Valley Metro Board of Directors

Mayor Greg Stanton, City of Phoenix

Greg Stanton was raised in West Phoenix.  His dad rode the city bus to his job as a shoe salesman and his mom, Mary Ann, was a devoted educator.  The Stantons instilled in their children the importance of giving to others, and in that spirit they founded the Christian Needs Network, a group of multi-faith volunteers who collected clothes, food and diapers for members of their community in need.

Following high school, Greg attended Marquette University and earned the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, a national award for students committed to pursuing careers in public service. While at Marquette, he and a classmate founded an after-school program at the Downtown Milwaukee YMCA helping fourth and fifth grade students with homework and basketball.  He also was awarded a grant from the Milwaukee Foundation to study inner city hidden unemployment.

After earning his law degree from the University of Michigan, Greg returned to Phoenix where he practiced education law at Jennings Strouss & Salmon and later Quarles & Brady LLP.  In 2001, he left private law practice to serve on the Phoenix City Council, where he represented the sixth district for nine years.  This district includes the Biltmore, Ahwatukee Foothills, Arcadia and North Central neighborhoods. With a staunch commitment to creating high-wage jobs in Phoenix, Greg was the lead councilman bringing the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), the ASU downtown campus and the U of A medical school to the city.

In 2009, Greg joined the state Attorney General’s office as Deputy Attorney General, where he helped lead the effort to stop funding of cartels who traffic people and drugs across our southern border. He worked to protect consumers and homeowners by fighting the predatory payday lending industry, and focused on eliminating mortgage fraud. 
Greg and his wife Nicole have two young children, Trevor and Violet.