Mary Sheffield serves as the Detroit City Council’s President and Councilmember for District 5. She was appointed Chair of the Neighborhood and Community Services Standing Committee and has been a member of the Planning and Economic Development and Budget Finance and Audit Standing Committees. She also has been appointed as a Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, and the General Retirement System Pension Board Member.
Sheffield made history twice by becoming the youngest person ever elected to the Detroit City Council at 26 in 2013 and the youngest person ever elected Council President in 2022.
Sheffield’s numerous passed legislation, resolutions, and programs include the Inclusionary Housing, Property Tax Reform, Community Input Over Government Surveillance, Home Repair Grant Funding, Industry Standards Board, Neighborhood Improvement Fund, Neighborhood Beautification Program, Homeowner Property Tax Exemption (HOPE), Right to Counsel, Responsible Contracting, the Neighborhood Angels Program, Homelessness and Affordable Housing Taskforce and the Detroit Reparations Taskforce, and the Detroit Girls of Destiny mentoring program.
Sheffield has many honors and recognition, including from Crain’s Detroit Business, Michigan Chronicle, NAACP, and Black United Fund.