Penny Sylvester
       Mayor Pro Tem 

      Appointed to Council: September 14, 2022               
      Current Term Expires December 2024

      Occupation: Community Volunteer

      E-mail: psylvester@agourahillscity.org
      Phone: (818) 597-7374          
      Fax: (818) 597-7341

Penny Sylvester and her husband, Don, moved their family to Agoura Hills in 1998 so that their children, Peter and Louise, could grow up in a family neighborhood and attend excellent public schools.   

Penny has always been active in our community.  She started as a cub scout and girl scout leader and then became more actively involved in the schools. She was Parent Faculty President at Willow Elementary School, Lindero Canyon Middle School, and Agoura High School. She served on many Las Virgenes Unified School District committees, working with teachers and staff to solve problems and create new programs.  She established and ran Knowledge Counts Summer School from 2012-2018 for our local high school students. She served as an alternate board member for the Agoura Hills Calabasas Community Center from 2019- 2021. In 2021, she was appointed to the Planning Commission. In September 2022 she was appointed to fill the vacant seat on the City Council.

Penny was born in London, England, and grew up in Jamaica and Ireland. She graduated from Sussex University (England) with a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies. She arrived in Los Angeles in 1977 working in the editing department of a feature film and has lived in California ever since. She became an American Citizen in 1994. Penny loves to travel, walk her dog through our neighborhoods and spend time with her extended family (she is one of 10 siblings, 5 of whom live in the LA area).

If you would like to contact Mayor Pro Tem Sylvester directly, she can be reached at (818) 597-7374 or psylvester@agourahillscity.org