JOHN COOK – VICE-MAYOR

John H. Cook was first elected to the Wickenburg Town Council in June 2004 for a four year term.  He was reelected to a second term in 2008 and selected as Vice-Mayor on December 1, 2008.  He was born in Jonesboro, a suburb of New Orleans, and has lived in Wickenburg for 34 years.  He has been married to his wife, Donna, for 34 years and retired from Arizona Public Service in May 2008 after over 30 years of service.  He is most proud of his grandson, Justin Bardin, who grew up in Wickenburg and recently graduated at the “top of his class” of some 1,200 midshipmen with a 4.0 grade point average from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland.