Gayle Chaneyfield Jenkins

Gayle Chaneyfield-Jenkins (born 1957) is an American politician in Newark, New Jersey. on the Municipal Council of Newark. She had previously served from 1995 to 2006, and ran on the slate of Ras J. Baraka, a candidate in the 2014 Newark mayoral election, for the city's Central Ward. and faced incumbent Darrin Sharif in a run-off. Preliminary results released the night of the run-off election on June 10, 2014 showed that Chaneyfield-Jenkins won the seat. She was sworn in on July 1, 2014.

Chaneyfeld-Jenkins was born in Newark and raised in the Hayes Homes projects by her parents who had moved from South Carolina in the 1940s. She is married to Kevin Jenkins, who has also acted as her chief of staff.

Chaneyfield Jenkins, along with late Councilman Donald Tucker, were enstooled as ‘Nana’ in Newark 's sister city Kumasi in South Ghana. ‘Nana’ is a term signifying royalty in the West African nation. She was founder of Women with Hats for the Cure, an unregistered cancer charity. After leaving the municipal council she started Jericho LLC, a firm which sought to consult the city on development.