About Jennifer Stark

Jennifer is a dedicated and proven leader. As the Mayor of the City of Claremont, Jennifer brings a commitment to vigorous preparation and a strong policy-driven approach to tackling the issues that face our community. Her collaborative and responsive leadership style also prioritizes the efficient and effective day-to-day operations of the City. The experience and unique skillsets that Jennifer has gained over the last 8 years continue to be an asset to our community and to the City of Claremont.

Jennifer Stark was elected to Claremont City Council in 2018 with overwhelming support from voters. She served as Mayor Pro-tem in 2020 and Mayor of Claremont in 2021, during an especially dynamic time for the city and the world as we faced a global pandemic and other challenges. Jennifer rose to the challenge of governing remotely while remaining engaged, involved and available to the community. Although we faced a structural deficit in 2018, today the City is in a much stronger financial position. Jennifer won reelection in the first District 3 election and has served our City through her local service as well as by raising Claremont’s profile through her State and Regional governmental appointments.

Raised and educated in Claremont, Jennifer has been inspired by the many family and friends whose own decades of community service have helped define Claremont’s unique character. These people inform Jennifer’s excitement about contributing to a thriving and progressing Claremont. She and her husband David, another lifetime Claremont resident, have done their best to instill these values in their three adult children.

Jennifer is dedicated to her family, community service, and her hometown. Serving on Claremont City Council has been a way to further that dedication, express her passion for service, and honor the responsibility she feels to give back to the city that has always been her home. Jennifer will continue to be a good steward of the solid foundation laid by past leaders and to build on it with the kinds of long-term future investments that have made Claremont a thriving and vibrant place to live, work, study, and play.