Margaret Arney

Margaret Michele Arney (née Tully; born June 17, 1969) is an American nonprofit consultant, educator, and Democratic politician from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.

Over the next decade she worked in fundraising and market research for several local nonprofits, including the YWCA and the Milwaukee Art Museum.

In 2010, she was hired by Cardinal Stritch University to administer their African American Leadership Program and remained at that job for the next decade.

Arney made her first run for elected office in 2010, when she sought a seat on the city council of Wauwatosa, Wisconsin.

This time she faced no opposition and took office in April 2022, becoming the first African American member of the Wauwatosa Common Council.