Mayor Barry Brucker was elected to the Beverly Hills City Council in March 2005 and is currently serving as mayor. Prior to becoming mayor, Mr. Brucker served as the City's vice mayor. Mr. Brucker was elected as a write-in candidate for Beverly Hills Unified School District in 1997, the first elected official to win as a write-in candidate in the state of California in 15 years. He was re-elected in 2001 and served two terms as school board president, in 1999 and 2003.

Mayor Brucker is the president and CEO of Independent Ink, Inc. an international manufacturer of digital and security printing inks. Mr. Brucker holds six US patents in digital and security printing technologies and has been a featured speaker at seminars and conferences on digital printing and anti-counterfeit technologies.

Son of Rita and Charlie Brucker, Mayor Brucker attended Beverly Vista School and graduated from Beverly Hills High School in 1975. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree with honors in business/economics from University of California, Santa Barbara. He is a member of the economics honor society, Omicron Delta Epsilon.

Mr. Brucker and his wife, Sue, have long been active in civic, educational, cultural and humanitarian service organizations. He was the past president of Concern II Children's Cancer Foundation, and former vice president of Beverly Hills Education Foundation. Mr. Brucker served on the board of governors of Century City Hospital and currently serves as a director of Friends of Sheba Hospital. Mayor Brucker has been recognized by the Concern II Children's Cancer Foundation "Spirit of Concern" award; and he and his wife were recognized by the Amie Karen Cancer Charity.

Mr. and Mrs. Brucker both hold black belts in karate. They have two children: Richard, a student at Tulane University School of Medicine and Lauren a student at Indiana University.