Dick DanielsMayor Pro Tem
ddaniels@escondido.org
- Elected to the Escondido City Council in November 2006
- Member of the Council's Economic Development, Budget, and Schools subcommittees, as well as the California Center for the Arts, Palomar Pomerado Hospital Development, and San Luis Rey River litigation ad hoc committees
- Member of the League of California Cities' Revenue and Taxation Committee
- Member of California State University San Marcos University Advisory Council
- Founding Member of Escondido Charitable Foundation
- 2005-06 President of Escondido Rotary Club
- 2004-05 Chairman of Escondido Chamber of Commerce
- 2000 Vice Chairman of First Night Escondido
- Former member of Citizens Task Force for a New Library, the Downtown Specific Plan Committee, and Community Development Block Grant Advisory Committee
- Former newspaper reporter and editor; currently owns and operates RMD Communications, a public relations consulting firm
- Accredited Member (APR) of Public Relations Society of America, its Counselors Academy and Independent Practitioners Alliance
- Named one of 51 "San Diego Top Influentials" in 2008 by The (San Diego) Daily Transcript
- Escondido resident since April 1990
- Married 33 years. Dick and his wife, Kathy, have two adult sons: Bobby and Michael
