About Ed

In his first two terms on the City Council, Vice Mayor Reece has worked to raise Claremont’s profile on a regional level in the areas of transportation and transit, public safety and community policing, and economic development.  

Vice Mayor Reece is Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer of ISN Global Enterprises, an international technology firm that he founded out of his father’s home over 30 years ago.  Since then, he has become a serial entrepreneur and has founded or co-founded over eight other companies. In recognition of his work with the business community, Mr. Reece was awarded the Claremont Chamber of Commerce’s Claremont Business of the Year and Claremont Businessperson of the Year.  The United States Congress, California State Legislature, and County of Los Angeles have also recognized his business achievements.

 

Vice Mayor Reece began his involvement in civic affairs in the late 1990s, including before his election to the Claremont City Council, as a member of the City of Claremont’s Police Commission and served as the Commission’s Chairperson. Experiencing firsthand the conditions of the police station and the need to mobilize the community, he took on a significant leadership role as the Co-Chair of Partners for a Safe Claremont. As President of the Claremont Crime Prevention Coalition (CCPC), he facilitated connections between the business community and the Claremont Police Department through a series of crime prevention workshops.

Vice Mayor Reece has been a voice for expanding regional transit and transportation in Southern California and is instrumental in advocating for the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension through to Montclair. He currently serves as Chair of the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority Board of Directors, and as a board officer for over six years on the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments (SGVCOG) Governing Board. In June 2025, the Governing Board of the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments elected him as its President of the Board, as he had previously served as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Vice President. In February 2022, he was elected as Chair of the Transportation Committee of the SGVCOG.

 

Vice Mayor Reece also serves as a Director-at-Large and Co-Chair of the Legislative Committee and a member of the Executive Board for the California Contract Cities Association (CCCA). He is an alternate on the Foothill Transit Governing Board and the Pomona Valley Transit Authority. He also currently serves on other state and county-level leadership boards, committees, and caucuses. He has previously served as a Los Angeles County Commissioner and currently serves as Special Advisor to the Executive Officer of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. 

Vice Mayor Reece has been an active member of several community organizations and has provided leadership as a member of several executive boards, including serving as President of CPHOA, Inc., and past President and current President Emeritus of the Inland Valley Repertory Theater (IVRT). As a cancer survivor and community advocate, Reece served on the Board of Directors for the American Cancer Society, State of California Division, and was honored as the Official Community Starter for the Amgen Tour of California Stage 7 in 2011. He is also the Founder and Chairman of Reece Community Initiatives, Inc., a 501(c)(3) public benefit organization dedicated to supporting various community efforts and philanthropic endeavors in the Claremont area.

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Vice Mayor Reece has previously served as Mayor (2022-2023) and Mayor Pro Tem (2021-2022) of the City of Claremont.

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