Michelle T. Boone

CTL-E-4935 · Person · politician · contemporary

VERIFIED evidence grade of this record

President & CEO, Poetry Foundation (former Chicago cultural affairs commissioner); panelist on Team Culture panel. Appeared at City Club of Chicago program 'Reimagining Downtown Chicago' (2025-01-14).

Notes

BCCVA Source Collection 001 (City Club of Chicago) seed record. Role at time of speech: President & CEO, Poetry Foundation (former Chicago cultural affairs commissioner); panelist on Team Culture panel. Civic lenses: 09 Arts, Culture & Historic Preservation. Programs: Reimagining Downtown Chicago (2025-01-14). Identity verification: "Appointed in May 2021, Michelle T. Boone is the first woman and first African American to lead the Poetry Foundation." — Poetry Foundation institutional biography (PDF). Research status: seed-verified. Last verified: 2026-10-06.

Relationships

City Club of Chicago: Reimagining Downtown Chicago — related to
Appeared at City Club of Chicago program "Reimagining Downtown Chicago" (2025-01-14). Role at time: President & CEO, Poetry Foundation (former Chicago cultural affairs commissioner); panelist on Team Culture panel.

Sources

Identity evidence: "Appointed in May 2021, Michelle T. Boone is the first woman and first African American to lead the Poetry Foundation." — Poetry Foundation institutional biography (PDF)
City Club of Chicago program: Reimagining Downtown Chicago (2025-01-14) — https://cityclub-chicago.org/event/2/5667/reimagining-downtown-chicago (primary source)

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