Janice Rutherford,
Council Member and President of the Fire Protection District

Janice Rutherford was first elected to the Fontana City Council in 2000 and is now serving her third term. Prior to that she served as a Planning Commissioner and a Parks & Recreation Commissioner.

Janice is the Inland Empire's representative to the State Board of Directors for the California League of Cities. She served three years as President of the League's Inland Empire Division.

She is a member of Fontana's Rotary Club and the Chamber of Commerce. She is Past President of the Boys and Girls Club, serves on the Chaffey College Foundation Board of Directors and is a member of the Board of Directors for the Junior Statesmen Foundation. She also helped organize the Summer Academy for the Performing Arts for Fontana high school students.

Janice works as Public Affairs Director for the Second District Member of the State Board of Equalization, Bill Leonard. She previously served as Mr. Leonard's Chief of Staff during his terms in the State Assembly and State Senate.

She is married to Steve Young Lim, an occupational therapist/certified hand therapist/ergonomic specialist for Kaiser Permanente. They have two sons.

A native Californian, Janice earned a Bachelor's Degree with Highest Honors from U.C. Riverside. She holds a Master's degree in American Politics from the Claremont Graduate University, where she also did doctoral coursework in Economics and Public Policy. She is a graduate of the Great Valley Leadership Institute and participated in the California Civic Leadership Institute. She is also a graduate of the League of Cities’ Mayors & Council Members Academy.

Janice has been recognized as the 63rd Assembly District's Woman of the Year, a Woman of Distinction by the West End YWCA, and Chaffey College's Alumni of the Year. She has received the National Medallion from the Boys and Girls Clubs of America.