Background
Chico, Gery J. was born on August 24, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
Chico, Gery J. was born on August 24, 1956 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
University of Illinois (Bachelor of Arts, 1978). Loyola University (Juris Doctor, 1985). Government and Regulatory Law.
Worked at Altheimer & Gray (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Government Practice, Land Use, Tax, Finance. Admitted to the bar, 1985, Illinois. United States. District Court, Northern District of Illinois.
Member, Loyola Law Review.
Lecturer, Land Use Law, Illinois Institute of Continuing Education. Appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley as the following: Deputy Chief of Staff, 1991-1992, Chief of Staff, 1992-1995 and President of the Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees, 1996-1999.
Recipient: Everett McKinley Dirksen Award for Outstanding Public Service: Selected as Champion of the Public Interest Public Interest for Member of the Board, Economic Club of Chicago, the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce, the Field Museum, the Kohl Children"s Museum, the Young Men’s Christian Association of Metropolitan Chicago and the Financial Research and Advisory Committee. Former President, Mexican American Chamber of Commerce of Illinois, Incorporated.
Vice Chairman of the Board, Mexican American Lawyers Scholarship Fund.
Member: Illinois State and American Bar Associations. The Chicago Council on Foreign Relations (Chicago Committee). (Chairman, Government Department at firm).
Member, Loyola Law Review. Lecturer, Land Use Law, Illinois Institute of Continuing Education. Appointed by Mayor Richard M. Daley as the following: Deputy Chief of Staff, 1991-1992, Chief of Staff, 1992-1995 and President of the Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees, 1996-1999.