Fresno
County Board of Supervisors
- Chairman, Fresno County
Board of Supervisors, 2002
- Vice-Chairman, Fresno
County Board of Supervisors, 2001
- Fresno County Board of
Supervisor, District 5, elected in 2000
Fresno
County Boards and Commissions
- Airport Land Use Commission
- Ambulance Authority
- Biological Diversity Task
Force
- Cal-ID Board
- California State Association
of Counties (CSAC)
- Central Valley Project
Authority Advisory Committee
- Children & Families
Commission of Fresno County
- COG Rail Committee
- Disaster Council
- Economic Development Corporation
- Foreign Trade Zone Advisory
Board
- Fresno-Clovis Metropolitan
Solid Waste Commission
- Fresno-Madera Area Agency
on Aging
- Law Library Board of Trustees
- San Joaquin Valley Rail Committee – Chairman 2005
- San Joaquin Valley Regional Association of California Counties – Chairman 2005
- Selma-Kingsburg-Fowler
County Sanitation District
- Southeast Regional Solid
Waste Commission
- Transportation Authority
- West County Solid Waste
Planning Board
- Yosemite/Sequoia Resource
Conservation and Development Area Council
- Fresno County Boards and
Commission Alternate
- Association of Metropolitan
Water Agencies
- Audit & Debt Advisory
Committees
- California State Association
of Counties - Board of Directors
- Council of Fresno County
Governments
- I-5 Business Development
Corridor Inc. - Board of Directors
- Local Agency Formation
Commission
- Mid Valley Water Authority
- San Joaquin River Conservancy
- San Joaquin Valley Unified
Air Pollution Control District
- San Joaquin Valley Water
Coalition Council
- Workforce Investment Board
| Work
Experience |
- Twenty-nine year
veteran of the Fresno Fire Department.
- Firefighter
- 4 years
- Driver - 8 years
- Fire Captain
- 17 years
- Past Public Information
Officer for the Fresno Fire Department.
- Handled all
media for 1994 Learjet plane crash
- State certified
paramedic - 24 years
- Personnel Interview
Board - 14 year.
- Board Certified
Advanced Cardiac Life Support and Basic Life Support Affiliate
Faculty for the American Heart Association.
- Class I California
Drivers License for Hazardous Waste Material/Disposal and authorized
to drive all other types of multiple axle vehicles.
- California State
licensed Contractor - Swimming Pool Construction - C-53.
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| Awards
and Community Involvement |
- First Fresno Fire
Department Employee of the Quarter -1989
- Honored by Governor
George Deukmejian for "Recognition in Excelling in the Performance
of Duty"
- Honored by Exceptional
Parents Unlimited for efforts to "Silence the Violence"
- Veterans of Foreign
Wars 1996 "Peace Officer of the Year" Award
- Community Services
for the California League of Cities
- Member of the Public
Education Committee for the Fresno City Fire Department
- Founder of the annual
"Firefighters Creating Memories" program at the Fresno District
Fair that helps families with children who are facing major
medical challenges
- Member of the Board
of Directors "Make A Wish" Foundation
- Member of the American
Heart Association Board of Directors
- Community Advisor
for the Junior League of Fresno. 2000-2001
- Former Mayor Pro
Tem - Clovis City Council
- Former elected member
- Clovis City Council
- Elected Member of
the Republican Central Committee
- Past Chairperson
for the CPR Committee - Central Valley Fire Agencies
- Past member, Board
of Directors, Fresno Firefighters Association Benefit Fund
- Past Board Member,
South San Joaquin Division Committee on California League of
Cities
- Chairman, America
Health Walk - 1998
- 1999 Fandango Advisory
Board Committee
- Past Vice Chair
Clovis Community Development Agency
- Executive Board Member, Sequoia Council Boy Scouts of America
- 2004
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Personal
Lifelong
Fresno native
Born May 5, 1945 at Fresno Community Hospital
Schools Attended:
St.
Helen’s Elementary School
San
Joaquin Memorial and Roosevelt High Schools
Fresno
City College
Married to Rosa - Nine children |
