Bridget Gainer

Bridget Gainer
Website http://bridgetgainer.com/

Bridget Gainer is a politician, serving since the April 2009. The district includes many of Chicago’s north side neighborhoods. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Commissioner Gainer has led the County Board on issues of vacant/abandoned property, pension reform and the women & children in the public safety system.

Education

Gainer received a bachelor's degree in Political Science and English from the University of Illinois and a M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. She is a Board member of Women Employed, The Center for Economic Progress and St. Gregory's High School.

Political career

Gainer began her political career working as a budget analyst in Chicago's City Hall under Chicago's longest-serving Mayor, Richard M. Daley. She then went on to work for the Park District as the Director of the Lakefront Parks. For the last decade Gainer has been with Aon, a Chicago-based insurance broker, where she has focused on pension and healthcare policy as well as risk management in the public sector and private sector.

Commissioner

Gainer was initially appointed to the seat in April 2009 to replace former commissioner Mike Quigley, who won the special election to fill former Congressman Rahm Emanuel's seat when Emanuel left Congress to become President Obama's Chief of Staff. In 2010, Gainer, a Democrat, defeated her Republican opponent in the November 2010 election and won a four-year term.

Her work since she was appointed in 2009 includes:

Personal life

Bridget Gainer is married and has three children.

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