Kim Janey is an American politician, representing District 7 (includes Roxbury, with parts of the South End, Dorchester, and Fenway) on the Boston City Council, since January 2018. In January 2020, she was selected as president of the council.
Starting in 2010, Janey was a Senior Project Director at Massachusetts Advocates for Children prior to her election to the City Council.She held a variety of positions there since she first started at the non-profit in 2001.Previously, she was a community organizer for Parents United for Child Care.
Janey was first elected to the council in November 2017. She won the low-turnout election with 55.5 percent of the 8,901 votes cast. She was subsequently re-elected in November 2019 with over 70% of the votes cast in her district.
Janey received a bachelor's degree from Smith College in 1994. She lives in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, and is affiliated with the Democratic Party.