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Shawn Morris is the President of the Albany Common Council. She was elected to her first term in 2005, and served 12 years as the representative for the 7th ward. She chaired the Finance and Budget Committee, the Land and Recreation Committee, and the Law, Building, and Code Enforcement Agency. She worked for the state Assembly before the Common Council and graduated from SUNY Albany in 1979 with a degree in communications. 

She is married to John Wellspeak, and has two children. One goes to SUNY Buffalo and the other goes to Albany High School.

They are members of St. James Parish and the Deleware Area Neighborhood Association.

Her address is 24 Marinello Terrace Albany NY 12209, and her phone number is 518 426 0530, and her email is Shawnmorris7@aol.com.

her house is worth, according to a tax assessment, $202,700.00. It has 3 baths, 5 bedrooms, 1.7 stories, and 2 kitchens. It is a two family house. It was built in 1949 and is a Cape Cod style residence. She and her husband own their house.