Paul M. Nowatka - Director

Paul Nowatka is currently in his second term as Councilman with the City of Torrance, where he has served on numerous boards and committees including the Workforce investment Network (WiN) Policy Board as chairman, and the League of California Cities. Prior to this elected position, he was Torrance Community Services Commissioner. Paul is a Retired Police Lieutenant, having 33 years of honorable service with the Torrance Police Department.

 
He has many years of experience in city and regional planning, serving as a director of the Southern California Association of Governments and First Vice President of the South Bay Cities Council of Governments. He has been a faculty member of the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s “Tools for Tolerance” program and is an active board member with numerous community organizations including the Torrance Symphony Board, the Salvation Army, Torrance Education Foundation, and University of Southern California Delinquency Control Institute. Following the attacks upon the World Trade Center in 2001, Paul served with the Salvation Army at Ground Zero for two weeks supporting recovery workers. He is currently acting in a four play series based upon 9/11 in which he portrays various U.S. statesmen.