Matt Brewer, the former chief executive officer and board chair of the Chicago Housing Authority, announced he is joining the Chicago mayoral race.
Brewer notably helped lead the CHA amid a monthslong dispute with Mayor Brandon Johnson over the authority’s next CEO. He remains a CHA board member.
Brewer grew up on Chicago’s South Side, and attended Stanford University for his undergraduate education. He went on to earn a J.D. from Yale Law School and an MBA at Harvard Business School, and is a partner at the law firm Bartlit Beck…