Complex sentence: Gary Hannig is a former Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation, having served in that post from 2009 to 2011, and was previously a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 98th District from 1979 to 2009.
Split into simpler sentences: Gary Hannig is Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation, having been appointed to that post in 2009. Hannig was previously a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 98th District from 1979 to 2009.