Yassamin Ansari

Activity

Passing Phoenix’s first Climate Action Plan and a separate plan to transition our entire city bus fleet to 100% zero-emission by 2040 Establishing the world’s first publicly funded Office of Heat Response and Mitigation Directing over $120 million in American Rescue Plan Act funding to projects supporting affordable housing and homelessness like rental assistance which has helped over 19,000 families Creating the Phoenix Promise Program to help over 800 students pursue two- and four-year degrees through Maricopa Community College Initiating the addition of several community parks, bus stops, and shade structures, including the creation of two more parks in Laveen: Heritage Park and Farmland Park

About

Yassamin Ansari currently serves as the Vice Mayor of Phoenix, Arizona. She is the youngest woman ever elected in Phoenix City Council history and the first Iranian American elected to public office in the state of Arizona. Vice Mayor Ansari represents one of the most diverse districts in the fifth largest and fastest-growing city in the United States. Prior to serving in elected office, Ansari worked as a senior policy advisor on the climate action teams of both U.N. Secretaries General Ban Ki-Moon and Antonio Guterres, as well as principal advisor to former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres at Mission 2020. She earned her bachelor’s degree from Stanford University and her master’s from the University of Cambridge. | Contact information - Phone: 602-262-7492 Email: council.district.7@phoenix.gov

Education

Bachelor's- Stanford University, 2014 Graduate- University of Cambridge, 2015

Experience

General runoff election for Phoenix City Council District 7