Councilmember Place 2

Lisa Swint - City Council, Place 2/Mayor Pro-Tem 

Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Lisa has lived in Garden Ridge for over ten years and has fallen in love with both the beauty of the city and the kindness of its citizens. 

Lisa is the acting President of the Davenport High School Theatre Booster Club, founding board member of the Friends of the Library and the Library Teen Advisory Board, and participated on the 2020 Comal Forward Committee  to address growing enrollment in the elementary and middle schools and the challenges of funding future facilities.

Lisa’s educational background includes a BA in English Literature and an MA in Counseling. Professionally, Lisa has extensive experience in nonprofit fundraising serving as a Development Officer for the University of Houston Honors College and Director of Corporate Relations with the Alley Theater. More recently she held the role of Vice President of Program Development for her father’s engineering company.