Elisa Chan (Chinese: 戰琬瑜; pinyin: Zhàn Wǎnyú) is a Taiwanese-American politician and businesswoman who has served as a member for District 9 of the San Antonio City Council in San Antonio, Texas.

[1] She emigrated to the United States in 1988 to attend the University of Texas at San Antonio, and then in 1992 with Clifford Hew co-founded Unintech Consulting Engineers (UNINTECH), a structural and civil engineering design and consulting firm.

[1] In 2009, Chan was elected to the San Antonio City Council,[2] becoming the first woman and first member of a minority group to represent the district.

[4][5] In August 2013, the San Antonio Express-News published a report based on a secretly-recorded May 21 conversation between Chan and a colleague about a proposed anti-discrimination ordinance designed to protect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents from discrimination in which she made a variety of comments, including a reference to the LGBTQ community as "disgusting";[6] this occurred several months prior to the city council debating the proposed human rights ordinance.

[11] In 2022, Chan competed in the Republican primary for the vacant seat in Texas House District 122 following the retirement of State Representative Lyle Larson.