Erik Colon

Erik Colón is the Assistant Director of the Illinois Department of Central Management Services. As Assistant Director, Colón provides strategic input across the breadth of the agency’s responsibilities and oversees the State’s property portfolio. Beginning in June 2025, Colón served as Statewide Chief Asset Manager with the Illinois Department of Central Management Services. In that role, he oversaw a portfolio of over 600 State-owned properties and leases, and he serves as the State’s senior leader on real property strategy. Colón also currently leads Surplus to Success, an initiative repositioning underutilized public land to drive economic development, expand housing, and revitalize communities across Illinois.

Previously, Colón served as Managing Deputy Commissioner for Finance and Administration at the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation. In this role, he served as the department’s chief administrative and financial officer, overseeing a $350 million operating budget and over 2,000 employees. Earlier in his career, Colón served as Assistant Commissioner in the City of Chicago’s Office of the Chief Financial Officer, where he helped manage three of the largest municipal concession agreements in the country, representing over $4 billion in assets.

Colón served as Petty Officer Second Class in the United States Navy Reserves. Colón earned his Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy from Northern Illinois University and his Master of Public Administration from DePaul University.