Nancy Krasne

She grew up in Los Angeles, California and paid for her own education by working as a sales girl at Fedway in Westwood and at J. W. Robinson's, and as an operator at the Telephone Company.[1][2] She graduated from the University High School and the University of California, Los Angeles.[2][3]

She worked as an elementary school teacher in the Los Angeles Unified School District for eighteen years.[2][3][1] She served on the Beverly Hills Planning Commission from 2003 to 2007, on the Beverly Hills City Council from 2007 to 2009, and as Mayor from 2009 to 2010.[2][3][1][4] In 2013, she was elected to the Beverly Hills City Council again.[2][5]

She has served on the Boards of Trustees of the Friends of Greystone, the National Council of Jewish Women and the Los Angeles Child Guidance Clinic.[2][3] She was a member of Los Angeles County Museum of Art Costume Council.[2][3] She also volunteers for The Salvation Army and The City of Hope.[3] She collects Japanese art.[3]

She married James L. Krasne in 1966, and they have two sons, Kevin and David.[3] They reside in Beverly Hills.[3]