Jamie R. Gauthier

Jamie R. Gauthier represents West and Southwest Philadelphia as the City Councilmember for the Third District. Councilmember Jamie Gauthier fights for her constituents’ right to live with dignity and remain in the neighborhoods they’ve called home for decades. She is the only elected official in the City of Philadelphia with a planning degree, offering her a unique perspective on social and economic issues.

Councilmember Jamie Gauthier’s agenda prioritizes creating and preserving affordable housing, combating gun violence, empowering young people, connecting residents to family-sustaining jobs, protecting our environment, advancing small businesses, and investing in public spaces. She is the Chair of the Committee on Housing, Neighborhood Development, and the Homeless and the Committee on the Environment.

Councilmember Jamie Gauthier’s accomplishments include securing hundreds of millions of dollars for gun violence prevention, affordable housing, our public spaces, and quality-of-life services. She helped create the nationally acclaimed Eviction Diversion Program, implemented the City’s first mandatory inclusionary zoning policy, made it easier for Community Land Trusts to acquire public land, and equipped the City and its partners with additional tools to preserve expiring government-subsidized affordable housing. Councilmember Gauthier was also the first local elected official to call for a gun violence emergency declaration, which Mayor Parker signed on her first day in office, and continues to put the City to work for our neighborhoods.

Before joining City Council, Councilmember Jamie Gauthier served as Executive Director of the Fairmount Park Conservancy, where she carried out vital improvements in West Fairmount Park and organized stewardship and care for parks across the city. Councilmember Gauthier is also the former Executive Director of the Sustainable Business Network of Greater Philadelphia.

After graduating from Central High School, Councilmember Jamie Gauthier received an accounting degree from Temple University and her Master of City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania.