Mark E. Pulido, Councilmember
Updated March 26, 2012
Councilmember Mark E. Pulido was elected to the Cerritos City Council in March 2011.
A proud Cerritos resident for 38 years, Councilmember Pulido has an extensive history of service to the community. He was elected to the ABC Unified School District Board in 2001 and was re-elected in 2005 and 2009. He served as Board President in 2007-2008 and concluded his service in March 2011. Councilmember Pulido also served as the Board Liaison for the ABC Federal Head Start and State Preschool programs for seven years. In 2009, the Los Angeles County Office of Education honored Pulido with its “Board Member of the Year” award.
Councilmember Pulido serves on the City's ABC Unified School District, Performing Arts and County Health Department/Health Insurance Committees. Councilmember Pulido is the alternate representative to the California Contract Cities Association and Southeast Water Coalition, and the fourth alternate to the Sanitation Districts 2, 3, 18 & 19/Waste Management.
Councilmember Pulido is a member of the Cerritos Regional Chamber of Commerce, Cerritos Optimist Club, Sunnyside Optimist Club, Wittmann Elementary PTA and is a lifetime member of the Friends of the Cerritos Library. His previous community involvement includes coaching Pee Wee soccer, serving as a day camp counselor, serving on the Whitney High School Foundation Board and co-founding the Whitney High School Alumni Association.
Councilmember Pulido has worked for the California Legislature for more than a decade, serving as District Director to State Senator Alan Lowenthal. Prior to that, he served as a legislative consultant with the California State Assembly in the Los Angeles offices of Assembly Speakers Robert M. Hertzberg, Herb J. Wesson Jr. and Fabian Núñez. In the late 1990s, Councilmember Pulido worked for the City of Long Beach in the City Manager’s Office, the Long Beach Redevelopment Agency, the Budget Bureau, the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department and the Gang Intervention/Prevention Program.
Councilmember Pulido received his bachelor’s degree in History and Asian American Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he served as Student Body President. He received his Master of Public Policy degree from the University of Chicago as a Woodrow Wilson National Fellow. While at UCLA, Councilmember Pulido also volunteered as an after-school tutor and college recruiter, served as director of a college peer-counseling program and worked as editor-in-chief of a UCLA newsmagazine.
Pulido and his wife Gloria have a daughter, Malia, and a son, Mark Jr.
