MEET ISAIAH
Isaiah lives with his spouse in River North. When he’s not campaigning for incredible candidates, he’s a primary school educator and youth programs volunteer with his local resident association, RNRA. He’s worked in the office of federal officials such as Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, for Connecticut’s state Medicaid office, and with local officials from NYC to Minneapolis.
Isaiah started his career working in health policy – specifically, Medicaid policy. He’s worked on Medicaid and related issues at the county, state, and Federal levels in both legislative and executive branches. Two highlights of his work are the design of an incentive based readmission reduction program for CT Medicaid (Husky Health) and federal legislation that would have established medical loss ratios for Medicaid Managed Care Organizations with Rep. Hakeem Jeffries.
Today, Isaiah is a primary school educator and he’s loving every minute of it. When Isaiah’s not teaching, he manages campaigns for Chicago’s next generation of pragmatic, moderate, and independent-minded elected leaders, most recently Jessica Biggs’ race for school board.
Isaiah has deep first-hand experiences with the successes and failures of government. As a former foster youth, he relied on Medicaid, SNAP, and Social Security Survivors Benefits. He firmly believes in the necessity of a universal social safety net, and he believes that the people who rely on these services and, critically, the taxpayers who fund them, deserve programs that are efficient and generous stewards of public dollars. Isaiah endeavors to build a county government that makes our tax-dollars go further while delivering robust programs and customer-focused services.
Whether it’s the Tyler Technologies contract that’s 330% over budget and four years late, inefficient facilities management, over priced infrastructure procurement, or Stroger Hospitals’s many issues the county government has shown itself a poor steward of tax-payer dollars. Isaiah will seek to preserve the generosity of the County’s programs while reforming their administration to lower unit costs and enhance their quality of service. Isaiah will be laser focused on increasing county government’s productivity.
Today Isaiah lives in River North with his spouse and their kitten, Ford. He volunteers with the River North Residents’ Association as their chair of family activities, organizing seasonal events that help make River North a great place for kids to grow. When he’s not teaching, campaigning, or volunteering, he bikes the lakefront and does ceramics at the Park District.
