Lisa Bender

Elizabeth Peterson "Lisa" Bender (born May 11, 1978) is an American Minnesota DFL politician and city planner living in Minneapolis, currently serving her first term on the Minneapolis City Council as a representative of the city's 10th Ward. She won both the DFL's endorsement and the 2013 City Council election and has since served as the chair of the Zoning and Planning Committee and as a member of the Minneapolis City Planning Commission.