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Council Member Mary Su was elected in 2006 to serve on the City Council from 2006 to 2010. Council Member Su served as Mayor of Walnut from February 2009 through November 2009. She currently serves as the Council’s alternate representative to the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments, the representative to the Four Corners Transportation Coalition, Foothill Transit, Los Angeles County Sanitation District, San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District, and was the 1st Vice President of the Chinese American Elected Officials and recently appointed President. During 2003-2005 Mary served on the Walnut Parks and Recreation Commission and was chairperson of this commission during 2004-2005.
Mary Su was born in Taiwan and came to the U.S. in 1982. Mary attended Pasadena Community College, where she graduated with an Associate of Arts Degree in Business. In 1985 Mary enrolled at California State University, Los Angeles where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Information Systems.
In 1988, Mary, her husband Luki, and son Scott moved to Walnut, where they have been residents for the past 19 years. Mary’s son Scott graduated from Walnut High School in 2005 and is now enrolled at the University of California, San Diego.
Soon after moving to Walnut, Mary commenced her career in the residential and commercial real estate business, for which she has received many awards. Mary has also been involved in the export-import business. Mary continues to provide financial advice to many citizens in the local Asian community.
Mary has been an active participant in Walnut’s civic and educational organizations for more than 15 years. During 1993-1994 she served on the Walnut Materials Recovery Task Force. In 1997 she co-founded the Chinese-American Parents Association of the Walnut Valley Unified School District (CAPA-WVUSD), for which she continues to serve as Chairperson. In 1999, Mary created the Sister School and Cultural Exchange Program between the Walnut Valley and Shanghai Bao Shan School Districts. Following many years of membership with the Chinese-American Association of Walnut (CAAW), Mary was elected President of CAAW in 2001 and again in 2002. Over the past decade Mary has served on many Walnut Valley Unified School District advisory committees, including the WVUSD Diversity Committee, the WVUSD Budget Committee, and the WVUSD Facilities Advisory Committee.
Other Walnut activities in which Mary has been a leader include the American Cancer Association’s Relay for Life, Hurricane Katrina Relief, and fundraising for several disabled children’s organizations. In 2005 she was elected to serve on the Board of Directors of the Mt. San Antonio College Foundation. She is a President’s Circle Member of the Foundation, its highest donor level.
Mary’s ongoing service to Walnut and its surrounding communities has been twice recognized by the area’s elected officials. In 2003, California State Senator Bob Margett selected Mary to be his Los Angeles County Woman of the Year, the first Chinese woman to receive this award. In 2004, Congressman David Dreier selected the Chinese American Parents Association of the Walnut Valley Unified School District to be his Organization of the Year, and Mary accepted the award on behalf of the organization.
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