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Contact Elected Officials

Mayor

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City Council Shahid Shafi

Elected to City Council, Place 1 (2014 - present)

Current Committees / Working Groups

Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone (2014 - present)

Board and Commission Service

Planning and Zoning Commission (2010 - 2011)
Strategic Planning Committee (2010-2011)

Community Organizations

Southlake Chamber of Commerce, Leadership Program - 2011
Southlake Department of Public Safety Citizens Academy - 2011
Carroll Medical Academy
Southlake Lions Club
Rainmakers Club
Southlake Executive Forum
Carroll Education Foundation Board
Southlake Historical Society
Bob Jones Nature Center of Southlake

Other Areas of Local and Regional Interest

Governor of Texas EMS and Trauma Advisory Council
North Texas Regional Advisory Council on Trauma and EMS
Grapevine Police Department
Project Access Dallas
Overseas mission hospital

Honors

Five Star Spirit Award for compassionate care
Patient Choice Award - 2011
John Hopkins International House Fellowship
Invited speaker - Southern Methodist University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Texas Houston, local churches, and community organizations

Personal

General Surgeon in private practice
Board certified in General Surgery, Trauma Surgery, Surgical Critical Care
Masters in Public Health
Researcher with over 70 publications and multiple grants
Trained at the Johns Hopkins University, University of Pennsylvania, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, State University of New York at Buffalo, Aga Khan University
Married to Ayesha Shafi for more than 22 years
Three children
Southlake resident since 2004