Mayor Joe Vinatieri

Joe Vinatieri was reelected by the voters of Whittier to serve a four-year term in April 2008 after having been elected to a two-year term in 2006. Joe was born and raised in Whittier, attended Whittier schools and is employed in Whittier as an attorney at Bewley, Lassleben and Miller. Joe and his wife, Sandy, are proud parents of three children, Sarah, Joe and Susie, who attended Whittier schools. Joe’s local community involvement includes Member of the Board, Whittier Area Chamber of Commerce; Member, Whittier Union High School District Bond Oversight Committee; Member of the Board and Incorporator of Foundation, Whittier High School Alumni Association and Educational Foundation; Institutional Representative, Boy Scouts of America – Pack and Troop 219; and Member of the Board and past Vice-President, YMCA of Greater Whittier. Joe was on the Social Services Commission for the City of Whittier from 1984-1988 and was a Volunteer counseling youth offenders at Fred C. Nelles School for Boys for 10 years. Joe is a member of Plymouth Congregational Church.

City Council Appointed Organizations:

• City Selection Committee, Delegate
• Southeast Area Social Services Funding Authority, Delegate
• Southeast Water Coalition, Delegate
• LA County Sanitation Districts, Delegate
• Gateway Cities Council of Governments, SR91/I-605 Corridor Cities Committee, Alternate
• LA County Division of the League of California Cities, Delegate
• League of California Cities Revenue & Taxation Committee, Delegate
  

Contact Information:
E-Mail: jvcc@bewleylaw.com

Mayor Pro Tem Bob Henderson

Bob was elected to the City Council in 1976 and served until 1984. He served as Mayor Pro Tem from 1980-82. He was then re-elected in 1990, 1994, 2002, and 2006. Bob served as Mayor from 1992-94. An Uptown Whittier business owner, Bob owns Hendersons Insurance. He is also an active member in the Joint Powers Authorities relative to the hills.

City Council Appointed Organizations:

• Puente Hills Landfill Native Habitat Preservation Authority, Chairman/Delegate
• Whittier/ Puente Hills Conservation Authority, Chairman/Delegate
• Wildlife Corridor Conservation Authority(WCCA), Delegate
• Independent Cities Association, Delegate
• Hillside Open Space Education Committee (HOSEC), Chairman/Delegate

City Council Committees

• Greenway Trail Construction

Contact Information:
E-Mail: bob@hendersonsinsure.com

Council Member Owen Newcomer

Owen was reelected for a third term on the Whittier City Council in April 2008. He previously served as a trustee to the Whittier City School District for eleven years.

Owen retired in June 2005 as a Political Science Professor at Rio Hondo College where he had been teaching since 1975. Owen now teaches part-time at Rio Hondo College and Whittier College. He earned his undergraduate and Master's Degree from California State University, Northridge in Political Science, and his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Southern California. He is the author of Governing California and Los Angeles.

Owen is the Vice President for the Los Angeles County Division of the League of California Cities. Supervisor Don Knabe appointed Owen to the Los Angeles County Homeless Services Authority Commission.

City Council Appointed Organizations:

• Puente Hills Landfill Native Habitat Preservation Authority, Alternate
• LA County Division of the League of California Cities, Vice President/Alternate
• Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority Commission, Delegate
• Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District, Delegate
• Gateway Cities MTA Service Sector, Vice President
• Southeast Area Social Services Funding Authority, Alternate
• Hillside Open Space Education Committee, Alternate

City Council Committees:

• Greenway Trail Construction
• Nelles Property Acquisition

Contact Information:
E-Mail: newcomer_cityhall@charter.net
Telephone: 562-693-0123

Council Member Greg Nordbak

Greg has served on the Whittier City Council since his election in 1994. He was re-elected in 1998, 2002, and 2006 and served as Mayor Pro Tem in 1996-98, and Mayor, 1998-2000, and 2005-2006.


Greg serves as Chairman of the San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority (www.WQA.com) and serves on the Advisory Boards of Rancho Los Amigos Hospital, and Arts for Education at the Cerritos Performing Arts Center. Greg is a past president of the Board of Directors of the Gateway Cities Council of Governments, a former Board Member of the Whittier Rio Hondo Aids Project (WRHAP), the Whittier Boys and Girls Club, Skills Foundation and the American Red Cross. Greg is also active in youth sports. He has served as President of the Friends of La Serna as well as a past member and President of the La Serna High School Touchdown Club. He is a past Board member of Whittier Girls Softball, Whittier Area Youth Soccer and Murphy Ranch Little League. Greg is also a member of the Whittier Rotary Club. Greg and his wife, Donna, have made Whittier their home for the past 28 years. They have two children, Tom (28), a police officer, and Amanda (23), a student at California State University, Fullerton.

City Council Appointed Organizations:

• San Gabriel Basin Water Quality Authority, Chairman
• Independent Cities Association, Alternate
• Southeast Water Coalition, Alternate
• Gateway Cities Council of Governments, SR91/I-605 Corridor Cities Committee, Delegate
• Gateway Cities Council of Governments, Delegate
• City Selection Committee, Alternate
• Wildlife Corridor Conservation Authority, Alternate
• Whittier/Puente Hills Conservation Authority, Alternate
• LA County Sanitation District, Alternate
• LA County Sanitation District, Chairperson, District 18, also on Personnel Committee
• Legislative/Public Information (San Gabriel Valley Water Quality Authority)

Contact Information:
E-Mail: greg@nordbaks.com

Council Member Cathy Warner

Cathy Warner was first elected to the City Council in 2004 and was reelected to the City Council in 2008. She has lived in Whittier since 1948, her family has been here since 1920. She and her husband Dave have seven children and 20 grandchildren. Cathy attended John Greenleaf Whittier & Longfellow Elementary Schools, Dexter & East Whittier Junior High Schools and graduated from California High School. She received an A.A. Degree from Fullerton Junior College and a B.S. in Dental Hygiene from the University of Missouri at Kansas City. She and her husband practice periodontics in their Whittier-based office. She has previously served on the City's Cultural Arts Commission for 2 years, the East Whittier City School District Governing Board for 2 years, the Whittier Union High School District Board of Trustees for 12 years, and the Tri-Cities ROP Governing Board for 6 years. She has also been a member of the Project Area Committee for the Whittier Blvd. Commercial Corridor Redevelopment Project Area.

City Council Appointed Organizations:

• Gateway Cities Council of Governments, Alternate

City Council Committees:

• Nelles Property Acquisition

Contact Information:
E-Mail: cathywarner@earthlink.net