Mayor, City of Glendale
Brotman was first sworn in as a Glendale city councilmember in April 2020 and was named Mayor this April. After completing his undergraduate studies at Brown University and earning a master’s in economics at Johns Hopkins University, Brotman spent more than 20 years as an economist at the Federal Reserve Bank and in various finance roles at Cisco Systems. In 2015, Brotman moved to Glendale to be an economics professor at Glendale College. Alongside his academic endeavors, he co-founded the Glendale Environmental Coalition to push for a greater focus on sustainability.