Lightfoot nominates Annette Nance-Holt as new Commissioner of the Chicago Fire Department
By FOX 32 Digital Staff
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CHICAGO - Mayor
Lori Lightfoot says Acting Fire Commissioner Annette Nance-Holt will take over as the permanent Commissioner of the Chicago Fire Department, pending City Council approval.
Commissioner Nance-Holt will be the first woman and first woman of color to lead the Chicago Fire Department in its 162-year history. Commissioner Holt has more than three decades of proven leadership and a passion for public service that makes her the perfect fit for this role, said Mayor Lightfoot. Furthermore, in a time where more work remains in order to eliminate discrimination, racism and sexism from the firefighter profession, Commissioner Holt s history-making appointment as the first woman and Black woman to lead as Fire Commissioner couldn t have come at a better moment.
If Annette Nance-Holt’s nomination by Mayor Lori Lightfoot is approved by the City Council, she would be the first woman to serve as fire commissioner in the department’s 162-year history.