Nancy Tyra-Lukens is serving in her first elected term as Mayor of the City of Eden Prairie, elected in November 2002, with her current term running from January 2003 through December 2006. She was first elected to the City Council as a Councilmember in November 1994 for a four year term from January 1995 through December 1998, and then was re-elected in November 1998 for a four year term from January 1999 through December 2002. Upon the untimely death of Mayor Jean Harris in December 2001, Ms. Tyra-Lukens was appointed Mayor to serve the final year remaining on Mayor Harris� term from January 2003 � December 2003.
Ms. Tyra-Lukens other related community service includes Chair of the Suburban Transit Association, Board member and former Chair of the Southwest Metro Transit Commission, Board of Directors member of the Family Housing Fund, serving on the Mayors� Regional Housing Task Force, member of the Board of Directors for both the Municipal Legislative Commission and the Eden Prairie Foundation, Chair of the Eden Prairie Community Needs and Resources Council, a member of the Financial Planning Committee for the Eden Prairie Schools Vision 2000, and a member of the Board of Directors on the Fairview Hospital Auxiliary, plus many others.
Ms. Tyra-Lukens has a Bachelors of Arts degree in Biology from Northwestern University (Evanston, IL), a Masters of Science degree in Nutritional Biochemistry from the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI), and a Masters of Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the Carlson School of Business at the University of Minnesota (Twin Cities campus).
Among the other duties of the Mayor are her responsibilities to community affairs. In the photos below, the Mayor is participating in the grand opening ribbon cuttings at the new Take & Bake Pizza and Print & Pak stores:
Mayor Tyra-Lukens puts in an extraordinary amount of time and energy into her role as Eden Prairie’s Mayor. She works hard and she works smart for Eden Prairie residents.
