Kim Janey
Kim Janey is an American politician, representing District 7 on the Boston City Council, since January 2018. In January 2020, she was selected as president of the council.
Starting in 2010, Janey was a Senior Project Director at Massachusetts Advocates for Children prior to her election to the City Council. She held a variety of positions there since she first started at the non-profit in 2001. Previously, she was a community organizer for Parents United for Child Care.
Janey was first elected to the council in November 2017. She won the low-turnout election with 55.5 percent of the 8,901 votes cast. She was subsequently re-elected in November 2019 with over 70% of the votes cast in her district.
Janey received a bachelor's degree from Smith College in 1994. She lives in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, and is affiliated with the Democratic Party.
