Former Los Alamitos Mayor Troy Edgar has been nominated to become the chief financial officer of Homeland Security, the Trump administration has announced.
Edgar, attending the Youth Center Gala on Saturday, confirmed the nomination.
The former Los Al mayor said that he was “beyond humbled to receive the nomination,” yet realized the challenges ahead.
“The agency has a $60 billion budget,” Edgar said. “That in itself is kind of daunting.”
The former three term Council member and former mayor of Los Alamitos said he had known since November, when the federal government initially began an extensive background check that he said “went all the way back to high school.”
Edgar said he was notified only a few days ago that he had been cleared to proceed.
“The confidence bestowed upon me by the president is a recognition of over 30 years experience in the private sector and I look forward to starting my role as soon as the nomination is approved by the Senate,” Edgar said.
Edgar is the president and chief executive and founder of Global Conductor Inc, and has worked for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, Boeing and was chief financial officer for the Military Transport Aircraft Product Support division of the McDonnell Douglas Aircraft Company.
He also is a U.S. Navy veteran and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business from USC.
A resident of Los Alamitos, Mayor Troy Edgar was elected as a City Council member in 2006, and served as mayor in 2009 and 2012.
He, his wife Betty and their three sons live in the Greenbrook neighborhood of Los Alamitos.
Edgar boarded a plane for Washington early Sunday for a trip to Washington, where he is expected to begin the process of confirmation by the U.S. Senate.
The former mayor said upon leaving office he was most proud of the budgetary reforms he introduced while serving in Los Al and that he was most disappointed by not being able to convince the unincorporated area of Rossmoor to become part of Los Alamitos.
As mayor, Edgar visited President Trump along with other Orange County officials after initiating a mini-revolution against SB 54, a move which has prompted a legal challenge for the city that is currently working its way through the courts.
Edgar continues to defend the action, saying issues critical to local sovereignty are at stake.