Anthony Simpkins received his Law degree and masters in Political Science from Loyola University Chicago in 1994. He began his legal career at the Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities, the fair housing organization founded by the Rev. Martin Luther King, and as a Skadden Foundation fellow, representing victims of illegal evictions at the Legal Assistance Foundation and Lawyers’ Committee for Better Housing. In 1997, Anthony joined the City of Chicago Law Department, as Senior Counsel, focused on public safety litigation, and then in 2007 became Deputy Commissioner for affordable housing preservation for the Chicago Department of Planning and Development. In 2014, Anthony was appointed a Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County by the Illinois Supreme Court, and served until 2016, when he returned to the City as the Managing Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Housing, overseeing housing and community development programs. Anthony is currently the President and CEO of Neighborhood Housing Services of Chicago, which provides education, counseling, lending, home repair and other services to promote homeownership and community revitalization in low- and moderate-income communities of color in Chicago.
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