Councilmember Scott Somers - District 6
 TERM OF OFFICE
June 5, 2006 – January 2011
Occupation:
Phoenix Fire Department, Fire
Engineer/Paramedic
Professional Experience:
- FEMA Urban Search & Rescue, Arizona Task
Force One
- Faculty Associate, Arizona State University
- Independent Consultant, Continuity of
Government/Operations Planning
Community
Organizations:
- Chair, Council Audit and Finance Committee
- Council Committees: Public Safety & General
and Economic Development
- Valley Metro Regional Public Transportation
Authority, Board of Directors
- East Valley Partnership, Board of Directors
- Mesa United Way, Board of Directors
- Mesa Chamber of Commerce, Council
Representative
- Arizona Homeland Security Coordinating
Council, Member
- National League of Cities, Community &
Regional Development Panel
- Commission on Excellence in Education, Mesa
Community College, Member
- Arizona Town Hall, Member
- "Land Use: Challenges and Choices for the 21st
Century" 91st Arizona Town Hall
- "AZone, A Reality Check for Central Arizona"
Urban Land Institute, 2008
- Fire Programs Advisory Board, Arizona State
University Polytechnic
- Mesa Building Board of Appeals, Past-Member
2004-05
- Mesa Leadership Training and Development,
Class of 2005
Professional Affiliations & Awards:
- American Society for Public Administration
- International Research Committee on
Disasters
- National Defense Service Medal, US Air
Force, 1991
Education:
- Ph.D. Public Administration, Arizona State
University, 2007
- M.S. in Technology, Arizona State University
Polytechnic, 2002
- Bachelor of Applied Science, summa cum
laude, Arizona State University Polytechnic,
2001
- Pi Alpha Alpha and Phi Kappa Phi
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