Local Mayor Rahm Emanuel Names Carole L. Brown as City of Chicago Chief Financial Officer by Gary Kopycinski on May 15, 2015 Gary Kopycinski Author More in Local: Park Forest’s Sandra Zoellner Retires After 21 Years of Service June 17, 2026 Save the date for The Prairie Party at theNate June 17, 2026 Governors State Has New Soccer Complex and New Men’s Coach June 17, 2026 CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–May 15, 2015. Mayor Emanuel today named Carole L. Brown as the City of Chicago’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Brown is replacing outgoing CFO Lois Scott who is leaving the post next week.