Mayor Christine Shea

Mayor Christine Shea was in office from 1996 to 2000 and then again from 2019 to 2020.

Christina Shea was elected to the Irvine City Council in a landslide victory in 1992. After her four-year term in the City Council, she was elected as Irvine Mayor in 1996, and re-elected in 1998. In 2002, Christina returned to the Irvine City Council and served as a Councilmember until 2010.

She has been named one of Orange County’s “Leaders of the Year” by the California Women’s Leadership Association and featured as one of the “Most Influential Women in Orange County” by Orange County Metro Magazine.

Councilwoman Shea has been a strong supporter of local law enforcement and has seen the City of Irvine reap the rewards, being named, for 9 consecutive years, America’s Safest City, among cities with a population of more than 100,000 people.

During her years as Mayor, she helped streamline Irvine’s municipal services saving taxpayer dollars, and creating greater efficiencies.

Additionally, Councilwoman Shea has served with numerous volunteer organizations, including the Board of Directors of the American Cancer Society, the Board of Directors for the Irvine Child Care Project, the Advisory Board and past Capital Campaign Director for Human Options.

Ms. Shea has been a resident of Irvine since 1977 and currently lives in Quail Hill. Apart from her many civic duties, she is an independent business consultant and works with Prism Link Properties.