Mayor Stephen Santellana

TERM AND RESPONSIBILITIES

  • First elected  to City Council District 1 May 2015, serving until November 2016
  • Elected Mayor November 2016, serving until November 2018
  • Re-elected Mayor November 2018, serving until November 2020
  • Re-elected Mayor November 2020, serving until November 2023

COUNCIL LIAISON TO


  • 4A - Wichita Falls Economic Development Corporation
  • 4B – Sales Tax Corporation
  • Downtown Development Steering Committee
  • Emergency Medical Services
  • Employee Benefits Trust Committee
  • Metropolitan Planning Organization - Transportation Policy Committee
  • Wichita County/ CWF Hospital Board
  • Wichita-Wilbarger 911 Board
  • Nortex Regional Planning Commission
  • Finance Committee
  • Ordinance Review Committee
  • Employee Oversight Committee

PROFESSIONAL


  • President – Lone Star Highway Products Inc. (2007- Present)
  • President ACC Asset Management Inc. (2011- Present)
  • Chief Operating Officer- WS Construction Inc. (1998- Present)

EDUCATION


  • Holliday High School (1993)
  • Bachelors in Science Degree- (1997) – Political Science- Midwestern State University
  • Masters courses in Public Administration

PERSONAL


  • Married to Marissa and has four children - Austin, Campbell, Cort, and Ella Jayne
  • Member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church
  • 2002 Graduate Leadership Wichita Falls
  • 2003-2005 / 2014- Present Board Member – Leadership Wichita Falls (V.P. of Fund Raising) 
  • 2005-2006 Board Member- North Texas Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
  • 2010-2015 Board Member – Crime Stoppers of Wichita Falls (President 2015)
  • 2013 – 2016 -  Board of Trustees – Christ Academy
  • 2010- Present Area Vice Chairman for the Association of General Contractors (Heavy Highway- Wichita Falls District)
  • 2012 – 20 under 40 Class
  • 2015- Hispanic Person of the Year Nominee