SEASON 3, EPISODE 4. The Mayor of Firsts : Sepi Shyne : Mayor Pro Tempore, City of West Hollywood
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It’s time to Lead With Your Brand…New Year!
It’s week 4 of the #LeadWithYourBrandChallenge! Each week, Jayzen is breaking down the Lead With Your Brand system into its five steps. This week, the Challenge is focused on Step Three: Refine Who You Want to Be.
Now it is time to take your brand attributes and turn up the volume to be the best you you can be. I don’t just say, “I’m a good presenter.” I say, “I’m a showman!” I don’t just say, “hey I’m well networked and have great relationships with people.” I say, “I’m a super connector!” Why just be analytical when you can be a Data Guru? If you are organized, are you really a Precision Executor? If you are innovative, are you really a First-Mover who is the first to jump onto new ideas and trends?
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Jayzen is also thrilled to welcome Sepi Shyne to the show. Sepi has had an incredible career as an attorney and in November, 2020, she was elected to the city council of West Hollywood, CA. In doing so, she became the first out LGBTQ Iranian elected anywhere globally and locally became the first woman of color elected to West Hollywood’s City Council.
Guest Bio
Sepi Shyne
Mayor Pro Tempore, City of West Hollywood
Mayor Pro Tempore Sepi Shyne made history in November 2020 when she was elected to the West Hollywood City Council. She became the first out LGBTQ Iranian elected anywhere globally and locally became the first woman of color elected to West Hollywood’s City Council. Her election also ushered in West Hollywood’s first female-majority City Council. Mayor Pro Tempore Shyne’s priorities include advocating for affordable housing, protecting renters and sociald service programs, social justice, small business revival, and bringing the people’s voices to City Hall.
Mayor Pro Tempore Shyne currently serves on the following City Council Subcommittees: Homelessness Subcommittee, West Hollywood Pride Subcommittee, Finance & Budget Subcommittee, Events Ad Hoc Subcommittee, and the 1343 Laurel Avenue Ad Hoc Subcommittee. She also represents the City of West Hollywood on the Westside Cities Council of Governments and is currently serving as its Chair.
Mayor Pro Tempore Shyne received her Bachelor of Science from San Jose State University with a double concentration in Accounting and Management Information Systems and a Minor in Drama with an emphasis in Directing. She received her Juris Doctorate with a specialization certificate in litigation from Golden Gate University School of Law in San Francisco.
As an LGBTQ+ and civil rights leader for more than 20 years, her leadership has helped secure equal rights for all. Before her election to the West Hollywood City Council, Mayor Pro Tempore Shyne served on the City of West Hollywood’s Lesbian and Gay Advisory Board, on the City of West Hollywood’s Business License Commission, and on the Los Angeles County Assessor’s Advisory Council on which she continues to serve. Additionally, she has led many boards and organizations, including the LGBT Bar Association of Los Angeles and as a Board of Governor and Steering Committee leader with the Human Rights Campaign Los Angeles. Mayor Pro Tempore Shyne is a Co-Organizer of WeHo Neighbors Helping Neighbors, a community group created during the pandemic to help get resources to seniors, people with disabilities, and people in immunosuppressed households via social media and volunteer check-in calls. In every board and organization she has led, she has recruited and elevated women and people of color to leadership positions to create more diversity, inclusion, and equity.
Mayor Pro Tempore Shyne lives in the Mid-City area of the City of West Hollywood with her wife and their fur-babies.
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