

5Chicken and co-founder of the Chicago Children Equestrian 

6Center; and

7 WHEREAS, Kristen Pierce-Sherrod, the daughter of Harold's 

8Chicken founders Harold and Hilda Pierce, was raised in 

9Beaverville; and

10 WHEREAS, Kristen Pierce-Sherrod continued her parents' 

11legacy, becoming CEO of Harold's Chicken in 2000; during her 

12more than 20 years at the helm, she was credited for retaining 

13the business's close ties to Chicago's culture and identity, 

14maintaining the brand's reputation as a Chicago staple, while 

15expanding the regional brand into a national chain of 

16restaurants located across eight states; and

17 WHEREAS, Kristen Pierce-Sherrod and her husband, Vincent 

18Sherrod, co-founded the non-profit Chicago Children Equestrian 

19Center in 2021, providing underserved and vulnerable youth 

20with the opportunity to learn horsemanship as well as lessons 

21of self-love and responsibility through equine therapy; and

HR0625- 2 -LRB104 20340 LAW 33791 r

1 WHEREAS, Kristen Pierce-Sherrod was a phenomenal business 

2woman who will be remembered for her prolific impact on 

3Harold's Chicken, the City of Chicago, and the State of 

4Illinois; therefore, be it

5 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 

6HUNDRED FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 

7we mourn the passing of Kristen Pierce-Sherrod, chief 

8executive officer (CEO) of Harold's Chicken and co-founder of 

9the Chicago Children Equestrian Center, and extend our sincere 

10condolences

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