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About
Isabel Piedmont-Smith
Council District 1 Representative
Isabel Piedmont-Smith is a Bloomington native and first-generation American born to German immigrants. She is a graduate of Bloomington High School South and received a BA in History from Oberlin College and an MAT in Social Studies Education from Boston University. She served over two decades as fiscal officer and department administrator in the Department of French & Italian at Indiana University-Bloomington. She lives in the McDoel Gardens neighborhood, where she also volunteers at New Hope for Families and the Community Kitchen.
Isabel is currently in her fourth non-consecutive term on the City Council, where she represented District 5 from January 2008 through December 2011 and January 2016 through December 2023. In 2022, the City Council districts were changed after the decennial census, and so in 2023 she ran for re-election in District 1. She has served District 1 since January 2024. Isabel served as Council President in 2024 and as Council Vice-President in 2025.
Constituent meetings are held mostly on the second Saturday of each month at 11 a.m. Please see my calendar for further information. A one-time registration is required for those who have not attended Councilmember Piedmont-Smith's Zoom constituent meetings before.
Appointments and Assignments:
Council Committees
- Committee on Council Processes (chair)
- Special Fiscal Committee (chair)
- Public Safety Local Income Tax Committee
- Sidewalk Committee
Boards and Commissions
- District Board for the Waste Reduction District of Monroe County