Meet the Mayor and Council

Mayor Darryl Croft

A native of the St. Louis, Missouri area, Darryl served in the United States Navy for over 22 years in a variety of technical and administrative assignments in aircraft maintenance, technical and management training, and organizational development. Darryl was stationed in Norfolk, Virginia, Brunswick, Georgia, Memphis, Tennessee, and San Diego, California and deployed onboard aircraft carriers in the Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas and Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. Before his retirement from the Navy in 1984, he served as the Command Master Chief of Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 112, ashore at Naval Air Station Miramar in San Diego, California and deployed in the western Pacific onboard aircraft carrier U.S.S. Ranger (CVA 61).

During his naval career, Darryl earned undergraduate degrees in Industrial Management and Business Administration and a graduate degree in Business Administration. Wanting to teach in the field of adult education, Darryl returned to university to earn a Master of Science in Instructional Technology degree. Employed by the Imperial Irrigation District, a major California public power and water delivery company, Darryl developed and conducted management and technical training programs. While teaching business courses at Imperial Valley College, he also held positions as Director of Personnel Services and Dean of Vocational Education. He later returned to the Imperial Irrigation District to manage the Human Resources Department and assume responsibility for all human resources, labor and industrial relations, plant security, and loss control functions. Active in community affairs, Darryl served on the Imperial Valley Community College Foundation Board of Directors, Small Business Development Center Advisory Board, Literacy Volunteers of America, Imperial County Substance Abuse Advisory Board, and El Centro Rotary Club. In January of 2005, Darryl and his wife, Donna, purchased property in Chino Valley. The same year Donna retired from her teaching position with the community college and they began relocating her to their retirement home. Darryl followed in 2006 and has since served as President of the Parkside Village Homeowners Association, President of the Rotary Club of Chino Valley, Chino Valley Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, and the Town of Chino Valley Streets and Highways Advisory Committee.

Mayor Croft's Term Expires DECEMBER of 2020

Vice Mayor Jack Miller

Jack W. Miller was born Dallas, Texas in 1957, the baby of seven children. His father was an Aerospace Engineer and mother was a homemaker. During Jack’s childhood, their family moved and lived in several states, settling in Phoenix in 1966. He completed high school and then relocated to Prescott after a weekend visit, where he began his career with U.S. Electrical Motors. He worked there as a machinist from 1975 through 1987. It was there he met his wife Jeri, they were married in 1981, and then relocated to Chino Valley.

In 1987, he accepted employment with the Chino Valley Fire District as a fire fighter, which he says was the “best job in the world”. During his career with the Fire District, he earned his A.A. degree in Fire Science and Business Administration. He worked with the Fire District through 2010, retiring as a Battalion Chief, due to a knee injury.

Jack and Jeri have two sons, who both live in Kingman, Arizona, with their families. Their sons each work for local fire departments.

He says he has always worked as a builder throughout his career and continues today. Through the years, the most rewarding to him has been to be a public servant; he has always enjoyed trying to find a resolution to people’s problems.

Vice Mayor Miller's Term Expires DECEMBER of 2020

Council Member Mike Best

I was born on October 28, 1945, in the city of Long Beach, California where I lived for most of my 65+ years, before relocating here to the Beautiful Community of Chino Valley.

I have two sisters and one brother - I am the oldest, and the only one who lives in Arizona.

I have been married 44+ years to the same sweet lady "Nancy" and we were blessed with five wonderful children. Shelley, being the youngest is still at home. Now I'm having a great time playing with and watching my seven beautiful grandchildren grow-up. "It is the best part of Life".

My education was pretty standard. I graduated from Cuyama Valley High School, then attended Long Beach City College, and then on to Long Beach State College all in an attempt to get an Electrical Engineering Degree. After six years of night school, I did it! Before going to college I served in the U.S. Navy - I served in Viet Nam for the last 13 months of my service.

After being Honorably discharged in 1966, I visited family and friends for about six months and then it was time to get a job. I have worked for large companies and small family owned shops. However, for the last 34 years of my working time I spent in either the Los Angeles or Long Beach Harbors maintaining the Electric Container Cranes. I have had several great jobs in my lifetime, but the most rewarding has been helping to raise our five children.

My Family, Church, and Country are very important to me. I try to be honest in all of my dealings.

I am so grateful to be living in the beautiful Town of Chino Valley we looked for six years before settling down. Moreover, we both agreed that "This is the Place" and the people here are the greatest - "I love this Town".

Council Member Best's Term Expires DECEMBER of 2020

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