Category: Local Officials

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Council Member

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Keith McMahan moved to Arizona in 1971 as an advertising writer with Lorne Pratt Enterprises, Inc., the ad agency for McCulloch Properties. Two years later, in 1973, he moved to Fountain Hills to work on all phases of advertising and promotion when McCulloch advertised free flights in newspapers all over the country to come to Fountain Hills with its world famous fountain. He continued working for them until 1991 when he formed his own company, McMahan and Company Advertising Agency, offering advertising, press releases, newsletters and events production to local clients. Keith has been actively involved in community projects and organizations since he came to Fountain Hills. He was the advertising and tourism chairman for the Chamber of Commerce for nine years as well as serving on their Board of Directors for three years. The 2004 Chamber of Commerce sponsored Fountain Festival will be the 30th fair on which he has worked, for 16 years as a volunteer. In 1997, the C of C honored him as the "Business Person of the Year". He served as an elected member of the Fountain Hills School Board from 1986 to 1990. For nine years, he was on the Road District Joint Powers Board; chairman in 1978. He is presently a contributing member of several organizations: the Fountain Hills Civic Association, President of the Fountain Hills Republican Club, and the Fountain Hills Historical Society Board of Directors.