Jessica Cooper Anderson (born 1978) is an American public policy analyst serving as the mayor of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, since December 18, 2023.

[1][3] She became a professor of the practice in the public policy department of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2022.

In her first election in 2015, she was endorsed by the new political action committee Chapel Hill Alliance for a Livable Town (CHALT) and received the most votes of any council candidate.

[5][6] She served as mayor pro tempore from 2017 to 2019 and was reelected to the council in 2019, again as the top vote getter.

[4] She was endorsed by outgoing mayor Pam Hemminger, most of the incumbent town council, the Sierra Club, Indy Week, and the local advocacy group NEXT.