City of Cupertino Cupertino City Council Councilmember Steven Scharf

First elected: December 2016

Last term ended: December 2020

Day job: Applications engineering manager at Nordic Group

Alma mater: University of Florida (BSEE in engineering)

Notable quote: “For 21 years I've been politically active in Cupertino, fighting the forces that seek to exploit Cupertino for their own monetary gain. Before being elected to City Council I had been speaking out at City Council meetings, asking, usually without success, for City Council members to adopt long term, coherent, policies that took a systems approach to sensible growth." —Steven Scharf, Scharf4Council

Other offices held: Mayor, City of Cupertino (2019)

Committee and board assignments:

• Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG)

• Disaster Council

• Economic Development Committee

• Legislative Review Committee

• League of California Cities – Peninsula Division

• Santa Clara County Cities Association – Board of Directors

• Santa Clara County Cities Association – City Selection Committee

• Santa Clara County Cities Association – Legislative Committee

• Santa Clara County Library District Joint Powers Authority - Board of Directors (Alternate)

• Santa Clara Valley Water Commission (Alternate)

• West Valley Mayors and Managers

(Source: City of Cupertino website)