Lisa Middleton (born 1952) is an American politician, a member of the

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city council and the Former is

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. She was first elected to the City Council in 2017 and is the first transgender person to be elected in

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for a non-judicial position. She also serves on the

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, the Sunline Board of Directors as Vice Chair, alternate to the Metrolink Board of Directors. She was appointed in April 2019 by Governor

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to the California Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS) Board of Administration. She is a member of the League of California Cities (Cal Cities) Board of Directors and the President (September 2021 – 2022) of the Cal Cities Riverside County Division. Middleton succeeded Christy Holstege as mayor of Palm Springs on December 9, 2021 and became the first openly transgender mayor in California. Middleton past the gavel to Mayor

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on December, 15 2022. Middleton also serve as Mayor Pro Tem of Palm Springs from December 10, 2020 to December 9, 2021.

Education

Middleton has a

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from

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. She has also completed the

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LGBT Leadership Institute.

Work

Middleton worked for 36 years with the

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of the State of California. When she retired she was the senior vice president of internal affairs with executive responsibility for internal audit, fraud investigation, public records and governance. She was also a member of California's Fraud Assessment Commission, which she chaired in 2010.

Awards

She was included in the 2016 Pride Honors Awards recipients from Palm Springs Pride with the Spirit of Stonewall Community Service Award.

Personal life

After 13 years together, Lisa and her wife Cheryl, a retired nurse, were married in July 2013. They have two children, a son and a daughter. Middleton is

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and transitioned in the mid-1990s.

References

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