City Council
District 3 Councilmember, Steve McShane 
Term of Office
- December 2010 - December 2014
Education / Training
- B.S., Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
- M.B.A., Santa Clara University
Employment / Background
- Owner of McShane’s Nursery and Landscape Supply
- Director of Quality, Food Safety & Product Development, NewStar Fresh Foods
- Product Manager, Taylor Farms
- District Director, State Senator Bruce McPherson
Community Activities / Civic Organizations / Elected & Appointed Offices
- Former Hartnell College Board Trustee, Vice Chair & Chair
- Former City of Salinas Planning Commissioner, Chair
- Former City of Salinas Traffic & Transportation Commissioner, Vice-Chair
- Former City of Salinas Design Review Board Member, Vice-Chair
- Former City of Salinas Police Committee Member
- County of Monterey Housing Advisory Commissioner
- Salinas and Monterey Citizens Police Academy Graduate
- Former Salinas Valley State Prison Citizens Advisory Committee Member
- Graduate of leadership programs sponsored by the Communities of Salinas, San Luis Obispo,
- Sacramento, Morgan Hill and the Monterey Peninsula
- Graduate, California Agricultural Leadership Program & Leadership Farm Bureau
- Co-Founder & Former Vice-Chair of the Leadership Salinas Valley Alumni Association
- Founder & Past Chair of the Central Coast Young Farmers and Ranchers
- Former State Chair and National Secretary, Young Farmers & Ranchers
- Former Board Member, Meals on Wheels
- Former Board Member, Habitat for Humanity of Monterey County
- Member, Rotary Club of Salinas
- Former Board Member, Salinas Jaycees, Vice President of Management
- Monterey County Young Professionals Group, President
- Governor’s appointee to the California Postsecondary Education Commission
Awards
- Leadership Monterey Peninsula Founders Awar
- California Junior Chamber of Commerce’s California Outstanding Young Farmer and Outstanding Young Californian Award
- Salinas Jaycees’ Outstanding Young Citizen & Booster Awards
- Salinas Chamber of Commerce “Spirit of the Community” Award
- “Top 40 Under 40,” Produce Business Magazine
- Retail Rising Star, American Nursery & Landscape Association
- Fellow, California State Senate
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