Mayor Lori Lightfoot picks Nicole Lee as new 11th Ward alderman, first Asian American woman to serve on City Council

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has picked the first Asian American woman to serve on the city Council as the new 11th Ward alderman.

Lee has a long record of community service in the city's Asian community, including as a member of the UIC Asian American Advisory Council, a former president of the Chicago chapter of the Organization of Chinese Americans, a former co-chair and founding member of the Asian Giving Circle, and a former vice president of the Chinese Mutual Aid Association.

Lee said she was inspired to apply to become the 11th Ward alderman by her father, Gene Lee, who served as deputy chief of staff under former Mayor Richard M. Daley. In 2014 – three years after Daley had left office – Lee's father pleaded guilty to federal charges accusing him of stealing money donated to a charity. The charges were not connected to his work in the Daley administration, and his daughter had nothing to do with the criminal case.

Lee has a master's degree in public policy from the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy, and a bachelor's degree in public affairs from the Indiana University School of Public and Environmental Affairs.

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