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Mayor W.J. "Jim" Lane
Mayor W. J. "Jim" Lane served for four years on the Scottsdale City Council beginning in June 2004, and began his first term as Mayor in January 2009.
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Mayor Lane served on the 2002 Scottsdale Fire & EMS Advisory Committee, which was convened to evaluate and make recommendations to the city regarding the desired level of fire and emergency medical services relative to cost.
His community service also includes six years on the Scottsdale Paradise Valley YMCA Board of Management. He chaired the 1999 Kids Campaign annual fund raising effort.
Mayor Lane currently represents the city as a member of the National League of Cities Public Safety and Crime Prevention Steering Committee. He is the president of the Arizona Municipal Water Users Association, a member of the Executive Committee of the League of Arizona Cities and Towns and a member of the Maricopa Association of Governments Executive Committee, Regional Council and Transportation Policy Committee. Mayor Lane also serves on the Scottsdale Leadership Advisory Board.
He came to Scottsdale from New Jersey in 1973 to take a position with KPMG (Peat Marwick), an international CPA firm. He worked as an active CPA for twenty years with five of those years in public accounting as a financial statement Auditor.
Mayor Lane has owned and operated businesses in construction, mining, computer technology, telecommunications and regional aviation. He currently owns the financial consulting company of Chatham Hill Group LLC. Mayor Lane is also an Adjunct Professor of Business and Accounting at Scottsdale Community College.
He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia.
He and his wife Joanne have three adult children (Bill, Scott and Nancy) along with three grandchildren (Megan, Aislinn and Madison).
Last Updated: December 2009
