Brandon Johnson was sworn in as the 57th Mayor of the City of Chicago on May 15, 2023.

Mayor Johnson began his career as a public school teacher, first at Jenner Academy in Cabrini-Green and then at Westinghouse College Prep on the West Side, where he saw firsthand how school closures, unemployment, and gun violence affected his students and their communities.

He then became an organizer with the Chicago Teachers Union, where he led multi-racial coalitions to defend neighborhood schools from privatization, reduce high-stakes standardized testing, and expand access to state funding.

Mayor Johnson was elected Cook County Commissioner of the 1st District in 2018. During his five years on the Cook County Board, he led efforts to pass the Just Housing Ordinance, which prohibited housing discrimination against formerly incarcerated people. He also passed legislation securing legal representation for immigrants facing deportation, and he coordinated COVID-19 resources for low-income seniors in nursing homes.

Mayor Johnson and his wife, First Lady Stacie Johnson, live in the Austin community on Chicago's West Side, where they are raising their children Owen, Ethan, and Braedyn.