Please answer the following question: Facts: - profession: business leader , former city official - residence: manhattan , new york city , united states - successor: benjamin kallos - party: democratic - spouse: andrew wuertele - predecessor: gifford miller - office: former the 5th district member of the new york city council from - term end: december 31 , 2013 - constituency: upper east side - term start: january 1 , 2006 - name: jessica lappin - nationality: united states - website: http://jessicalappin.com/ - religion: judaism - alma mater: georgetown university Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jessica lappin .
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jessica suzanne lappin is a new york city business leader and a former elected city official .in 2014 , she became the president of the alliance for downtown new york .prior to that , she served two terms as a member of the new york city council , representing manhattan 's fifth district , which includes the upper east side , east midtown , and roosevelt island .she previously worked as a senior adviser and district chief of staff to gifford miller , the former speaker of the new york city council .she also ran in the democratic primary for manhattan borough president in 2013 and finished in second place .