The Lewisville Town Council is elected for two-year terms. This council was sworn in to office in December of 2025.
Elections occur every two years during odd-numbered years. The next Lewisville Town Council election will be held in November 2027. The newly elected Town Council will take the Oath of Office in December 2027.
Council Biographies
Mayor Pro Tem Stacy Howard
Mayor Pro Tem Stacy Howard has been a resident of the Town of Lewisville for 35 years. She is a wife and mother who adores the Lewisville community she calls home. Stacy Howard spent 19 years employed with the Town of Lewisville as the Office Manager/Events Coordinator. Her desire was to provide quality events focused on bringing the community together for family-friendly events at Shallowford Square. Shortly after her retirement in July of 2025, she made the decision to continue serving the Town in a different role and chose to run for Lewisville Town Council.
Stacy is a lifetime member of the American Business Women’s Association and a current Board Member of the Lewisville Civic Club. It is Stacy’s desire to focus on the needs of the community while remaining fiscally conservative and available to the residents and staff. Lewisville may be a small town, but it has an enormous heart, is her motto.
Councilmember Brady Allen
Lewisville Councilmember Brady Allen is a lifelong resident of Lewisville who was elected to his first term on the Lewisville Town Council in November of 2025. Lewisville is a community that Councilmember Allen truly loves because of its unique small-town character and the fact that it is home to his family and so many friends. His desire as a leader in our town is to serve the residents of Lewisville, and he views helping to preserve the small-town character of Lewisville as a way in which he can serve the residents of Lewisville. Councilmember Allen earned his Bachelor's degree in Finance at UNC Charlotte and his Master's degree in Accounting at UNC Greensboro. After his education, he entered the banking industry for a career in financial reporting. Councilmember Allen's background in finance and accounting gives him the knowledge and the motivation to carefully watch over our town finances to ensure that the town is being responsible with its funds. As an active member of his community, he is actively involved in his church, Two Cities Church, as well as the Lewisville Civic Club. Councilmember Allen's faith in Jesus is the most important aspect of his life and is his guiding compass on how he treats others and serves his community. Councilmember Allen truly loves engaging with Lewisville residents and hearing their thoughts or simply meeting them. He encourages residents to reach out to share their concerns or simply introducing themselves!
Councilmember Fred Franklin
Fred Franklin is a lifelong resident of Lewisville. He worked in the Roller Mill as a teenager, bagging flour and corn meal. His mother was a postal clerk, and later the postmaster in Lewisville, and his father was a volunteer fireman. Franklin and his wife, Sarah, are blessed with two adult children and 4 wonderful grandchildren. He continues to raise beef cattle, actively manages a farm, and raises a vegetable garden to eat and share.
From his family roots, Franklin has been able to grow into a life of service for the community. He was a volunteer firefighter with the Lewisville FD in his younger days; served as Board member and Secretary for 9 nine years later in life when he realized that fighting fire was a job for young persons. Franklin was first elected to the Town Council in 1995, and since then, he has served a total of 10 two-year terms. He has been honored to have served with 23 of the 35 people who were elected during that tenure. He looks forward to working with his new colleagues this term.
Franklin sought this job to bring experienced, trusted leadership to the table as the Town moves forward. He knows that what we currently love about Lewisville, and where we are headed in the future, is a result of long-term planning by past Councils. The challenges before them are to continue the path that has been charted before the current Council was seated and to plan for the future.
Councilmember Gerry Gallagher
Councilmember Gallagher is a stakeholder in the community as a wife, mother, and grandmother. She has the experience, skills, and commitment to serve. The distinguished former Mayor Horn asked for town council candidates who will “stand for what is right, fair and honorable for our citizens.” This inspired Gallagher to run for office. She served on a school board as a Member, Vice-President, and President in a district with 25,000 students. During her 5 years as a board member, she collaborated with the city government and community organizations.
Gallagher is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. For 27 years, she worked as a school social worker helping students, families, and community partners to navigate crises, resolve conflicts, and build stronger communities. Gallagher also worked with law enforcement as a youth officer aide. She witnessed firsthand the dedication and courage of officers who protect and serve every day. This experience instilled in Gallagher a deep respect for all public servants.
Gallagher has a BA in Criminal Justice from John Jay School of Criminal Justice and an MSW from Fordham University. She is a lifelong civil servant and is committed to helping the community of Lewisville thrive and prosper with managed growth. Gallagher believes passionately that local control is key to a prosperous, robust community. She is a member of the Lewisville Civic Club. Gallagher wants to hear from citizens about their concerns and their vision for the future of their hometown.
Councilmember Suzanne Newsome
Suzanne grew up in Ahoskie, a small town in the far northeastern part of the state. Life centered around school, sports, family, and the Baptist Church. She left to spend 8 years in Chapel Hill pursuing a dental education and basketball tickets.
A dental supply representative showed Suzanne the Lewisville area as a possible place to set up a practice. She remembers thinking, “Lewisville doesn’t look like a whole lot, but there’s a house behind every tree.” After that astute marketing/demographic assessment, she worked with Lee Bailey, general contractor, to convert a bank into a dental office, preserving the walk-in vault.
So began 37 years of watching Lewisville grow, incorporate, and change from the vantage point of a businesswoman on Shallowford Road. As half of her patients came from somewhere else, she heard outsiders’ reactions: “People from Greensboro love to come cycle in Lewisville” and “Oh, it’s so cute!”
As a newly minted Town Council member, Suzanne is learning the ropes of being an elected official in a democracy. Take a poll and do whatever gets the most votes? Find out which way the wind is blowing? Many years ago in a Personnel Committee meeting at Lewisville Baptist Church, there was a long discussion about hiring a new staff member. Person after person described the wants of this group or another. Finally, Pastor Joe Coltrane stopped the discussion and said, “Leadership implies being out front.” Wisdom. But Joe didn’t have to deal with Facebook.
Councilmember Mack Wilder
Mack Wilder has lived in Lewisville for 16 years. He ran on providing concrete, verifiable benefits for our citizens.
- Wilder believes in transparency.
- He served four years in the Marine Corp honorably discharged.
- He spent the last thirty years working in commercial construction.
- He volunteers for non-profits.
- He has served on staff councils and church committees.
- He oil paints and writes screenplays.
Wilder can see himself running for second term if he has unfinished work to do.
Recent legislative recommendations by Town Council
None at this time.
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