Ed GalloCouncil Member
egallo@escondido.org
- Escondido City Council member since November 2000
- Served as Chairman of the Escondido Christmas Parade four times and also chaired the Centennial Parade
- Past President of the Escondido Jaycees and the only member to have received the US Jaycees highest award of Ambassador
- Member of the Escondido Rotary Club, Chamber of Commerce, and American Legion Post 149
- Current Board Chair of North County Transit District
- Current NCTD representative to SANDAG Transportation Committee
- Current Member of North San Diego County Association of Realtors – Commercial Division
- Current Advisory member to SANDAG Board of Directors
- Current subcommittees: Budget and Annual Awards Selections
- Current ad hoc committees: CCAE and Utilities/HARRF
- Former Escondido representative to ECWA (Escondido Creek Watershed Association)
- Former Inland North County representative and current alternate to SANDAG Borders Committee
- Founding member of Escondido Children's Museum
- Former member and Board Chair of San Dieguito River Park JPA
- Past activities include Downtown Revitalization Committee, Transportation and Parking Commission, Planning Commission, Centennial Steering Committee, Bravo Escondido sub-chair, Pop Warner Business Manager, Orange Glen High School Booster Club, East Valley Association Board Member, DBA Member, President of Escondido Village Mall, and Middletown (NJ) Merchant's Association
- Born and raised in New Jersey, moved to Escondido in 1973
- Attended Rutgers University, North Carolina State University, Texas Western College (now UTEP), and Palomar College
- Served three years in the US Army, including stints at Fort Bragg NC, I Corps in Korea, and USARECSTA Fort Bliss Texas
