Lori Healey
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Lori T. Healey is the former Chief of Staff for the Office of the Mayor of Chicago. Healey replaced former Chief of Staff Ron Huberman
, who was named President of the Chicago Transit Authority
by the CTA Board. Healey left the Mayor's office in December 2008 to become president of the Chicago 2016 committee. She is currently a Principal at The John Buck Company, a Chicago-based real estate firm.
Healey was formerly the Commissioner of the Chicago
Department of Planning
and Development, where she was appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley
in 2005. Healey's strategy is to lead private sector development in "emerging neighborhoods" by public works projects.
Healey worked with tax increment financing
for the Department of Planning and Development between 1998 and 2000. She was appointed to serve on the Zoning Reform Commission in 2000, where she simplified the city's complex zoning
code. In 2002, she served on the Chicago Housing Authority
board of commissioners.
Healey has a masters
of public administration
from Kansas State University
. She has worked in a number of architecture and development firms during her career, and directed the Federation of Women Contractors. She has served the boards of the Chicago Women in Government Relations, the Women's Business Development Center, and the Metropolitan Planning Council. She was a founding member of Illinois Executive Women in State Government.
Crain's Chicago Business featured Healey in its "Forty Under Forty" publication in 1999 and as a "Woman to Watch" in 2009.
Ron Huberman
Ron Huberman is the former Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Public Schools system, the third largest public school system in the United States. Huberman oversaw a budget of over $6 billion. Prior to that, Huberman served as President of the Chicago Transit Authority.- Early life and...
, who was named President of the Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago Transit Authority
Chicago Transit Authority, also known as CTA, is the operator of mass transit within the City of Chicago, Illinois and some of its surrounding suburbs....
by the CTA Board. Healey left the Mayor's office in December 2008 to become president of the Chicago 2016 committee. She is currently a Principal at The John Buck Company, a Chicago-based real estate firm.
Healey was formerly the Commissioner of the Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
Department of Planning
Urban planning
Urban planning incorporates areas such as economics, design, ecology, sociology, geography, law, political science, and statistics to guide and ensure the orderly development of settlements and communities....
and Development, where she was appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley
Richard M. Daley
Richard Michael Daley is a United States politician, member of the national and local Democratic Party, and former Mayor of Chicago, Illinois. He was elected mayor in 1989 and reelected in 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007. He was the longest serving Chicago mayor, surpassing the tenure of his...
in 2005. Healey's strategy is to lead private sector development in "emerging neighborhoods" by public works projects.
Healey worked with tax increment financing
Tax increment financing
Tax Increment Financing, or TIF, is a public financing method which has been used as a subsidy for redevelopment and community improvement projects in many countries including the United States for more than 50 years...
for the Department of Planning and Development between 1998 and 2000. She was appointed to serve on the Zoning Reform Commission in 2000, where she simplified the city's complex zoning
Zoning
Zoning is a device of land use planning used by local governments in most developed countries. The word is derived from the practice of designating permitted uses of land based on mapped zones which separate one set of land uses from another...
code. In 2002, she served on the Chicago Housing Authority
Chicago Housing Authority
The Chicago Housing Authority is a municipal corporation established by the State of Illinois in 1937 with jurisdiction for the administrative oversight of public housing within the City of Chicago...
board of commissioners.
Healey has a masters
Master's degree
A master's is an academic degree granted to individuals who have undergone study demonstrating a mastery or high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice...
of public administration
Public administration
Public Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....
from Kansas State University
Kansas State University
Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States...
. She has worked in a number of architecture and development firms during her career, and directed the Federation of Women Contractors. She has served the boards of the Chicago Women in Government Relations, the Women's Business Development Center, and the Metropolitan Planning Council. She was a founding member of Illinois Executive Women in State Government.
Crain's Chicago Business featured Healey in its "Forty Under Forty" publication in 1999 and as a "Woman to Watch" in 2009.
External links
- Chicago's New Planning Chief, Gregory Meyer
- http://egov.cityofchicago.org/city/webportal/portalContentItemAction.do?BV_SessionID=@@@@0097309541.1167766727@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccfaddjjkhehjmcefecelldffhdfgm.0&contentOID=536932869&contenTypeName=COC_EDITORIAL&topChannelName=Dept&blockName=Planning+And+Development%2FCommissioner%2FI+Want+To&context=dept&channelId=0&programId=0&entityName=Planning+And+Development&deptMainCategoryOID=-536884762Department biography]
- "40 Under 40: Healey," Greg Hinz