Chairwoman Shawna Black

Shawna Black is Chair of the Tompkins County, New York Legislature. Chair Black joined the Tompkins County, New York Legislature in November 2017 and served as Vice Chair in 2019 and as Chair of the Health and Human Services Committee. She represents District 11 (Town of Ithaca) in the Legislature. She was appointed Chair of the Tompkins County Legislature in February 2020. A longtime resident of Ithaca, she holds a degree in business management and economics from State University of New York. Previously, she was the Southern Tier AIDS Program, Inc.’s corporate compliance auditor and recruiter for Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit, Inc.