Anne Marie DeCicco-Best

Anne Marie DeCicco (born in April of 1964) is the current (60th) mayor of London, Ontario, Canada.

Ms. DeCicco graduated from Fanshawe College's broadcast journalism program in 1986 and worked for CHYR (Cheer) Radio in Leamington, Ontario, before returning in 1987 to work at 1290-CJBK-AM and BX93-FM, a country music station in London as a reporter covering city hall.

She also later taught at Fanshawe. She was elected to London City Council in 1991 as a Councillor in Ward Five, becoming the youngest person ever to serve there, after former Ward Five Councillor Grant Hopcroft made the jump to the Board of Control.

In 1996 she was a strong supporter of London's bid for the 2001 Canada Summer Games, which were subsequently awarded to London. In 1997, after two, three-year terms as a Ward Councillor, she topped the polls when she was elected to the London Board of Control and acted as deputy mayor and budget chief to Dianne Haskett, whom she succeeded as mayor in the 2000 election. She was re-elected to a second term in 2003. She also serves on the board of governors of the University of Western Ontario and the London Police Services Board.

On November 2, 2005, forty-year-old Ms. DeCicco announced her engagment to Mr. Tim Best, a 44-year-old entrepreneur that she met at the John Labatt Centre in downtown London during the Memorial Cup hockey championship. Best is a London native and principal owner of two Junior B hockey teams in Texas. A date has yet to be announced for the wedding.

Mayor DeCicco has also announced that she will be seeking a third term as mayor during the 2006 civic election.

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