Sandy Verschoor
| Sandy Verschoor | |
|---|---|
| 81st Lord Mayor of Adelaide | |
| Assumed office November 2018 |
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| Preceded by | Martin Haese |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Australian |
Sandra Maaike Jayne Verschoor[1] is the Lord Mayor of Adelaide in South Australia since November 2018.
Early life and education
Verschoor is the eldest daughter of Dutch immigrants to Australia and grew up in Elizabeth.[2] She has a Master of Arts, and MBA and a PhD in Business Administration from Kennedy Western University.[3]
Career
Verschoor worked in broadcasting and marketing in the early 1990s, and became marketing manager of the Adelaide Festival of the Arts in 1996.[2] She was CEO of the Adelaide Fringe Festival from 2006–2010.[2] She also worked on WOMAD and helped establish the Adelaide Film Festival.[2] In 2011, she became the executive producer of the Festival of Ideas,[2][4] before becoming CEO of the Windmill Theatre in 2015 and acting CEO of the Adelaide Festival in 2016.[2]
Verschoor worked as general manager for the Adelaide City Council for three years from 2012,[2] before being elected to council at a by-election in 2015.[5] She served as Deputy Lord Mayor for 18 months.[6]
After Martin Haese decided not to run in the 2018 election, he endorsed Verschoor, who had been planning to run against him.[5] Verschoor was elected Lord Mayor in November 2018, defeating lawyer Mark Hamilton and bookshop owner Kate Treloar.[7]
Personal life
Verschoor is married and has two daughters and a son.[5][6]
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