Candace Moore recently joined the City of Chicago as its first Chief Equity Officer under the Office of the Mayor. Candace is charged with building out the newly created Office of Equity and Racial Justice which will oversee the development, coordination, and administration of racial and social equity policies and practices for the City of Chicago. Prior to joining the City of Chicago, Candace Moore served as a Senior Staff Attorney at Chicago Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights advocating for educational equity through a lens of racial and social justice. Candace is a double alum of Loyola University Chicago; she graduated from both the undergraduate program and the School of Law.