Valley Metro Board of Directors

Councilmember Trinity Donovan, City of Chandler

Councilmember Trinity Donovan has lived in Chandler for 21 years. She began her tenure on the City Council in June 2006.

Councilmember Donovan is Vice President, Community Impact, for the Valley of the Sun United Way, and is the former CEO of ICAN—Improving Chandler Area Neighborhoods. She was honored by the Business Journal as a 2006 “Forty under 40” achiever, received the 2004 Chandler Alliance for Character Award, was a 2001 IMPACT for Enterprising Women Celebration of Success Honoree, and in 2003 was awarded the Stanford Associates Achievement Award.

Councilmember Donovan has served on the City of Chandler’s National Hispanic Heritage Month Planning Committee, 2000 Bond Committee, Census 2000 Committee, Chandler Wellbeing Task Force and the Build Out and Beyond Committee. She also served on the Domestic Violence Local Coordinating Council, the Executive Committee of the Chandler Non-Profit Coalition and is a past Board Member of the Governor’s Alliance Against Drugs and the Intel Community Advisory Panel. She is a member of the Governor’s Earned Income Tax Credit Task Force and the Maricopa Association of Government’s Continuum of Care Committee. She is active in her church and performs service projects throughout South and Central America in addition to working with a nonprofit school in India.

Councilmember Donovan attended Chandler High School and holds a bachelor’s degree in Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, and a master’s degree in Sociology – both from Stanford University. She also attended and graduated Chandler Leadership and Valley Leadership.