Overview of Northfield Township Services

Shiva was elected as the Northfield Township Supervisor in April 2021, and prior to that served as a Northfield Township Trustee.  Her presentation will focus on Northfield Township services, including the food pantry, as well as a bit of history on the township and its current initiatives.

Shiva was also the Chief of Staff to State Senator Laura Fine. Prior to working for Sen. Fine, Shiva worked for former state senators Jeff Schoenberg and Carol Ronen as their chiefs of staff until their retirements from public office. Before working in government, Shiva specialized in Corporate and Securities law advising fortune 500 companies in transactional law for Baker McKenzie LLP. 

Shiva's passions are to promote policies that restore the middle class and decrease income inequality, and to reform the criminal justice system. Shiva is a 2014 graduate of Illinois Women's Institute for Leadership (IWIL), a 2017 graduate of Edgar Fellows, a 2018 graduate of Leadership Glenview and a 2019 graduate of Leadership Evanston. 

She is active in the local community; is a member of the League of Women Voters of Glenview/Glencoe; serves on the Glenview District 34 PTA Council and was a former Chair of the Glenview Education Foundation. 

Shiva moved to the U.S. from Iran in 1989 as a high school student. She received her baccalaureate degree in History from the University of Texas in Austin and her law degree from the University of Houston. She resides in Glenview, with her husband and two sons.