Deputy Mayor Shawn Huff

The Deputy Mayor for Education Shawn Huff´s division consist of the following fields:

• Early childhood education and preschool education
• Basic education
• General upper secondary and vocational education and liberal adult education
• Services in Swedish

The Deputy Mayor serves as the chairperson of the Education committee and is a member of the City Board.

The Helsinki City Council has elected Shawn Huff to serve as acting Deputy Mayor for Education during Reetta Vanhanen’s family leave from 9 January to 4 October 2026. Shawn Huff to stand in for Deputy Mayor Vanhanen(Link leads to external service)

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Contact info

Telephone: +358 9 310 36020(Link starts a phone call)
Email: shawn.huff@hel.fi(Link opens default mail program)
Address: Pohjoisesplanadi 11-13, P.O.Box 1, 00099 City of Helsinki

Curriculum Vitae - Shawn Huff (pdf) (Link leads to external service)

Secretary

Katja Lappi
  +358 9 310 36021(Link starts a phone call) katja.lappi@hel.fi(Link opens default mail program)

Special Adviser

Julianna Kentala, +358 40 1828 243(Link starts a phone call) julianna.kentala@hel.fi(Link opens default mail program)