Mayor Pro Tem Cathy Warner cathywarner@earthlink.net

Cathy Warner was first elected to the City Council in 2004 and reelected to the City Council in 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020, and 2024. Cathy's family has been in Whittier since 1920. She and her husband Dave have seven children and 32 grandchildren.

Cathy attended John Greenleaf Whittier and Longfellow Elementary Schools, Dexter and East Whittier Junior High Schools, and graduated from California High School.  She received an A.A. Degree from Fullerton College, a B.S. in Dental Hygiene from the University of Missouri at Kansas City, and a Master of Leadership from the Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California.  Cathy and her husband, Dave, maintain a Periodontal and Dental Implant practice in East Whittier. She is also an Adjunct Professor at UMass Global, Department of Business and Professional Studies. 

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. Cathy is a board member for the Whittier Union High School District Educational Foundation and is Chair of the East Whittier City School District Bond Oversight Committee. She also serves as Chair of the Administrative District for the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts. Cathy is President of the Clean Water Works Education Foundation and Tri-Cities ROP (TCROP) Educational Foundation.

City Council Appointed Organizations

• Gateway Cities Council of Governments (COG), Alternate
• Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles County, Alternate and Chairperson, LA County Sanitation District No. 2
• Southeast Area Social Services Funding Authority (SASSFA), Alternate
• Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), Delegate
• Independent Cities Association (ICA), Delegate
• Southeast Water Coalition (SEWC), Alternate

City Council Ad Hoc Committees

• Whittwood
• Fire Station 17
• Parnell Park Renovation
• City/Whittier College Town and Gown