Daley names LGBT advisory chair

Daley names LGBT advisory chair
Copyright by The Windy City Times
Thursday, March 18, 2010
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Dana V. Starks, chairman and commissioner of the City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations has announced that Mayor Richard M. Daley has appointed Elizabeth A. Kelly, Ph.D., as the new chairperson of the Commission's Advisory Council on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues, according to a press release.
Kelly is professor of women's and gender studies at DePaul University, where she has taught since 1992. She was a founding member of DePaul's interdisciplinary program in LGBT studies Program and served for six years as director of women's and gender studies. Kelly has been a member of the Advisory Council on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Issues since 2006.

The advisory council chair also serves as an ex officio member of the Commission on Human Relations Board of Commissioners.