Karen Freeman-Wilson has been President and CEO of the Chicago Urban League since January 2020.
11 Facts About Karen Freeman-Wilson
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Karen Freeman-Wilson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard University and Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.
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State auditors later found that the Karen Freeman-Wilson issued more than $700,000 in grants without approval from the Governor and various agencies during her eleven months in office.
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The State Board found that Karen Freeman-Wilson issued grants from the $1.39 million payment Indiana received for work on the national tobacco settlement.
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Karen Freeman-Wilson served as legal counsel to the Gary Urban Enterprise Association from 1995 to 2006.
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In May 2011, Karen Freeman-Wilson won the Democratic mayoral primary for the city of Gary.
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Karen Freeman-Wilson had previously run in both 2003 and 2007, losing to Scott L King and Rudy Clay respectively.
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Karen Freeman-Wilson won the election with a landslide 87 percent of the vote.
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Karen Freeman-Wilson has refused to allow a museum in the childhood home of Michael Jackson.
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Karen Freeman-Wilson appeared during her tenure as mayor in a December 21,2016 episode of Undercover Boss, in which she was disguised as a long-haired woman from Nashville, Tennessee with a Southern accent.
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Karen Freeman-Wilson was denied a third term in the May 2019 mayoral primary, when she lost to Lake County Assessor, Jerome Prince.