Biography

Jane is a 30-year East Side resident and lives in Ward 7’s Mounds Park neighborhood, where she and her husband, David Murphy,  a landscape designer and contractor, purchased their home in 1984 and raised their son Sam, a 2003 Harding High School graduate.

As Ward 7 City council member, an attorney, and as a community volunteer, Jane has the track record, skill set, and deeply-rooted compassion and care for Ward 7’s families to be the voice of the community at city hall. 

Experience

• • • Ward 7 City Councilmember since 2016, working with our diverse and multicultural community to serve youth and families, small businesses including immigrant entrepreneurs, to increase housing and job training.

• • Attorney in private practice representing individuals and businesses in municipal land use and zoning, licensing, permitting and ordinance and enforcement

• • Dayton’s Bluff Community District Council volunteer on 3M Site Redevelopment Advisory Task Force, the Near East Side Economic Development Implementation Strategy, and the University Community Advisory Committee

• • Buy Local business advocate with Metro Independent Business Alliance