Dawn Oliphant was first elected to the Town Council in June 2010. She was re-elected in November 2014, August 2018, and again in August 2022. Council Member Oliphant serves on the Mayor's Teen Advisory Committee and represents Queen Creek on the League of Arizona Cities and Towns Neighborhoods, Sustainability, and Quality of Life Policy Committee and is an alternate for the League Neighborhoods, Sustainability and Quality of Life Committee. She was also appointed by the governor to serve on the Arizona Municipal Tax Code Commission.

Council Member Oliphant is retired from a successful career in local government with the City of Tempe, where she worked in the police department, municipal court, and at the Tempe Learning Center, Tempe's corporate university for municipal professionals.

Oliphant holds a Master of Business Administration in Management, a Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies and graduated from Queen Creek's Citizen Leadership Institute in 2010. 

Oliphant moved to Queen Creek in 2005 with her husband Rick and two sons, where she manages an environmentally green business. For more than 15 years, she has dedicated time to serving the local community through active involvement with the Queen Creek Unified School District and various nonprofits related to youth, healthcare and veterans.