Ricca Slone was inaugurated in the Illinois General Assembly as state representative for the 92nd district in January 1997. She is an attorney, concentrating on environmental compliance and real estate transactions for small business. Slone is a 1990 graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law and holds a bachelor’s degree from Washington University, St. Louis; a master’s degree in anthropology from the University of California, Los Angeles; and a master’s degree in public administration from Ohio State University.