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34 March 2020
Manuel Perez
The 'Politico' Maker
"I
t is not the critic who counts;
not the man who points out
how the strong man stumbles, or
where the doer of deeds could have
done them better. The credit belongs
to the man who is actually in the
arena, whose face is marred by dust
and sweat and blood [...]"
Theodore Roosevelt.
Age: 30
Title: Managing Deputy
Director
Name of Organization: City
of Chicago
Manuel Pérez recently
served as Campaign Ma-
nager for the Lori Lightfoot
campaign for Mayor. He
helped catapult Lightfoot
to victory and helped her
make history as the city's
first openly gay mayor and
only second female. She
also was only the second
African American to be elec-
ted mayor.
Pérez has led a variety of
campaigns at the local, state,
and federal level, including
working on the campaign of
Jesús "Chuy" García who in
2018 successfully won a seat
in the U.S. Congress.
During his role in Cook
County government, Pérez
served as special assistant to
the president of the county
board, chief of staff to the
county clerk, and chief of
staff to Garcia who was then
a Cook County Commissio-
ner.
Born in Chicago to Mexi-
can immigrants, Pérez grew
up in West Suburban Cicero,
Illinois. He graduated from
Princeton University with a
bachelor's degree in history
and resides in the Pilsen
neighborhood of Chicago.
