Daniel Jaworski was elected Mayor of Highland Village in May of 2022 after having served on City Council for five years. He served on the Planning and Zoning Commission from 2014 to 2017, leaving his position on the Commission due to his election to the City Council. Prior to serving on the Planning and Zoning Commission, he served one year on the Zoning Board of Adjustment and served as Vice Chairman of the Highland Village Fire Department Service Level Task Force in 2015-2016.
Mayor Jaworski was raised in Highland Village during the 1970s and 1980s, leaving the city to serve in the United States Navy as a linguist and intelligence collection analyst from 1993 to 2000. He is the first person raised in Highland Village to be elected to the City Council and elected as Mayor. Mayor Jaworski earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and a master’s degree in Management with an emphasis on strategic leadership. Mr. Jaworski currently works as the manager of vulnerability and patch management for Gainwell Technologies.
Mayor Jaworski and his wife, Gretchen have been residents of Highland Village since 2013. They have three children - two boys and one girl. Their oldest son, Shane serves in the United States Navy in Virginia and their youngest son, Reagan is a football player at Marcus High School. Their daughter Emily is a rising sixth grader at Briarhill Middle School in Highland Village and plays softball in the Highland Village Baseball and Softball Association. Mayor Jaworski and his wife also run a non-profit organization, The Marauder 17 Foundation that provides annual scholarships to student athletes in the Marcus High School football program as well as an athletic trainer.
Mayor Jaworski and his family attend St. Phillip’s Catholic Church in Flower Mound.