Chicago budget office shaken as budget director resigns amid finance shakeup
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s budget director Annette Guzman resigns amid a broader shakeup of the city’s finance team, following the departures of acting CFO Steve Mahr and Deputy CFO Noor Shaikh earlier in the year; Guzman says she is leaving to focus on family, and deputy budget director Jonathan Ernst will be acting budget director through the 2027 budget season as Johnson prepares for a likely large deficit.