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Chynna Hampton

Equity Director
Climate Jobs Illinois
Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chynna S Hampton is the Equity Director for Climate Jobs Illinois (CJI) under the Illinois American Federation of Labor (IL -AFL CIO), a union led initiative that has successfully passed legislation to ensure the work is continuance in ensuring equity, diversity and inclusion (DEI) for good paying union jobs in the clean energy sector. Hampton has been successful in assisting HIRE360 Partners with obtaining over 10 million dollars in CEJA funding to support individuals and community organizations across the state of Illinois to have access and opportunity to training and job readiness skills for unionized careers in clean energy
Prior to her role with CJI, Hampton was the Director of Workforce Development at
HIRE360, where she partnered with Chicagoland’s construction unions, developers, and general contractors to develop DEI initiatives on projects throughout Chicago and the surrounding areas. Hampton also worked to connect economically- disadvantaged communities, access opportunities to careers in construction.
Hampton is currently appointed by the Governor of Illinois to the Energy Workforce Advisory Council and an appointed member of the Commission on Environmental Justice. Hampton also currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Illinois Economic Policy Institute (ILEPI) where she assists in the mission of promoting thoughtful economic growth for businesses and working families. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Chi Gives Back, where their mission is to improve the well-being of the Chicagoland communities by giving back, and lastly, she also serves on the BOD for I Am a Gentleman.
Hampton earned her Master’s in Public Administration from Walden University, and her bachelors in Sociology at the University of Illinois at Chicago, and her Associate of Arts from City Colleges of Chicago.

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