Ami Patel is the deputy chief financial officer for Philadelphia City Council, working in the council president’s office. She also serves on the board of Young Involved Philadelphia (YIP) as the director of volunteer engagement. In her community, she was elected as a committeeperson in the 29th ward, 16th division in 2022. Ami has also been involved with two local tree planting groups since 2017 and does four tree plantings a year in the lower North Philadelphia and Kensington/Fishtown neighborhoods.
She obtained her Master of Public Administration from the Fels Institute of Government at the University of Pennsylvania in 2019. Prior to Fels, Ami worked in private sector technology consulting at Accenture and also in nonprofit management. Ami holds her BA in operations and technology management from Boston University’s School of Management.
