In any city or town, great leadership is essential to providing quality services to residents and creating a plan for the future of a municipality.  Arizona’s cities and towns have great leaders in the visionary mayors and council members who strive to make their communities shine.

A perfect example of great leadership is Surprise Mayor Sharon Wolcott. Having served in office since 2011, she has kept the city’s focus on jobs, education and transportation, all while settling the city’s complex financial past.

During her time in office, Mayor Wolcott has helped Surprise develop a budget surplus and create more than 1,000 jobs for residents. These new jobs have created stability for residents while producing more than one million square feet of new manufacturing, family entertainment and shopping to enhance community life.

Mayor Wolcott has also helped rally the community to fix Bell and Grand Avenue, a major regional transportation issue.

She has put extensive work into fighting to save Luke Air Force Base and put the City of Surprise at the table to discuss Interstate-11 planning. She has also helped unite the West Valley on youth, economic development and education issues.

Mayor Wolcott is just one of many great leaders in our state who make Arizona cities work.