Isabel Piedmont Smith

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Isabel Piedmont-Smith is the District 1 representative on the Bloomington city council. She is serving her fourth non-consecutive four-year term on the council.

She represented District 5 from January 2008 through December 2011 and from January 2016 through December 2023. In 2022, the council districts were changed after the decennial census, so in 2023 she ran for re-election in the new District 1. She has served District 1 since January 2024. She served as council president in 2024 and as vice president in 2025.

Prior to her run for city council she was a founding member of the Monroe County Green Party and served as chair of the Bloomington Environmental Commission.

She grew up in Bloomington. She was in the last graduating class of Binford Junior High School and graduated from Bloomington High School South. She received a BA in history from Oberlin College and an MAT in social studies education from Boston University. She served over two decades as fiscal officer and department administrator in the Department of French & Italian at Indiana University-Bloomington.

She lives in the McDoel Gardens neighborhood with her husband, David J. Smith.

Timeline: Isabel Piedmont-Smith

2025-01

2019-11-05 Runs unopposed and wins the general election for Bloomington council District 5.

2019-05-07 Defeats Ryan Maloney in the Democratic Party primary for District 5 Bloomington council.

2019-01 Announces intent to seek re-election to District 5 seat on Bloomington council.

2015-11-03 Runs unopposed and wins the general election for Bloomington council District 5.

2015-05-05 Wins the Democratic Party primary for Bloomington council District 5, defeating Kurt Babcock and Gabe Colman.

2015-01 Files to run for Bloomington council District 5 seat, following news that the incumbent Darryl Neher planned to run for mayor instead.

2011-02 Announces that she does not plan to seek re-election for a second term.

2010-01 Is elected by Bloomington council colleagues to serve as president of the council.

2008-09-13 Marries David J. Smith.

2008-01-01 Is sworn into office for her first 4-year term on Bloomington council.

2007-11-06 Wins general election for District 5 Bloomington council seat, defeating Republican Alicia Graves. The seat had previously been held by Republican David Sabbagh, who did not seek re-election to council in lieu of a mayoral bid.

2007-05-08 Wins the Democratic Party primary for the District 5 Bloomington council seat, defeating Jack Baker and Craig Harvey. The vote tally was 395 for Piedmont, 268 for Baker and 26 for Harvey.

2006-12-19 Announces candidacy as a Democrat for the District 5 seat on the Bloomington council, stating that she will focus her campaign on sustainability issues.

2003-2006 Serves on the South Central Community Action Program Board of Directors.

1988-05 Graduates from Bloomington High School South.