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Chair
Diamond Bar Councilmember Carol Herrera was elected to the Foothill
Transit Board in May 2009 and was elected to serve as Vice Chair in 2010 and Chair in 2011. She was elected to the Diamond Bar City
Council in November 1995. She currently serves as the Chair of the Four
Corners Transportation Coalition, is 1st Vice Chair of Los Angeles
County LAFCO (Local Agency Formation Commission), and is a member of
SCAG (Southern California Association of Governments) Regional Council
and its Transportation Committee. Previously, Herrera has served as
President of San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments and President of
League of Cities, Los Angeles County Division. Herrera, a resident of
Diamond Bar since 1966, has three children and seven grandchildren.
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Vice Chair
El Monte Mayor Pro Tem Patricia
Wallach, a longtime advocate of public transportation, is now serving a 4th
term on Foothill Transit’s Executive Board as the representative for Los Angeles
County. Wallach was elected to serve as Vice Chair of Foothill Transit's Executive Board in 2011. She was first elected to El Monte’s
City Council in 1990 after having served as a member of the El Monte Union High
School District Board of Trustees. A lifelong resident of the Los Angeles area, Wallach
attended Montebello High School and Pasadena City College and has served on
various boards including the League of California Cities, San Gabriel Valley Association
of Cities, Independent Cities Association, Los Angeles Regional Library
Advisory Committee, and the West San Gabriel Valley Air Quality Committee to
name a few. She has three children.
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Treasurer and Auditor/Controller
Pomona
Councilmember Paula Lantz was elected to the Foothill Transit Executive
Board in May 2003 and was elected to serve as Treasurer and Auditor Controller in 2011. She was elected to the Pomona City Council in April
1991. Lantz is the Immediate Past President of the Inland Valley
Economic Development Corporation and chairs the Pomona-Walnut-Rowland
Joint Water Line Commission, and the Governing Board of Tri-City Mental
health. A registered social worker, Lantz worked at the Hillview Acres
Children’s Home, where she was a foster care coordinator. A lifelong
Pomona resident, Lantz has a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Pomona
College and a master’s degree in education from Claremont Graduate
School.
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Board Member
Arcadia Councilmember Roger Chandler was elected to the Foothill Transit
Executive Board in May 2008 and served as Chair in 2010. He has been
elected to three terms on the Arcadia City Council and has served three times
as Mayor. After retiring from the Sheriff’s Department after 24 years of
service, he went on to become the Chief of Police of the Los Angeles City
Housing Authority and in 1994 he created the City of Hawaiian Gardens Police
Department. Public safety, water quality and the provision of effective and
efficient municipal services have been the thrust of his public service record.
He and his wife Jane, have lived in Arcadia for over 36 years
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Board Member
Mayor Doug Tessitor has been on the Glendora City Council since 2003;
served as Mayor in 2006-2007, and Mayor Pro Tem 2005-2006. He was elected to serve on the Foothill transit Executive Board in 2011. He received his BS
in Business Administration and MS in International Management. Mayor Tessitor is also on the
Gold Line Joint Powers Authority Board whose focus is to participate in the
planning, funding, designing and construction of the Gold Line Phase II;
the LA Works Board of Directors which coordinates efforts of cities to
implement programs for human services; the San Gabriel Valley Council of
Governments which provides regional and cooperative planning and consideration
of government services in the San Gabriel Valley; and the Southern
California Association of Governments which focuses on promoting livable
communities in Southern California. Doug and his wife, Cyndy, are long time residents of Glendora.
They have three children and are the proud grandparents of five grandchildren.
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