Linda Saul-Sena is an at-large member of Tampa City Council, serving her fifth four-year
term. As an elected official, she is involved in urban planning, transportation,
the arts, and protection of the environment and sustainability. Attending Tulane
University created her interest in historic preservation. She serves on the Preservation
Roundtable, Public Art Committee, Tourist Development Council, Livable Roadways
Committee, River Roundtable, Arts Council, Tampa Bay Estuary Board, Tampa Theatre Board
and the Athena Society.
As a Council Member, Linda’s public service initiatives include the development,
naming and plan for the Channel District, the plan for West Tampa, the development of
the Tree Ordinance, the strategy and support of the Streetcar & Light Rail Plans. She
also initiated a twelve-year effort to underground utilities, the protection,
refurbishment and blueway for Sulphur Springs Tower & Park, the redevelopment with an
overlay plan and FDOT improvements of Kennedy Boulevard and the creation of the Café
Ordinance.
Professionally, Linda wrote neighborhood plans and zoning recommendations for the
Tampa-Hillsborough County Planning Commission from 1975-1979, served as staff for the
Cambridge Multi-Cultural Arts Center from 1979-1980 and was the Program Coordinator for
the National Endowment for the Arts-Architects-In-Schools Program in Philadelphia from
1980-1981. She served as the Director for the Tampa Community Design Center from
1981-1982 and the Marketing Director for the Tampa Museum of Art from 1982-1986.
Linda has received awards from the American Institute of Architects-Award of Merit for
the “City Visions” film, the Tampa Organization of Black Affairs, the Florida Chapter
of the American Planning Association for the Elected Official Award in 2006, the Greater
Tampa Chamber of Commerce- Cultural Contributor of the Year, the AIA Bob Graham
Architectural Awareness Award for 2007, a member of Leadership Florida Class XXVI and
is the recipient of the Tampa Bay Sierra Club’s prestigious 2009 Black Bear Award, the
group’s highest honor.
A Tampa native, Linda originated the Ybor City Ghost Walk, Inc., an actor-guided walking
tour to share her enthusiasm for local history. Linda and her husband, Mark Sena have
two daughters.
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