Councilmember, City of La Habra
Director Tim Shaw was first elected to the La Habra City Council in 2008, and in November of 2020 was re-elected to a 4th term on the City Council. He served as Mayor 2012 and 2018. Shaw was appointed to the OCTA Board of Directors in January 2013 where he served as Chairman in 2019.
In addition to serving as a Past Chairman of the Orange County Transportation Authority, he serves on the Executive Committee, Chairman of the Transit Committee, and the State Route 91 Advisory Committee. Director Shaw is one of two Orange County representatives serving on the Los Angeles – San Diego – San Luis Obispo Rail Corridor Agency (LOSSAN) Board of Directors. Shaw previously was La Habra’s representative to the Orange County Sanitation District’s Board of Directors, serving from 2016 to 2020. Shaw currently serves as Orange County’s representative to the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee (MSRC), which to date has invested more than $400 million in hundreds of clean transportation initiatives that reduce air pollution from motor vehicles throughout the South Coast Region.
Director Shaw represents OCTA on the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) Regional Council. SCAG is Southern California’s metropolitan planning organization that develops long-range regional transportation plans including sustainable communities strategy and growth forecast components, regional transportation improvements, and regional housing needs allocations. The SCAG region encompasses Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Ventura counties.
In March of 2020 the voters of North Orange County elected Shaw to serve as a Trustee on the Orange County Board of Education representing Orange County’s 4th district, which includes Anaheim, Buena Park, Fullerton, La Habra, and Placentia.
Director Shaw has worked in the office of California’s Governor, an Orange County Supervisor, and a State Senator. He currently works as the Government Affairs Director for the Pacific West Association of REALTORS® and is an adjunct professor of Political Science at Rio Hondo College. Director Shaw’s education includes a Bachelor of Science in Aviation Management from Southern Illinois University and a Master of Arts in Legislative Affairs from The George Washington University Graduate School of Political Management.
As a young man, Shaw attended elementary school in the Lowell Joint School District, where his mother now serves as an elected Trustee and where his children are attending school. He achieved the rank of Eagle Scout while attending La Habra High School. He served a two-year Spanish-speaking mission for his church in Chicago, Illinois.
Director Tim Shaw is married to La Habra native Shannon Bryant, and they are the proud parents of sons Luke, Matthew, Wes, Jason, Wyatt, and Lincoln.