Lynette Gibson McElhaney

Lynette Gibson McElhaney
Member of the Oakland City Council
from District 3
In office
2012–2020

Lynette Gibson McElhaney is an American politician and former member of the Oakland City Council in Oakland, California. She was elected to her first term holding the District 3 Oakland City Council seat in 2012 after the retirement of four-term incumbent Nancy Nadel. In 2015, she was named one of San Francisco Business Times' "most influential women in Bay Area business" and was reelected to City Council in 2016.