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Milele Alake Coggs (born July 3rd, 1977) is a lawyer and the Alderwoman for the 6th District in the city of Milwaukee. Raised in the Harambee neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Alderwoman Coggs election to office marks the Coggs family’s fifth generation of members having served in public office with three members currently in different areas of government. Alderwoman Coggs is the youngest woman ever elected to Milwaukee’s Common Council and is the first African-American female to ever serve as Chair of the powerful Finance and Personnel Committee.

Early Life, Education Born Milele Alake Coggs, raised in the Harambee neighborhood in Milwaukee, WI, Alderwoman Coggs attended Fisk University with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and English. She returned to Wisconsin to attend the University of Wisconsin Law School where she earned a Juris Doctorate Degree.

Career After graduating from Law School, Alderwoman Coggs has successfully managed several election campaigns and heeded the call to community service by forming M. A. Coggs & Associates, L.L.C. a consulting company specializing in politics, education, and small business development. Alderwoman Coggs is married with two children. Alderwoman Coggs has created, guided and nurtured several beneficial programs in the City of Milwaukee including Girls Day at City Hall, the MKE Business Now Entrepreneur Summit, Bronzeville Week, the Sixth District Landscape Award, the Dr. James G. White Difference Maker Award, the Housing Resource Fair, AKA Day at City Hall, Office Hours In the District, Girls Shadow Day at City Hall, and the Freedom Essay Scholarship Contest. Alderwoman Coggs has also been involved with a wide array of community organizations throughout the years. Growing up in one of Wisconsin’s most prominent political families and being exposed to the idea and value of a legacy of public service has influenced Alderwoman Coggs in her choices of community service and aspirations for public office. She sees public service as her passion and her legislative office as a way to pursue that passion in assisting in the improvement of the quality of life for all, a basic value she carries into all of her legislative initiatives.