| Sheila Russell | |
| Office: | Mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Term Start: | 1996 |
| Term End: | 1997 |
| Predecessor: | Kenneth Reeves |
| Successor: | Francis Duehay |
| Birth Date: | 29 September 1935 |
| Birth Place: | Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Spouse: | Leonard J. Russell |
| Children: | 5 |
Sheila Doyle Russell (September 29, 1935 – December 12, 2022) was an American politician who served as the 66th mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and was a 14-year member of the Cambridge City Council. She retired in 1999.[1] [2] Russell and fellow mayor and councilman Francis Duehay were called “basically … the heart and soul” of the City Council.[3] Her husband was himself former Cambridge mayor Leonard J. Russell. [4]
The West Cambridge Youth Center at 680 Huron Avenue in Cambridge is named after her as the "Mayor Sheila Doyle Russell Youth and Community Center."[5]