Patrick Isherwood, a Tulare native, was elected to the Tulare City Council in 2020. He attended Frank Kohn Elementary School, Cherry Avenue Middle School, and graduated from Tulare Union High School.

Over the years, Mr. Isherwood served appointments to various quasi-Government Agencies that included the Tulare Redevelopment Agency, Tulare Housing and Building Appeals Board, Tulare Planning Commission, Tulare County Association of Governments, and Tulare County Agriculture Policy Advisory Commission to name a few. Mr. Isherwood has served community volunteer roles within various youth organizations such as the Boys and Girls Club, Tulare Youth Football, Mission Oak High School,  Cub Scouts, and Boy Scouts.  Further, he maintains membership within the Tulare Chamber of Commerce, Tulare County Farm Bureau, and the Tulare Sunrise Rotary Club.   

Mr. Isherwood is Director of Asset Management with Self-Help Enterprises. Over a span of twenty years, he has worked within systems and programs to address emerging needs in the field of affordable housing with a focus on asset management, resident services, organizational development, and operational sustainability. 

Patrick is married to Khrystal, and the couple has three children.

Stephen C. Harrell is a second generation Tulare native with family that first settled in the area in the early 1900’s. After graduation from Tulare Union High School, he went to work as a fireman with the California Division of Forestry in Fresno, which was a continuation of his volunteer fireman service in Tulare County which began when he was fifteen years old. After a year as a fireman, he enlisted in the United States Air Force and served for four years. During his Air Force service, he was stationed in Florida and deployed to The Republic of South Korea. While in the Air Force, Steve attended the United States Air Force Institute majoring in criminology.

Following his service in the Air Force, Mr. Harrell returned home to Tulare to begin his career in criminal justice. Mr. Harrell was hired by the Tulare County Sheriff’s Department as a Deputy Sheriff where he served for five years, working out of the Porterville and Tulare substations before transferring to Headquarters as an acting sergeant. Thus began Mr. Harrell’s 25-year career with the Tulare Police Department where he became the first EMT in the department. He also worked part-time as an EMT with the Tulare District Hospital. 

During his time with the Tulare Police Department, Mr. Harrell received an A. A. Degree in Criminal Justice from College of the Sequoias as well as a B. S. Degree in Psychology from California Coast University. Mr. Harrell served on the Tulare County Emergency Medical Care Committee for 20 years and chaired the committee for 10 of those years.  After a lengthy career with Tulare P. D., Mr. Harrell retired as a lieutenant.

Following retirement, Mr. Harrell became a certified personal trainer working at Evolutions Fitness and Wellness Center as well as assisting his wife, Barbara, with her business Fitness by Design. Mr. Harrell left behind personal training to work for Tulare County Consolidated Ambulance Dispatch as the Director of Communications. He has also served on the Tulare County Independent Ambulance Committee as its chair since 2009. In 2017, Mr. Harrell was appointed to fill a vacancy on the Tulare Local Health Care District Board of Directors (District 1). He ran for a four-year term in 2018, and after running unopposed, he was appointed by the Board of Supervisors.

Over the years, Mr. Harrell has coached AYSO soccer as well as teaching TCOVE classes in law enforcement. He served in all leadership positions in the First Methodist Church of Tulare from 1980 – 2019.

Mr. Harrell is married to Barbara who works at the LifeStyles Center, Evolutions, and her own business Fitness by Design. Mr. Harrell has two sons from his previous marriage, and the couple has two grandchildren.

Jose Sigala was first elected to the Tulare City Council in 2016 and was reelected in 2024 to serve another four years. Mr. Sigala was appointed Mayor in 2018 and served as such until December 2020.

Terry A. Sayre has deep roots in Tulare having lived here for over fifty years. She and her late husband, Richard Sayre, raised their five children here in Tulare. She taught school for Tulare City Schools for over 30 years. She received her BA in Education from Arizona State University and her Master’s Degree from Fresno Pacific University. Ms. Sayre retired from teaching in 2006 and began a career as a consultant, leadership facilitator, and life coach. She continues to support student teachers and interns as a University supervisor.

Ms. Sayre has been involved with the community in many capacities. She supported her children as a Tulare Union High School band booster, a Sharks swim club officer, and a co-director of Encore Kids and the Encore Board of Directors. Recently, she was the facilitator of Leadership Tulare, a program through the Tulare Chamber of Commerce and is currently an Ambassador for the Chamber. She has served on the Library Advisory Board and currently serves on the Board of Salt + Light, a non-profit establishing community for our neighbors experiencing homelessness. She is currently the president of the Noon Kiwanis Club and has been a member since her retirement. She has served as president of DKG, an organization that serves women educators and promotes the education of women throughout the world.  

Since being elected to the Tulare City Council in 2018, she has served on the Tulare Association of County Governments, the Economic Development Corporation, the Tulare County Task Force on Homelessness, and the Council of Cities as the Tulare representative or alternate. She has traveled to Washington D.C. as a delegate to promote Tulare County projects and the interests of Tulare. She is active in her church and serves on a variety of committees.

Dennis A. Mederos was born and raised on a farm west of Tulare. He is a graduate of Tulare Western High School, College of the Sequoias, and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He attended San Joaquin College of Law in Fresno, and after being admitted to the practice of law in 1977, began his law practice in Tulare in 1980. He has been an attorney, business owner, and agricultural farmer in Tulare for over 40 years.