Lisa Bender
| Lisa Bender | |
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| Member of the Minneapolis City Council from the 10th Ward | |
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In office January 6, 2014 – present |
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| Preceded by | Meg Tuthill |
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| Born |
Elizabeth Peterson May 11, 1978 |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democratic–Farmer–Labor |
| Residence | Lowry Hill East, Minneapolis |
| Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupation | City planner |
| Website | Official website |
Elizabeth Peterson "Lisa" Bender (born May 11, 1978) is an American Minnesota DFL politician and city planner living in Minneapolis, currently serving her first term on the Minneapolis City Council as a representative of the city's 10th Ward. She won both the DFL's endorsement and the 2013 City Council election and has since served as the chair of the Zoning and Planning Committee and as a member of the Minneapolis City Planning Commission.
Born in Shoreview, Minnesota, Bender graduated from Irondale High School and earned her bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota in Spanish and Biology. In 2001, she moved to New York City and worked as the Communications Director for the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, traveling across the world advocating for biking, walking, and non-motorized transportation. She received her master's degree in City and Regional Planning from University of California, Berkeley in 2007.
She worked for the City of San Francisco as a city planner before returning to Minnesota in 2009 where she worked for Hennepin County before moving to the Minnesota Department of Transportation to manage Minnesota's Safe Routes to School program. She co-founded the Minneapolis Bicycle Coalition, an advocacy organization working to make riding a bike safer and more joyful in Minneapolis.
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