John Marchand

Mayor Marchand served on the Livermore City Council since 2005 and was elected mayor in 2011. Mayor Marchand spent his professional career working as a water quality chemist and served for 15 years as a member of the Zone 7 Water Agency Board of Directors.

Mayor Marchand was a founding member of Livermore’s Commission for the Arts and was instrumental in the development of the City’s Cultural Arts Master plan and the revitalization ofthe downtown. He also developed innovative programs to promote public art and reduce graffiti and vandalism.

A career highlight was when Mayor Marchand spoke at the colloquium of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry in Moscow in 2012, when element 116 was officially named Livermorium after our city. Livermore is one of only six cities to have an element named after it and have its name appear on the Periodic Table of Elements.

Mayor Marchand termed out of office in December 2020. His legacy includes a new fire station, a new airport administration building, an Emergency Operations Center, and a new Council Chamber named for Rotarian and former Mayor John Shirley. The first phase of Stockmen’s Park was completed, a promise that took 58 years to fulfill. In December of 2020, along with LLNL Director Bill Goldstein and Pete Rodrik representing the NNSA, the ground was broken for Livermorium Plaza at 116 Livermore Avenue. The ribbon-cutting for the new park was held in June 2022. As part of his commitment to improving quality of life, 57 new pieces of public art were added throughout the City during his nine years as Mayor.

After a two-year break, Marchand was re-elected as Mayor of Livermore in November 2022.