Renato B. Sta. Maria Vice-Mayor City of Mandaluyong
Before entering into the political arena, Vice-Mayor Renato Bernardo Sta. Maria was a practicing lawyer and at the same time, a police captain in Mandaluyong City. True to his oath to better service the public, he decided to join politics in 1988.

As an immediate past councilor, Vice-Mayor Sta. Maria serves as the Majority Floor Leader of the City Council for almost 10 years now. Likewise, he chairs the Committee on Laws, Rules and Appropriations and Vice Chairman of Committee on Youth and Sports Development, and is an active member of various committees of the City Council.

He authored several tax ordinances and resolutions such as the Business Tax Code and Real Property Tax Code.

Vice-Mayor Sta. Maria graduated Magna Cum Laude with the degree of Bachelor of Laws at the Arellano University. He also earned a degree on BSC Management at the Manuel L. Quezon University.

Vice-Mayor Sta. Maria also served as a professor of law at Arellano Law School; prosecutor at the Court Martial; OCJA; PC/INP; and hearing officer of the Office of the Constabulary Judge Advocate.