Meet Mayor Steve Vaus

Mayor Steve Vaus was recently reelected to his second term as mayor of Poway. Prior to his first election in 2014, he served on the Poway City Council for two years. In December of 2018 he was unanimously elected as the Chair of the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG).

Earlier he served as Chairman, Poway Budget Review Committee; Executive Director, Poway Community Leadership Institute; Chairman, Poway Citizens Substance Abuse Task Force. He has also served on the Board of Directors for San Diego CrimeStoppers and the Board of Trustees for the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Pacific Southwest region. Steve created and produces a holiday concert, Carols by Candlelight, which for 29 years has raised money for charities serving children in need.

Steve is a Grammy Award-winning recording artist and has won multiple Emmy Awards.

Mayor Vaus also has decades of executive experience. He owns a Poway production company which has served clients such as the San Diego Padres, Cox Communications, Barona Resort, the U.S. Navy and others. He previously worked as Executive Vice-President of Youth Development, Inc., a nationwide charitable organization serving disadvantaged youth.

Steve and his wife Corrie, an award-winning journalist and video producer, have lived in Poway for 26 years. They have four children and five grandsons.