Richard D. Schneider, M.D.
Councilmember

Councilmember Schneider was elected to the City Council in March, 2007 and re-elected in November, 2011. He served as Mayor from 2009-10. Prior to that, he served as Mayor Pro Tem.

A graduate of Yale University and Case Western Reserve University, where he obtained his medical degree, Dr. Schneider is a diplomate of the American Board of Pathology, and he has been a partner of the Clinical Laboratory Medical Group since 1979.  He is a member of the College of American Pathologists. Councilmember Schneider is a member of numerous community groups, including South Pasadena Beautiful, the Friends of the South Pasadena Public Library, the South Pasa dena Preservation Foundation, the California Native Plant Society, the Pasadena Audubon Society, Friends of the River, LA, the Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition, the California Bicycle Coalition, the Wilderness Society, and the California Mountaineering Club.

Councilmember Schneider and his wife Pauline have four children—Nicole Schneider, Tamara Schneider Bhandari, Garrett Schneider, and Brandon Schneider.