COUNCIL BIOS

City Council members are elected biennially on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in every even-numbered year. Council members serve four-year terms.

James B. Hovland Mayor	James B. Hovland 612-874-8550 edinamail@ci.edina.mn.us Mayor since January 2005 City Council Member January 1997-December 2004 Current Committees as Mayor Regional Council of Mayors (Co-chair) Municipal Legislative Commission (Chair) U.S. Highway 169 Corridor Coalition (Chair) I-494 Corridor Commission Transportation Advisory Board (TAB) to the Met Council Center for Transportation Studies (CTS), University of Minnesota GEARS Board for Counties Transit Improvement Board Southwest LRT Management Committee Southwest LRT Community Works Steering Committee MSP Export Initiative Current Community Service Edina Community Foundation Rotary Club of Edina Morningside Occupation Attorney
Joni Bennett Council Member	Joni Bennett 952-927-0661 jonibennett12@comcast.net City Council member since January 2007 Current Committees as City Council Member Edina Public Schools Community Education Services Board Minneapolis Drinking Water Advisory Board Current Community Service League of Women Voters Edina Morningside Woman's Club Morningside Neighborhood Association Bethlehem Lutheran Church, choir member and soloist Education Bachelor's degree in history, Macalester College Juris Doctor, Columbia University Law School Family Husband, Patrick (EHS Class of '62) Sons, Jeffrey and John
Mary Brindle Council Member	Mary Brindle 952-941-7746 mbrindle@ci.edina.mn.us City Council member since January 2009 Current Committees as City Council Member Southwest LRT Committee Bloomington Edina Richfield Healthy Community Initiative Edina Crime Prevention Fund Current Community Service Rotary Club of Edina Morningside The First John Philip Sousa Memorial Band Bloomington Civic Theater pit orchestra Education Bachelor's degree in music education Occupation Full-Time Volunteer  Family Husband Ralph (EHS Class of 1972) Son Luke (EHS Class of 2001)
Josh Sprague Council Member	Josh Sprague 612-501-0252 joshsprague@edinarealty.com City Council member since January 2011 Current Committees as City Council Member League of Minnesota Cities Local Economies Committee Metro Cities Municipal Revenues Committee Current Community Service Cornelia Elementary School Edina Education Fund Rotary Club of Edina Southdale YMCA Board of Directors Education Bachelor's degrees in political science and psychology, Bowdoin College Juris Doctor, Brooklyn Law School Occupation Realtor Family Wife Kelly Children Charlie, Johnny, Kelly and Nick
Ann Swenson Council Member	Ann Swenson 952-927-7524 swensonann1@gmail.com City Council member since January 2005 Mayor Pro Tem since January 2011 Current Committees as City Council Member Community Action Partnership for Suburban Hennepin County Agency (CAPSHA) Southwest Cable Commission Education Bachelor's degree, University of Minnesota Edina High School Class of 1969 Family Husband Jim (EHS Class of '68) Daughter Lindsay and Jeff Sorem with son Jack and daughter Grace Son Scott and Jenny Swenson with daughter Sonja Golden retrevier Bubba