Meet Mayor Bolt 

Mayor Ed Bolt graduated from Mustang High School in 1975 and attended the University of Oklahoma.  He has been a Shawnee area resident since 2002.   Ed worked 29 years for AT&T where his final assignment was as a Regional Sales Manager for State Government and Higher Education.  After retirement in 2008, he started a photography business in Shawnee and then opened a photo studio and art gallery on East Main St.  He bought a condemned building and renovated it in an effort to help revitalize the Shawnee downtown area.  Ed and his wife Phyllis have been very active in a number of local civic organizations.  He was elected Shawnee Ward One City Commissioner in June 2018 and Mayor in June 2020.