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
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- 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.
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- Attorney in private practice representing individuals and businesses in municipal land use and zoning, licensing, permitting and ordinance and enforcement
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- 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
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- Buy Local business advocate with Metro Independent Business Alliance