The St. Paul City Council switched up its leadership team on Wednesday, electing Council Member Nelsie Yang as its new vice president. Yang, one of the council’s youngest members, replaces Council Member HwaJeong Kim, who has held the role since joining the council in January 2024.
Nelsie Yang. (Courtesy of the City of St. Paul)
Rebecca Noecker will continue to serve as council president, and Cheniqua Johnson will remain chair of the city’s Housing and Redevelopment Authority. Johnson will also serve as chair of the council’s budget committee, which had also been led by Kim.
Kim is the executive director of Minnesota Voice, a progressive nonprofit dedicated to voter registration, civic engagement and training community organizers, and took a visible role organizing against Immigration end Customs Enforcement detainments during Operation Metro Surge.
The vote of the seven-member council was unanimous.
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