Vice Mayor Claudia Walters - District 1

TERM OF OFFICE: 
June 7, 2004 - June 2, 2008
June 5, 2000 – June 7, 2004
November 17, 1997 – June 1, 1998

OCCUPATION: Educator and Small Business Owner

COMMUNITY EXPERIENCE:

• Chairperson, Council Audit & Finance Committee
• Member, Council General & Economic Development and Intergovernmental Affairs Committees
• Chairperson, Benefits Advisory Committee
• Immediate Past-Chair, Board of Directors, Mesa United Way
• Member, Board of Directors, Mesa Foundation for Educational Excellence
• Vice Chair, National League of Cities Community & Economic Development Steering Committee
• Chairman, Maricopa Association of Governments, Elderly Mobility Task Force
• Vice-Chair, Municipal Tax Code Committee
• Member, Arizona Municipal Water Users Association Board
• Member, Domestic Violence Council, City of Mesa
• Member, Board of Directors, United Food Bank
• Former Member, Board of Trustees, City of Mesa Self-Insurance
• Member, Planning and Zoning Board, 1999
• Chairman, Downtown Development Committee, 1996-1997
• Mesa Public Schools Governing Board, 1993-1996
• Governing Board President, 1995
• Governing Board Clerk, 1994
• City of Mesa Library Board, 1992-1995
• City of Mesa Gang Prevention Steering Committee, 1995
• ASBA Legislative Network
• Federal Relations Network of National School Boards Assoc., 1994-1996
• Past President of Carson Junior High School PTO
• Past President of Whitman Elementary School PTO
• Boy Scout Volunteer
• Former YMCA Basketball Coach

EDUCATION:

• Mesa Leadership Training and Development Graduate, 1992
• Teacher certification program - Early Childhood Education
• B.S. Degree in Child Development and Family Relationships, Brigham Young University