CHICAGO – Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson on Sunday announced nearly 400 appointments to 11 transition subcommittees, which were established last week. “In order to create policies to deliver on our vision for a better, stronger, safer Chicago, we need everyone at the table,” said Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson. “I look forward to creating the foundation for a bold, equitable agenda for the next four years. With our broad, diverse group of appointments, we will benefit from their lived experiences and their connections to the community in order to create an administration that truly represents all Chicagoans.”
The subcommittees’ work will culminate in a written report issued in the coming weeks to shape and guide the work of the new administration. In addition to this transition committee work, Mayor-elect Johnson will be announcing other forms of community engagement in the coming months, including advisory committees and listening sessions.
Full list of appointments by subcommittee:
*Asterisk denotes Subcommittee Co-Chairs
Arts & Culture Subcommittee Members:
Michelle T. Boone
Craig Carlson
Marty Castro
Amina Dickerson
Melissa Duprey
Glenn Eden
Flaco Navaja
Miranda Gonzalez
Nikki Hayes
Leslé Honore*
Perri Irmer
Tonika Johnson
Matthew Joynt
Lisa Lee
Gabrielle Lyon
Teresa Magana
Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller
Hilesh Patel
Abby Pucker*
Lou Raizin
Claire Rice
Cristian Roldan
Jane M. Saks
Vershawn Sanders-Ward
Melody Spann-Cooper
Shermann Dilla Thomas
Omar Torres-Kortright
Monica Trinidad*
Damon Williams
Economic Vitality & Equity Subcommittee Members:
Liz Abunaw
State Senator Omar Aquino
Keiana Barrett
Ken Bennett
Beth Berendsen
Saqib Bhatti
Andrew Bluhm
Pastor Byron Brazier
Chanel Coney
Teresa Cordova
Alderperson Pat Dowell
Nilda Esparza
Michael Fassnacht*
Xochitl Flores
Elise Foster
Meg George
Graham Grady
Ana Guajardo
Meghan Harte
Professor Renee Hatcher
Brad Henderson
Steve Horvath
Melanie Jeffries
Matt Johanson
Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi
Sam Kukadia
Cook County Commissioner Bill Lowry
Lynette McRae*
David Namkung
Amalia Nieto Gomez
Lynn Osmond
John Rogers
Charmaine Rickette
Jackie Rosa
Michael Sacks
E. Scott Santi
Anton Seals*
Tariq Siddiqui
State Senator Elgie Sims
Kurt Summers
Joanna Trotter
Rich Wallace
Dorian Warren
Christen Wiggens
Eric Williams
Pastor Janette Wilson
Ernie Wong
Betsy Ziegler
Education Subcommittee Members:
Tony Alvarado-Rivera
Charles Anderson
Heather Anichini
Leticia Barrera
Patrick Brosnan
Denise Castillo Dell Isola
Gabriel Cortez
Fanny Diego Alvarez
Pastor Billy Evans
Alderperson-elect Jesse Fuentes
Angel Gonzalez
Cornelia Grumman
Drea Hall
Nina Hike
Nakisha Hobbs
Jeff Howard
State Representative Hoan Huynh
Tony Johnston
Frank Lally
Camille Odeh
Troy LaRaviere
State Senator Kimberly Lightford
Khari Matthew Humphries
State Senator Robert Martwick
Aisha Truss-Miller
Pastor Otis Moss
Cynthia Nambo
Mariana Osoria
Jackson Potter*
Alderperson-elect Julia Ramirez
Monique Redeaux
Jesse Ruiz*
Jianan Shi
Rabbi Michael Siegel
Dave Stieber
Kyle Stern
Mekayla Sutton
Maurice Swinney
Alderperson Jeanette Taylor
Professor Elizabeth Todd-Breland
Lori Torres
Jay Travis*
Environmental Justice Subcommittee Members:
Amaris Alanis-Ribeiro
Olga Bautista
Nicole Cantello
Maria Cecilia Quiñones Peña
Nakhia Crossley
Jack Darin
Naomi Davis
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner Kimberly Neely Du Buclet
Juanita Garcia
Delmar Gillus
Jacky Grimshaw
Alderperson Maria Hadden
Torrence Hinton
Cheryl Johnson
State Representative Bob Morgan
Cook County Commissioner Josina Morita
Juliana Pino*
Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner Daniel Pogorzelski
Gil Quiniones
Dany Robles
Oscar Sanchez
Colleen Smith*
Cook County Commissioner Maggie Trevor
Ab Weeks
Jung Yoon*
Health & Human Services Subcommittee Members:
Adrienne Alexander
Mary Anderson
Elizabeth Aquino
Miguel Blancarte Jr.
Cook County Commissioner Scott Britton
Arturo Carrillo
Prof. Bob Cohen, MD
Commissioner Dennis Deer
Neelam Dhadankar
Ric Estrada
Kate R. Maehr
Dr. Marlon Everett
Dr. Ngozi Ezike
State Representative Mary Flowers
Sean Garrett*
Deborah Graham
Marshall Hatch Jr.
