User:Wendy Woods

Wendy Woods has been a member of Ann Arbor City Council since 2001. She represents the Fifth Ward on the west side of the City. She serves on the Parks Advisory Commission, Energy Commission, Liquor Control Commission, and the Mayor's Downtown Marketing Task Force. She has also served on the Downtown Residential Task Force, the Solid Waste Commission which she chaired, the Environmental Commission, and the Sign Ordinance Task Force. She is previous member of the Board of Director's for the Girl Scout Council of Huron Valley, the Ecology Center, and the Emerson School. She is a member of the Sierra Club, The Links, Inc., Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., the National Association of Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs, Michigan Women in Municipal Government, the Women Progressive Activists, and the Advisory Committee for the University Musical Society.

She has a Bachelor of Science in Forestry Management and a Master of Science in Environmental Policy from the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan.

In 2001 she received the “Woman of the Year in Human Resources” award from the University of Michigan Women of Color Task Force. In 2005 she received the Ginsberg Center Award for Service and Social Action. The Ann Arbor Negro Business and Professional Women's Clubs honored her with the organizations' 2006 Community Service Award.

She is married to Dr. Ronald Woods. They have been married for almost thirty-seven years and have five children and two grandchildren. She enjoys movies, reading, indoor gardening and playing the viola. She is the Associate Director of the Michigan Community Scholars Program (MCSP) which is a nationally recognized living-learning community at the University of Michigan.