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City Hall
Office
P.O. Box 839966
San Antonio, TX 78283
210-207-7325
District 9
Field
Office
900 Isom R., Ste. 102
San Antonio, TX 78216
210-341-2390
E-mail District 9
District 9 Staff
Thomas Marks,
Chief of Policy
(210) 207-7803
E-mail Thomas Marks
Jason Salinas,
Chief of Constituency
(210) 341-2390
E-mail Jason Salinas
Jeffrey Bazan,
Chief of Communications
(210) 207-4028
E-mail Jeffrey Bazan
Jackie Bolds
Senior Executive Secretary
Email Jackie Bolds
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Elisa Chan was
elected as City Councilmember for District 9 on May 9, 2009. She
is the first Asian-American woman in the history of San Antonio
to be elected to the City Council. Elisa has been a San Antonio
resident for over 20 years. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, Elisa spent
most her childhood in Taiwan and Brazil before going to Beijing,
China with her parents where she finished high school and
college. She came to San Antonio a year later as a graduate
student at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Elisa holds
Bachelor of Science in Software Engineering and Master of
Science in Computer Science.
Elisa has been actively involved in a number of professional,
civic, public, and cultural organizations. Her proven record of
serving our community includes promoting bilateral trade and
foreign investment in San Antonio as well as to improve
transportation. She was appointed by Former Mayor Phil
Hardberger as Committee Chair of the China Steering Committee
and was member of the City of San Antonio Planning Commission.
Among many organizations Elisa also serves on the Board of
Governors of the Cancer Therapy and Research Center and is a
former committee member of the Stone Oak Property Owners
Association Advisory Committee.
She has worked on major initiatives that affect all San
Antonians, including the 2004 Advanced Transportation District;
the 2005 Alamo Community College District $450 million bond; the
2007-2009 City of San Antonio Municipal Bond Program, Drainage
Committee; and the 2008 Bexar County Visitor Tax, Cultural
Facility Committee.
Elisa is co-owner and serves as the president of Unintech
Consulting Engineers, Inc., the company she founded with her
husband in 1992. Starting with just one employee, she helped
build a company that is now consistently recognized as among the
“Top 25 Largest Engineering” and “Women-Owned” firms in San
Antonio. In 2009, Elisa was featured in Forbes magazine "San
Antonio Women in Business." In 2008, the North Chamber of
Commerce awarded Elisa the Small Business Leaders Award in
Career Achievement. She was also recognized by the San Antonio
Business Journal in 2003 as one of the “40 Under Forty Rising
Stars” in San Antonio.
Elisa, her husband Clifford Hew, and their daughter, Nikola live
in the Stone Oak area.
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