Glen Becerra has over 25 years of professional experience serving the public interest. Working for government agencies, elected officials, and as an elected representative. He has led marketing, government affairs, community and public relations departments and teams. Glen currently works as Executive Officer, Marketing at Metro where he leads the groundbreaking team of 80-plus employees. Metro is recognized as the gold standard for transit and government marketing.
Prior to joining Metro, Glen worked for the Southern California Edison Company, where he served as Chief of Staff for the Local Public Affairs Department. Glen also worked for Assemblyman James L. Brulte as a Legislative Aide, where he managed legislation dealing with California's Utility Industry and the State Allocation Board, which is responsible for financing the renovation and construction of public schools.
Glen was successfully elected to the Simi Valley City Council in 1998 and became the youngest member to ever serve on the council. He would go on to be reelected four consecutive times, becoming the longest-serving council member in city's history. He served a one-year term as Mayor Pro Tem in 2002 and full terms in 2006, 2010, 2014, and in 2018, before retiring from the City Council at the end of 2018. Not only was Glen the youngest member of the council to be elected, but he was also the first minority member to serve.
The first in his family to graduate from college, Glen attended Moorpark Community College and the University of California, Berkeley, where he earned a B.A. in History in 1993. After graduation, he was accepted into the Executive Fellowship Program, a public policy program sponsored by the Governor's Office and the Center for California Studies at California State University, Sacramento. Upon completing the fellowship program, Glen joined the Wilson Administration as Deputy Director for the Office of External Affairs, which oversaw the Governor's local field offices, and was the liaison for law enforcement, crime victims, and other constituent groups.
Glen’s community involvement includes serving on the California Student Aid Commission as a Gubernatorial-Appointee. He served on the Board of Directors for the Simi Valley Boys & Girls Club, where he held the position of Vice President for Fund Development. He is a member of the Simi Valley Education Foundation Advisory Board, served on the Simi Valley Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors from 1996 to 1998, and was elected to the Board of Regents for California Lutheran University from 2009 to 2018.
Glen has served as President for the League of California Cities Channel Counties Division and on the Board of Directors for the League of California Cities statewide organization. He represented the cities of Simi Valley, Moorpark, and Thousand Oaks on the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), and served as President of that organization from 2012 to 2013. In 2001, President George W. Bush appointed Glen to the White House Commission on Presidential Scholars, a body that selects, recognizes, and honors top achieving high school seniors from across the country, a position he held until April of 2010.
As a council member, Glen served on the City's Affordable Housing Subcommittee, Armed Forces Banner Advisory Committee, Sustainable Simi Valley Committee, was a Trustee for the Simi Valley Library Board of Trustees, and served as a City Council liaison to the Neighborhood and Youth Councils. Glen also served on the Ventura County Animal Services Commission.
Glen and his wife Sally have two children, Elizabeth and Nicholas. The Becerra family has called Southern California home for 100 years.