Lisa Scaffidi

The Right Honourable Lord Mayor of Perth Lisa Scaffidi
55th Lord Mayor of Perth
Incumbent
Assumed office October 2007
Deputy	Michael Sutherland
Preceded by	Peter Nattrass
Personal details
Born	(1960-02-12) 12 February 1960
Nationality	Australian
Political party	Independent

Lisa Scaffidi (née Sanders) (born 12 February 1960) is the first female lord mayor of Perth, Western Australia. Scaffidi won the seat in the October 2007 council elections following the retirement of her predecessor, Peter Nattrass, after a record twelve years in the position.

Scaffidi was educated at Churchlands Primary School and Methodist Ladies' College after which she graduated as a dental therapist from the WA Institute of Technology (now Curtin University). She served as an air hostess with TAA in 1980, worked in the hospitality industry in a marketing capacity and, in the 1990s, helped to promote export of semi-precious stones. She was the WA state director of the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (CEDA) for over ten years.

She served two terms as a councillor before successfully contesting the lord-mayoralty.

Corruption and Crime Commission

In October 2015, the Corruption and Crime Commission of Western Australia found that Mrs Scaffidi had "signally failed in her duties" as Lord Mayor by accepting and failing to declare a $31,000 travel package to the 2008 Beijing Olympics from BHP, and other gifts from private companies that have dealings with the City of Perth. The Commission's report found that Mrs Scaffidi had committed acts of "serious misconduct."

References

• West Weekend Magazine (West Australian newspaper), 27 October 2007. pp. 8–10
• City slicker