Legislative Leader
Vice President of Richmond City Council
Chairwoman of Richmond City Council's Finance Committee
Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson
Beginning Fourth Term
Representing  Richmond's
6th Council District
2003-2009
Biography Link

    Since taking office as the 6th District
    representative in December of 2003.

    Ellen Robertson is:

Chairwoman of City Council's
Finance Committee
Vice Chairwoman, Council's Land
Use, Housing and Transportation
Committee
Member,  Council's Governmental
Operations Committee
Member, Council's Organizational
Development Committee
Alternate, Council's Public Safety
Committee
Formerr Chairwoman of Virginia
First Cities

    Member:
Richmond Regional Planning
District Commission
Audit Committee
Richmond Metropolitan
Convention and Visitors Bureau
Virginia Performing Arts
Foundation Executive Committee
    Appointee:
Governor Warner's Housing and
Community Development Board

    Ellen Robertson is:
    the belief that all deserve access to
    opportunity for an improved quality
    of life.   
            She works to support effective
    crime reduction strategies.  She
    works to enhance the quality of
    education available to all Richmond
    children.
            She works to ensure balanced
    economic development investments
    in both downtown and in
    neighborhoods.  She works to be a
    fair and just voice for the 6th District
    and the City overall.

    Ellen Robertson is:

  • a sixth district resident for 27 years;

  • a graduate of the Virginia
    Commonwealth University Urban
    Planning Program;

  • a 30-year career woman with
    experiences in private, public and
    non-profit professions

  • a specialist in grassroots, community
    and economic revitalization
    strategies, and

  • a community servant who has
    volunteered on public and private
    boards such as: Hope in the Cities,
    Richmond Planning Commission,
    Richmond Community Development
    Alliance and the Richmond Jail
    Advisory Board.