Chuong Vo, Mayor Pro Tem

Mayor Pro Tem Chuong Vo was elected to the Cerritos City Council in 2020. He was named Mayor Pro Tem in 2020, 2021 and 2024 and Mayor in 2022. A Cerritos resident since 2000, Mayor Pro Tem Vo served on the Cerritos Community Safety Committee from 2009 to 2011 and as a Cerritos Planning Commissioner from 2011 to 2017.

Boards and Committees

Mayor Pro Tem Vo serves on the following Internal Ad Hoc Working Groups:

ABC Unified
Cerritos Community College District
Chamber of Commerce
Community Garden
Disaster Preparedness/Emergency Management
MIS/Technology
Parks and Recreation
Policy and Procedure
Protocol Manual
Public Safety

Mayor Pro Tem Vo serves on the following external groups:

California Contract Cities Association (Alternate)
California Joint Powers Insurance Authority, for which he serves on the Executive Committee
League of California Cities and Los Angeles Regional Division Representative (Alternate)
League of California Cities 2024 Annual General Assembly (Alternate)
Los Angeles County City Selection Committee (Alternate)
Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts Board of Directors (Districts 2, 3, 18 & 19) (Alternate)
National League of Cities 2023 Public Safety and Crime Prevention (PSCP) federal advocacy committee as an appointee
Southeast Water Coalition Joint Powers Authority
Southern California Association of Governments (Alternate)

Mayor Pro Tem Vo previously served on the following external groups:

National League of Cities Public Safety and Crime Prevention (PSCP) federal advocacy committee (2023)

Personal and Professional

Mayor Pro Tem Vo has more than 20 years of experience in law enforcement and is a member of the Cerritos Optimist Club and a former member of the Kiwanis Club. He attended UCLA majoring in anthropology with an emphasis in biology. He is a recipient of an American Red Cross Hometown Hero Award and a South Bay Medal of Valor Lifesaving Award.

Mayor Pro Tem Vo and his wife, Traci, are parents to sons Ethan and Brandon and family dog Moko.