Louisa Chafee

Louisa Chafee started their work experience in 2000 as a Senior Contract Manager at American Express. After that, they worked as Deputy to Counsel at the NYC Mayor's Office, Deputy Mayor for Operations from 2002 to 2004. From 2004 to 2006, they worked as Associate Director for Policy and Administration at the Mayor's Office of Contract Services, City of New York. In 2006, they became the Executive Director of Management Innovation at the NYC Mayor's Office, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services, a position they held until 2013. From 2013 to 2015, they served as Deputy Secretary for Human Services at the Governor's Office, New York State. louisa then became a Visiting Scholar at New York University from 2015 to 2016. From 2016 to 2023, they held the role of Senior Vice President for Public Policy and External Relations at UJA-Federation of New York. In 2023, they became the Director at New York City Independent Budget Office.

Louisa Chafee's education history includes a Master of Public Administration (MPA) from the New York University Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, which they obtained between 1994 and 1996. In 1999 and 2000, they pursued a fellowship in Immigration and Human Service Policy, based in Berlin, Germany, through the Robert Bosch Foundation. Their undergraduate degree is a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Art History and German Literature from Macalester College, which they obtained from 1986 to 1990.