Councilmember Shana Ellis
Shana Ellis was elected to the Tempe City Council in March 2006. She was raised
in Tempe graduating from Tempe High School and Arizona State University, where
she received a Bachelor's Degree in Business/Computer Information Systems and a
Master's in Public Administration. Ms. Ellis is chair of the
Transportation, Housing and Environment Committee, and serves on the Central City
Development Committee of the Whole and the Social Services and Culture
Committee.Shana's leadership experience includes serving on the Board of Directors of
Tempe Leadership ( President in 2004)
http://www.tempeleadership.org
, The Tempe Human Relations Commission (Chair in 2000)
http://www.tempe.gov/hrc/ , Area Agency on Aging
Advisory Council (Chair in 2001-2002)
http://www.aaaphx.org/Advisory, the Valley Metro/RPTA Board (Secretary)
http://www.valleymetro.org/ and the
Kiwanis Club of Tempe (President in 2002). Along
with serving as an alternate to the Metro Rail Board, Shana is also a Tempe
Community Council board member
http://www.tempe.gov/tcc and a member of the Community and Economic Development
Policy/Advocacy Committee (National League of Cities).
She also has volunteered for numerous organizations including Tempe Boys &
Girls Club
http://www.clubzona.com, Tempe Rio Salado Little League, Tempe
St. Luke's Hospital, Tempe Cares, Tempe Diablos, Tempe Sister Cities
http://community.tempe.gov/sister, Childsplay, Broadmor Elementary School and
Kyrene Middle School.
Shana is married and has two children. She retired from Tempe
Community Council in 2006, after a 20-year tenure, where she worked with hundreds of
non-profit organizations and community groups.
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