Accomplishments

The Person

• Age  67
• Native Californian
• Resident of Banning
• Married to Ann Westbrook Botts – Community Volunteer
• Three daughters and four grandchildren

Education

• Graduate of California State University San Bernardino – BA Degree
• Post Graduate work in Public Administration and Public Finance
• Graduate of San Bernardino Community College – AA Degree

Business Experience

• Chief Financial Officer – Garner Holt Productions, Inc., a world-wide manufacturer of animatronics and robots.  Responsible for Finance, Administration, Purchasing Controls, Marketing, International Sales/Exporting, Freight Consolidation and Overseas Shipping.
• Executive Vice President – Pacific Savings Bank, responsible for sixty branches, a six hundred million dollar savings portfolio, Marketing, Corporate Security, Consumer Lending and a $15 million dollar operating budget.
• Owner and Manager of a Retail Children’s Department Store.

Governmental Experience

• Former Administrative Assistant to a California State Senator.  Worked in the Senate District and Capital in Sacramento on constituent issues and drafting of legislation.
• Manager of the Office of Business and Industrial Development for the San Bernardino Economic Development Agency.  Responsible for the creation and implementation of programs to recruit and bring new industry and jobs to the City.

Current Community Boards, Membership and Activities

• Chairman – Banning Economic Development Committee
• Member San Gorgonio Pass Rotary Club
• Economic Council of Pass Area Communities (ECOPAC)
• Banning Chamber of Commerce
• Inland Counties Legal Aid Board of Directors
• Board of American Red Cross
• Banning Cultural Alliance Board of Directors (BCA)
• Chairman – Art District Committee for Banning Cultural Alliance
• Member – Banning City Ad Hoc Art In Public Places Committee
• Member – Banning City Ad Hoc Art District Committee
• Member – Board of Directors of the Business/Education Alliance
• Member  - Banning Mural Committee

Church

• Member - Fellowship In The Pass Church

Military Service

• United State Navy Veteran

Past Community Activities

• Past President of San Bernardino Area Chamber of Commerce
• Santa Barbara Drug and Alcohol Abuse Advisory Board
• Orange County Taxpayers Association (Founding President)
• Chairman – Park and Recreation Commission – San Bernardino
• Chairman – Private Industry Council
• United Way
• Goodwill Industries
• Advisor Board for YWCA
• Chairman of the Board – Community Hospital Foundation
• Board of Directors of YMCA
• President - Inland Valley Manufacturers’ Council

Awards Presented

• Citizen of Achievement – League of Women Voters
• Education Medal of Honor – San Bernardino County Schools
• Man of the Year Award – JC’s
• Honorary Life Member – Parent Teachers Association
• Nominated as 2003 Inland Empire Leader of Distinction
• Appreciation Award for Outstanding Service to Youth from The San Bernardino County Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Commission
• Distinguished Alumni Award – California State University San Bernardino