After arriving in Marana, Ora Mae Harn worked for the Marana Unified School District from 1962-74 as a bus driver, a cafeteria cook, and a warehouse assistant.  She spent a quarter century at the Marana Health Center, serving as director of community relations social services director and finally as director.  Starting in 1985, she was a member of the Marana Town Council, and served as Marana’s first female mayor from 1990-95 and again from 1997-99.  She served as president of the Arizona Women in Municipal Government and as a member of the Pima Council on Aging.  She served as an active representative to the Pima Association of Governments.  She represented Marana in the League of Arizona Cities and Towns.  She was the major force in bringing flood control projects to Marana and starting the Pima County Santa Cruz Bank Protection Project.  Mrs. Harn brought a federally funded housing program to Marana and was involved with a large number of community projects such as Marana’s Founders’ Day Committee, the Sister Cities Program, Yoem Pueblo Rehabilitation Project and the Lot Beautification Program.