Kathryn McCullough was elected to the Lake Forest City Council in 1994 and is no stranger to Lake Forest or the Saddleback Valley. As the founding Director of Adopt-A-Neighbor Program in Mission Viejo, Minister of the Mission Church in Lake Forest and a founding member of the Lake Forest Lions Club, she is known by many for her community involvement. Of the many honors Council Member McCullough has received, she feels being elected to serve the residents of Lake Forest to be one of the greatest.

Council Member McCullough has been quite active this year as a member of the Governor’s Roundtable for Welfare Reform. In addition to her duties for the Governor’s office, she is a representative to the League of California Cities’ State Welfare Reform Task Force. Kathryn is the City’s representative to the Orange County Public Library Advisory Board, a member of the Senior Citizen Advisory Board for the County of Orange and the Vice Chair of the Library Legislative Subcommittee.

Additionally, she is designated to the Growth Management Area 9 Interjurisdictional Planning Forum (GMA9), the City Council liaison for local traffic related matters and was elected to the State League of California Cities Board of Directors. She was reappointed to the Southern California Association Governments (SCAG) Community, Economic & Human Development Committee and selected for the Livable Communities Subcommittee. Also she is on the League of California Cities Smart Growth Committee. She is also affiliated with LULAC, and the Ladies Veterans of Foreign War auxiliary.

Kathryn is a 34-year resident of Lake Forest, mother of five and married to Reverend Christopher McCullough, a retired Master Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. They have resided in Lake Forest since 1972.