Candidate for
Council Member; City of Huntington Beach

Joe served the community as Debbie Cook's Planning Commissioner, Devin Dwyer's Public Works Commissioner and currently serves as Jill Hardy's commissioner on the Charter Review Commission. He was instrumental in the success of Surf City Nights, Huntington Beach's popular Tuesday night downtown event. Joe Shaw is the former owner of two successful downtown Huntington Beach retail stores. He recently began a public relations consulting business, Progressive Group.

He was a founding member of the Downtown Huntington Beach Business Improvement District, serving on the board in its first year and is a former member of the Huntington Beach Visitors and Convention Bureau's Public Relations Committee. He serves on the board of the Bolsa Chica Land Trust, and is proud to be a docent at Shipley Nature Center and a member of Save Our Strays of Huntington Beach.

Joe is a longtime community volunteer and helped raise money for our local schools through his retail stores.

Joe was born at Elmendorf Air Force Base in Anchorage, Alaska. He's the son of retired Air Force veteran Joe Shaw Sr. and Kathleen Shaw. Joe's mother was a Baptist Sunday School Teacher and school teacher's aide. He has three brothers and two sisters, four nephews and a niece.

After graduating from Cal State LA with a bachelor's degree in Journalism, Joe created numerous award-winning communications programs for several Los Angeles area non-profit social services agencies, including the AIDS Service Center in Pasadena and the Braille Institute. Joe has received numerous Golden Advocate Awards from the Healthcare Public Relations and Marketing Association.