| Melissa Conyears-Ervin | |
| Office: | City Treasurer of Chicago |
| Term Start: | May 20, 2019 |
| Predecessor: | Kurt Summers |
| State House1: | Illinois |
| District1: | 10th |
| Term Start1: | January 11, 2017 |
| Term End1: | May 20, 2019 |
| Predecessor1: | Pamela Reaves-Harris |
| Successor1: | Jawaharial Williams |
| Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Spouse: | Jason Ervin[1] |
| Education: | Eastern Illinois University (BS) Roosevelt University (MBA) |
Melissa Conyears-Ervin is an American politician and the current Chicago City Treasurer.[2] She was previously a Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 10th District since 2017. The 10th district includes all or parts of West Garfield Park, East Garfield Park, United Center, Ukrainian Village, River West, Goose Island, Wicker Park and Lincoln Park in Chicago.[3] [4]
Conyears-Ervin earned a Master of Business Administration from Roosevelt University. Prior to her political career, she worked in the insurance industry at both Allstate. and CS Insurance Strategies.[5]
In 2023 Conyears-Ervin faces an ethics investigation into allegations surrounding abuse of power.[6] Former employees allege her of requiring staff to perform personal tasks including planning birthday parties, grocery shopping, and forcing BMO Harris Bank to provide a mortgage for her husband, Chicago Alderman Jason Ervin.[7]
| 2019 Chicago City Treasurer election[8] [9] [10] [11] | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | First round | Runoff | |||
| Vote | % | Vote | % | ||
| Melissa Conyears-Ervin | 225,385 | 44.26% | 296,293 | 59.38% | |
| Ameya Pawar | 211,759 | 41.59% | 202,714 | 40.62% | |
| Peter Gariepy | 72,068 | 14.15% | |||
| Write-in | 4 | 0.00% | |||