Valley Metro Board of Directors

Councilmember Wayne Ecton, City of Scottsdale
Chair

Budget and Finance Subcommittee Chair

Councilman Wayne Ecton began his first term on the Scottsdale City Council in June 2002 and was reelected to a second term beginning in June 2006.

He previously served on the 2001/2002 Citizens Budget Committee and the Big Box Ideas Team, which helped the city develop an ordinance to regulate the placement and appearance of “big box” retail buildings.

A Scottsdale resident since 1996, Councilman Ecton is a member of Friends of the McDowell Land Trust and the Foothills Community Foundation. He also is a member of the Scottsdale Center for the Arts, the Art Alliance for Contemporary Glass, the American Craft Council and the Glass Art Society.

Councilman Ecton retired from Alcoa after 33 years in high-level financial management positions in the U.S. corporate headquarters and International and U. S. operating locations. In his last 13 years with the company, he specialized in managing “turnaround” situations involving mergers and acquisitions at Alcoa subsidiaries.

His international experience includes assignments in Guinea, West Africa and Hungary. In West Africa, his was responsible for all administrative functions - including housing, transportation, utilities, security, food supply, hospital and schools - in a company town. In Hungary, he also served as an advisor to government agencies on health, safety and environmental issues and did volunteer work assisting entrepreneurial start-up businesses.

Councilman Ecton holds a bachelor’s degree in business. He was also a member of the Financial Executives Institute until his retirement.

He and his wife Martha have been married for 40 years and have two grown children.