Larry Spicer, Mayor Pro-Tem -Elected 2005, Current Term of Office 2008
Mayor Pro-Tem Larry Spicer was elected to City Council on November 8, 2005. Prior to his election, he served on the city's Planning Commission from 2000-2005 and on the Architecture & Landscape Committee from 1999-2000. He currently serves on the Indian Wells Grants-in-Aid Committee.
Active in community service throughout the Coachella Valley, Council Member Spicer recently completed a two-year term as chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Living Desert. He is a past president of the Palm Desert Chamber of Commerce, a former director of the Desert Chapter of the Building Industry Association, a member of the board of Family YMCA of the Desert, a volunteer pilot for Angel Flight, and vice chairman of the Palm Springs Airport Commission.
Mayor Pro-Tem Spicer is retired from the real estate industry. He has held several senior positions for land development and construction companies in Southern California. He is also a registered professional engineer in California and Florida and a former member of the Urban Land Institute's Recreational Development Council. A former U.S. Air Force lieutenant and fighter pilot, he also received a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford. He and wife Patty have lived in Indian Wells for 29 years. They have three children and five grandchildren.