Grace Hou
Alexa James
Khan Khurram
Cheryl Miller
Juan Morado
Andrea Munoz
Linda Rae Murray, MD*
Paul Pater
Amanda Pyron
Morris Reed
Eric Reinhart, MD
John Rich, MD, MPH
Jackie Rodriguez
Alderperson Rossana Rodriguez-Sanchez*
Brynn Seibert
Tawanna Smith
Stephanie Skora
Linda Tortolero
Carmen Vergara
Urooj Yazdani
Laura Zumdahl
Housing Subcommittee Members:
Carmelo Barbaro
Drew Beres
Pastor Johnathan Brooks
Natasha Brown
Asiaha Butler
Lissette Castaneda
Juliana Gonzalez Crussi
David Doig
Christian Diaz
Julie Dworkin *
Kendra Freeman
Andy Geer
Alex Goldenberg
Pastor Wayne Gordon
Alderperson Maria Hadden
Cliff Helm
Professor April Jackson
Kim Jackson
Jonathan Jones*
Mark Kirincich
Pastor Leon Miller
Mike Mini
Diego Morales
Jose Munoz
Cook County Commissioner Kevin Morrison
Teresa Prim
Katanya Raby
Alderperson Carlos Ramirez-Rosa
David Reifman
Keith M. Richardson
Iliana Rivera Haven
Tariq Siddiqui
Alderperson Byron Sigcho Lopez
State Senator Mike Simmons
Sendy Soto*
Don Washington
Sarah Wick
Rod Wilson
Human Rights, Equity, & Inclusion Subcommittee Members:
Pastor Ira Acree
Daniel O. Ash
Chirag Badlani
Professor Liat Ben-Moshe
Precious Brady Davis
Cathy Cohen
Candace Coleman*
Shelley Davis
Corliss Garner
Mary Gardner
Kim Hunt*
Alejandra Ibanez
Brian Johnson
Katelyn Johnson
State Representative Theresa Mah
Jawanza Malone
Mary Morten
Leena Odeh
Beatriz Ponce de Leon
Cook County Commissioner Anthony Quezada*
Sarah Garza Resnick
Iman Tariq El-Amin
Alderperson Andre Vasquez
Immigration Subcommittee Members:
Fasika Alem
Lawrence Benito
Veronica Castro
Mark Fleming
Michelle Garcia
Neha Gill
S. Mayumi “Umi” Grigsby
State Representative Edgar Gonzalez
State Representative Lillian Jimenez*
Genie Kastrup*
Dannie Li
Tanya Lozano
Andrea Ortiz*
Grace Pai
Erendira Rendon
Kalman Resnick
Mony Ruiz Velasco
Rabbi Shoshana Conover
Xanat Sobrevilla
Sufyan Sohel
Tania Unzueta
State Senator Celina Villanueva
Rey Wences
Public Safety Subcommittee Members:
Kofi Ademola
Berto Aguayo
Veronica Arreola
Kennedy Bartley
Sheila Bedi
Khadine Bennett
Dr. Kathryn Bocanegra*
Robert Boik*
Frank Chapman
Jim Crown
Antwan Dobson
Pastor Michael Eddy
Michael Edwards
Garien Gatewood
Alyx Goodwin
Jermaine Harris
Lanetta Haynes Turner
Any Huamani
Reynaldo Hudson
Chris Huff
Alderperson Matt Martin
Jorge Matos
Captain Ezra McCann
Domonique McCord
Soledad McGrath
Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell
Cook County Commissioner Stanley Moore
State Senator Robert Peters*
Pastor Michael Pfleger
Dr. Dilara Sayeed
Stacia Scott
State Representative Justin Slaughter
Leo Smith
Claudia Rangel
Asha Ransby-Sporn
Jose Rico
Paul Stewart
LeVon Stone
Alderperson Chris Taliaferro
Dane Tucker
Tanya Watkins*
Julie Wilen
Quintin Williams
Vince Williams
Transportation Subcommittee Members:
Erin Aleman
Dorothy Brown
State Representative Kam Buckner*
Ismael Cuevas
Kirk Dillard*
Eric Dixon
Alderperson Jason Ervin
Robert Ginsburg
Jacqueline Gomez
Cook County Commissioner Monica Gordon
Clayton Harris
Darlene Hightower
Syed Hussani
Pat Kelly
Jennifer (Sis) Killen
Tom Kotarac
Alderperson Daniel LaSpata
Kyle Lucas
Benetta Mansfield
Michael McMurray
Jim Merrell
Wilbur Milhouse
Dennis Mondero
Luis Montgomery
Ellen Partridge
Andrea D. Reed
Olatunji Oboi Reed
Roberto Requejo*
Laura Saltzman
Ajay Shah
State Senator Ram Villivalam
Bishop David Whittly
Workers Rights & Labor Subcommittee Members:
Jose Alcala
Shabatayah Andrich*
DeAngelo Bester
Claudia Cattouse
State Representative Lakesia Collins
Father Larry Dowling
Efrain Elias
Cherita Ellens
State Representative Marcus Evans
State Representative Will Guzzardi
Kathy Hanshew
Reverend CJ Hawking*
Brian Imus
Rebecca Martinez
Mike Newman
State Representative Kevin Olickal
Ai-Jen Poo
Marc Poulos
State Representative and Alderperson-elect Lamont Robinson
Alderperson Michael Rodriguez
Rabbi Brant Rosen
Carl Rosen
Will Tanzman
Martin Unzueta
Sophia Zaman*
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