Appointed to the City Council on Sept. 21, Ald. Timmy Knudsen made history as the 43^rd Ward’s first openly gay alderman. Prior to his appointment to the City Council, Knudsen worked as chair of the city’s Zoning Board of Appeals. “As Chairman, he ensure[d] local residents, neighborhood groups and stakeholders of all kinds are fully heard and fairly represented,” according to his campaign website. “Navigating complex real estate projects and government agencies has equipped Knudsen to be an effective problem solver, which he will take to City Hall.”

Knudsen worked on Lori Lightfoot’s 2019 campaign for mayor under her campaign finance team and as a partner at Fairchild Morgan & Beres before joining the city council. “As I have throughout my legal career, my public service chairing the Chicago Zoning Board of Appeals and my time as a grassroots organizer, I will be an advocate and consensus builder as alderman,” Knudsen said in an interview with Block Club Chicago .

“I bring a passion for private sector results to public service and am honored to have a new way to give back to the community I call home.” He’s strongly campaigned on his community engagement efforts in his bid for re-election and prominent LGBTQ community members have echoed the sentiment.

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