Fountain Hills Town Council Member Brenda Kalivianakis has been appointed the next vice mayor effective for the council meeting Tuesday, March 5.

Kalivianakis takes over for Council Member Sharron Grzybowski who served as vice mayor since August 2023.

Kalivianakis has been on the Town Council since December 2022. The position of vice mayor for Fountain Hills is on an eight-month rotation.

Before retiring to Fountain Hills, Kalivianakis was a former prosecutor in Illinois’ State’s Attorney’s Office. After leaving the State’s Attorney’s Office, she opened her practice specializing in criminal defense. After leaving the legal profession, she founded and owned a successful marketing company in the Chicago suburbs.

Kalivianakis currently serves in the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary (USCG Aux) as a divisional staff officer and secretary of records. She’s a USCG Aux Color Guard member and plays saxophone in the USCG Aux Arizona Band.

As a Town Council member Kalivianakis also serves on Maricopa County Association of Governments (MAG) Public Safety, Military Affairs, Courts Committee and the Town’s Pedestrian and Streets Committee, and she is a member of Fountain Hills Cares.