Vice Chair Ken Malbrough is a native San Diegan who has lived in the Fourth Council District all of his life. He graduated from San Diego High School and Miramar College, and retired in 2012 as a Deputy Fire Chief from the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department, after 31 years of service.

Ken has been actively involved in the community and served on the City of San Diego Consolidated Plan Advisory Board (6 years), Chair of the Chollas Valley Community Planning Group (8 years) and the O’Farrell/Valencia Park Town Council (13 years). He currently serves as a Board member on the State of California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN), Black American Political Association of California (BAPAC SD), San Diego Parks Foundation and Alliance San Diego.

He has been married for 43 years to his high school sweetheart, Deborah (Nix) Malbrough. They have two children, Derrick Malbrough and Kendra Malbrough, and a granddaughter, Arianna Graham.