What is Gery Chico?
{{Infobox person | name = Gery Chico | image = Gery Chico at DuSable debate.jpg | caption = Chico at a mayoral debate held in the [[DuSable Museum of African American History]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1956|08|24}} | birth_place = [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] | occupation = Chairman of the [[Illinois State Board of Education]] | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | education = BA, [[University of Illinois at Chicago]] (1978)<br/>JD, [[Loyola University Chicago School of Law]] (1985) }} '''Gery J. Chico''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|ɛr|i|_|ˈ|tʃ|iː|k|oʊ}} {{respell|GERR|ee|_|CHEE|koh}}; born August 24, 1956) is an American lawyer and politician. Chico is a former Democratic primary candidate for [[United States Senate]] and [[Chicago mayoral election, 2011|former candidate]] for [[Mayor of Chicago]]. Chico was the Chief of Staff to Mayor [[Richard M. Daley]] from 1992 to 1995, and board president of the [[Chicago Public Schools]] from 1995 to 2001. From 2007 to 2010, he was board president of the [[Chicago Park District]], and in 2010 he was board president of the [[City Colleges of Chicago]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Gery Chico Save A Life Foundation Connection: What Was His Role At Troubled Charity? |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/17/gery-chico-save-a-life-foundation_n_822678.html |date=2011-02-17 |first=Will |last=Guzzardi |newspaper=[[The Huffington Post]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Gery Chico Save A Life Foundation Connection Delays His Appointment To State Board Of Ed |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/23/gery-chico-save-a-life-fo_n_883320.html |date=2011-06-23 |first=Will |last=Guzzardi |newspaper=[[The Huffington Post]]}}</ref> On June 7, 2011, Chico was named Chairman of the [[Illinois State Board of Education]] by Illinois Governor [[Pat Quinn (politician)|Pat Quinn]]. In September 2018, Chico announced his candidacy for mayor again for the [[Chicago mayoral election, 2019|2019 election]]. He lost in the first round of the election in February