Gene Hernandez

Director Hernandez was appointed to the Board in January 2024 and will hold the interim Board Director position until the next general election in November 2024.

Director Hernandez received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Administration of Criminal Justice from San Jose State University and Masters of Science Degree in Management from Cal Poly, Pomona. He is a graduate of Class 15 of the California POST Command College and Class 154 of the F.B.I. National Academy. Entered law enforcement as a police officer with the City of Fullerton in 1972. In 1998, he assumed the Chief of Police position with the City of Chino. He retired in December of 2006.

Community and professional service has included: City of Yorba Linda Mayor, 2015/2018 and current Mayor; Past Chairman of the Orange County Fire Authority; Current Chairman for the Orange County Transit Authority (OCTA); Immediate past President of the CA League of Cities OC Division and current Public Safety Policy Committee; Executive Board Chair of Senior Citizen Advisory Council (SCAC); District Governor, 2008-09, Rotary International, District 5300; Rotary Group Study Exchange Team Leader in 2006 to District 1910 (Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina); Participated in National Immunization Days in India; 2005 participated in Water Well Project in Zambia, Africa; 2004 participated in Wheelchair Distribution Project in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico and in 2012 in Hermosillo, Mexico; 2013-14 Chair of Rotary’s Project Corazon Home Builds, in Tecate, Mexico; 2011-12 Chair for the Rotary Rose Parade Float Committee; 2009-2013 Vice-Chair for the California State Athletic Commission; Past Board President of the Yorba Linda/Placentia YMCA, North Orange County YMCA, Orange YMCA and Chino Valley YMCA; Past President of Family Solutions Inc., foster care homes for abused children; Past Specialist for the California State PTA Board; Current Board member of the PrimeHealth Care Foundation; Past President of the Board for the Chino Youth Boxing Club Foundation.

Director Hernandez has been married for 54 years to wife, Louise, and has three children, six grandchildren.