Sally Shaheen Joseph is an attorney. In addition she brings over twenty-five years of experience in Politics, as Township Trustee, Supervisor, City Administrator, Personnel Director, Risk Manager, and Purchasing Agent. She was responsible for the administration of the Police, Fire, Building, and Assessing Departments of Flint Township and the City of Clio. She currently serves as an Advisory board member of the Flint Area Salvation Army, board member of Planned Parenthood of East Central Michigan, Planned Parenthood of Michigan, Arab-American Institute Board, Executive Board, and Arab-American Institute National Policy Council, was recently elected to the Mott Community College Board of Trustees. She is a former president of The Michigan Public Risk Management Association, and is a former board member of Genesee County YWCA, Easter Seals, Michigan Women's Foundation, Flint Area Convention and Visitor's Bureau and the Fair Winds Council of Girl Scouts of America.

She was chosen as the American-Arab Heritage Council's "Woman of the Year" in 2000. Sally is the recipient of Mott Community College's "Carroll Clark" Civic Service Award. She was also awarded Rotary International's "Paul Harris" Award by the Genesee Valley Rotary, for "service above self."

Sally was appointed to the Michigan Women's Commission in August 2003.

Sally attended Mott Community College, graduated from Cooley Law School and The University of Michigan-Flint. She is the widow of Genesee County Attorney, Edward P. Joseph, mother of five and grandmother of nine.