Mayor Joe Vinatieri jvcc@bewleylaw.com

Joe Vinatieri was reelected to the City Council by the voters of Whittier in April 2008 and 2012 after having been elected to a two-year term in 2006. In 2016, Joe was elected as Mayor in the first municipal election that allowed voters citywide to directly elect the Mayor; he was re-elected as Mayor in 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024. Joe was born and raised in Whittier, attended Whittier schools and is employed in Whittier as an attorney at Bewley, Lassleben and Miller.

Joe is the proud father of three adult children and seven grandchildren with his late wife, Sandy, who passed away from complications due to ALS. Joe was recently married to Aya and together they own Auntie's Bakery & Café in Uptown.

Joe’s local current and past 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 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, which is now The Groves at Whittier. Joe serves on the League of California Cities Revenue and Taxation Committee. Joe and Aya are members of Plymouth Congregational Church.

City Council Appointed Organizations

• Southeast Area Social Services Funding Authority, Delegate
• Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, Delegate
• City Selection Committee, Delegate
• L.A. County Division of the League of California Cities, Delegate
• City Selection Committee Independent Citizens' Oversight Committee Proposition E Special Tax, Delegate

City Council Ad Hoc Committees

• Policing Contract Review
• Parnell Park Renovation
• State Legislation
• City/Whittier College Town and Gown