Mark Pulido

Mark Pulido is a long-time resident of Cerritos, California. His career in public service began at age 32 on the ABC Unified School District Board of Education, where he served three terms, including as Board President. He was first elected to the Cerritos City Council in 2011, earning the most votes in the city's history, and was re-elected in 2015. He served two terms as Mayor of Cerritos in 2014-2015 and 2018-2019. Professionally, Pulido has worked in local, state, and federal government for nearly three decades, including as a consultant to the California Speaker, a State Senate District Director, and as District Chief of Staff to Congressman Alan Lowenthal. He earned a bachelor's degree in History and Asian American Studies from UCLA, where he was the first Filipino American elected student body president, and a Master of Public Policy from the University of Chicago.