5th District

Supervisor Kathryn Barger proudly serves the residents of the 5th District — Los Angeles County’s largest — spanning over 2,785 square miles, which includes 20 cities and 83 unincorporated communities in the Antelope, San Gabriel, San Fernando, Crescenta, and Santa Clarita Valleys.

John Gutierrez, USMC (Ret.) is the Deputy Director, JVS SoCal Veteran Services. Gutierrez enlisted in the Marine Corps on July 7, 1999, and attended basic training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego. Upon graduation of recruit training, Gutierrez continued to Marine Combat Training at Camp Pendleton, followed by Aviation Maintenance Mechanic training in Pensacola, FLA and New River, North Carolina. In October 2017, John assumed his current role as Deputy Director for Veteran Services at JVS SoCal which includes the Los Angeles County Veterans AJCC. In this role, he continues to serve by assisting military Veterans transitioning from service with assistance finding suitable employment.

Ashley Chavez is a 12-year veteran of the US Navy serving from 2006-2018. She served on three aircraft carriers– USS George H. W. Bush (CVN 77), USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and the USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) – as an air conditioning and refrigeration and cryogenics technician. She is currently the Veteran Program Coordinator at Antelope Valley College in Lancaster, CA connecting veterans, their dependents and active-duty service members to their federal and state VA education benefits. She assists and performs outreach in her community whenever and wherever possible.