DEL MAR - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- City Council
- Representative
- Founder of the Coaster Rail - to - Trail Project
Dan and his wife, Brie, have been residents of Del Mar since 2010. Dan first got involved in Del Mar civic life in 2013 through the Finance Committee, the 2016 Measure Q Initiative, and the related Utility Undergrounding Project. For eight years, Dan has also worked at SageView Advisory Group, an investment firm which provides consulting and advisory services to institutions and individuals comprising over $120 billion in assets. Brie works as a registered nurse in the PACU at Scripps Green. They live in the beach area next to Dan's identical twin brother, Steve, and his family.
Dan grew up in Connecticut and graduated with a degree in finance from the University of Notre Dame. Prior to Del Mar, Dan spent time in New York City and San Francisco.
Dan is an avid sports and outdoor enthusiast. You will find him jogging along the beach, walking his dog Lola along the trails, biking around town, playing volleyball at Dog Beach, and paddling in the water. He also loves to get to the mountains for hiking and solitude-Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite is one of his favorite spots on the planet.
Dan is passionate about data analytics and is very interested in trying to apply smart use of data and technology to improve efficiency in Del Mar's governance and operations. He is also passionate about the environment and is particularly excited about the rapidly declining costs and big technology changes hitting the solar energy, battery, electric car, and transportation industries.
Dan is Del Mar's representative on the North County Transit District (NCTD), and serves as an alternate on SANDAG. He also serves as Council liaison to the City's Finance Committee, Lagoon Committee, and Utility Undergrounding Committee.
Dan is also the founder of the Coaster Rail-to-Trail Project: coaster-rail-to-trail.org.
Dwight has lived in Del Mar for 34 years. He founded his law firm in Solana Beach, Worden & Williams, in 1975 and retired from active practice in 2001. During his years as a practicing lawyer Dwight specialized in land use, environmental, and government law. He represented numerous government agencies and environmental organizations including the San Dieguito River Park JPA, NCTD, the San Elijo JPA, the County Water Authority, the Sierra Club, the Audubon Society, the Native Plant Society, and many cities and special districts. He served as Del Mar City attorney from 1977-83 and as special council to Del Mar on selected matters up until his retirement from active practice in 2001.
Dwight also served on the Solana Beach Elementary School Board of Trustees, on the Attorney General's Environmental Task Force, on the Coastal Commission (as a governor and president of the senate appointee), on the Surfrider Foundation National Advisory Board, on the Penasquitos Lagoon Foundation Board, and on other local and regional organizations. He has lectured to the League of California Cities, the Trial Lawyers Association, the Coastal Commission and its staff, and has served on many panels on CEQA, coastal issues, the Brown Act, Initiatives and Referendums,and related matters. He authored a chapter on general plan law in a major environmental law treatise and was a contributing editor to The Land Use Forum, published by the California Continuing Education of the Bar. Dwight taught environmental law as an adjunct professor at both USD and Thomas Jefferson law schools.
Here in Del Mar Dwight served on the Board of the Del Mar Foundation and has done volunteer legal and other work for numerous Del Mar committees and causes, including DMCC, the Del Mar Foundation, and the lagoon committee. He served on the Ad Hoc Task Force on fairgrounds issues, on the Form Based Code Committee, and on the Garden Del Mar Committee.
Dwight is an avid bluegrass musician playing in three local bands and serving on the Board of the San Diego Bluegrass Society. He recently completed a six year term on the International Bluegrass Music Association Board of Directors. Dwight shares his life with long time partner Betty Wheeler and has one daughter, Laurel, and two grand kids--Harper and Hogan living in North Park.
Job Titles:
- City Council
- Registered Nurse
Tracy became active in Del Mar by serving as Chair of the Traffic, Parking Advisory Committee (TPAC) as well as the Vice Chair of the 6th Citizens Housing Element Ad-Hoc Task Force. She was elected to City Council in November 2020 and Mayor in 2023.
She moved to Del Mar in 2012 because she was taken by the beauty of our small unique village and thought it was the perfect place to call home. She ran for City Council because she believes our Community Plan is under threat. The Community Plan protects our beaches, lagoons, bluffs, Torrey Pines, open spaces, ocean views, and our quality of life. State-mandated high-density housing requirements could destroy our neighborhoods unless we respond sensibly without violating the principles of our Community Plan. Tracy believes listening to all residents is the best education for a council member and being focused on "how can we serve our residents better?".
Tracy is dedicated to getting things done that have been promised such as undergrounding, protecting open space and resident views, help our business thrive, supports our Sea Level Rise Adaptation Plan without Managed Retreat, and build a strong relationship with the Fairgrounds to achieve mutual benefits, to name a few.
Professionally, Tracy is a registered nurse and a surgical program director. She is the immediate past president of an international society that allowed her to travel the world, present at conferences, and teach other colleagues.
Tracy, along with her husband Alan and their dachshund pup Sophie, enjoys the beach and lagoon trails in Del Mar. Tracy also loves tennis, yoga, and hiking in the high sierras where they have a second home in Mammoth Lakes.