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BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
44 NORTH SAN JOAQUIN STREET, STE. 627
STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA 95202
TELEPHONE: 209/468-3113
FAX: 209/468-3694
MIMI DUZENSKI
Clerk of the Board
KATHRINE M. MILLER
Chair
Second District
CHUCK WINN
Vice Chair
Fourth District
CARLOS VILLAPUDUA
First District
STEVE J. BESTOLARIDES
Third District
BOB ELLIOTT
Fifth District
APPOINTMENTS TO BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS – 2/24/2015
Committee Name:
Category:
Term:
Incumbent:
Stockton Port District - 1 Position(s)
(1)
Commissioner
02/20/2015 - 02/20/2019
Gary Christopherson
APPLICANT(S)
1.
Gary Christopherson (Incumbent)
2.
William E. "Bill" O'Neal
3.
Gene E. Bigler, Ph.D.
BOB ELUOTl'
44 N. SAN JOAQUIN STREET, SUITE 627
BOARD
TELEPHONE: 209/468-3113
FA..'\{; 209/468-3694-
t....Ill\H DUZENSKI
Clerk of the Board
Chairman
Fifth District
CARLOS VILLAPUDUA
Vice Chairman
First District
FRANK L. RUI-ISTALI,ER
Second District
JAN 15 2015
STEVEj. BESTOLARIDES
Third District
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT
TO BOARDS/COMMISSIONS/COMMITTEES
RECEIVED
KEN VOGEL
Fourth District
Gary Christopherson
Stockton Port District Board of Commissioners
NAME
BOARD/COlvlMISSION/COMlvIITTEE
Third
Commissioner
SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT
(If IlIIkIlOWII, cOlltact Clerk of tbe Board)
CATEGORY Please dmk olle:
Incumbent Ij] New Appointment
4634 Pebble Beach Drive, Stkn, CA 95219
209-478-2426
RESIDENCE ADDRESS
RESIDENCE PHONE
City/St/Zip
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Same
Lawyer
lVIAILING ADDRESS
OCCUPATION
[email protected]
7540 Shoreline Dr., Stkn, CA 95219
ElvIAIL
BUSINESS ADDRESS
209-478-0354
209-478-2000
FAX
BUSINESS PHONE
Briefly state how you learned of the opening: My current term is expiring.
Briefly state your experience which you feel would be helpful should you serve on this
Board/ Commission/ Committee:
Have served
as director of several corporations,
including Union Safe Deposit Bank and
First American Title. Was a member of the Bank's Audit and other Committees. Served as managing partner in law firm, partner in
farm operation, partner in various real estate investments. Learned much about the Port, serving as a Commissioner and as a
member of committees reviewing audits, budgets, and other subjects.
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Real estate, business, and litigation law at: 1) O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, 1969-1973; and
P rOlCSSlOna Ixperlence: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
2) Kroloff, Belcher, Smart, Perry & Christopherson, 1973 to present. Have successFully tried numerous, complex lawsuits and handled
numerous real estate and business transactions. Legal counsel to many business owners, property owners, and farmers. Commercial
arbitrator with the America Arbitration Association since late 1970s. Taught real estate law at Delta College. Taught continuing
educatio~ classes for lawyers.
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California State Bar Continuing
ProfesslOnal and/or other commumty orgaruzatlons on WhiCh you setve: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
Education Committee (76-78); State Bar Agri-business Committee (92-95); SJ County Historical Society (Past Pres.);
Past Chair, Salvation Army Advisory Board; Past Pres., Yosemite Club; SJ County Bar Assoc. (Governor, 1978-80); Rotary Club.
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Stanford University (BA, Economics '66); UCLA (J.D. '69) (Moot Court Honors). Many dozens of post graduate
Ed ucaUon: _________ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
legal eduction programs.
Personal Interests & I-Iobbies:
Reading, golf, fishing, other outdoor activities , and numerous community activities.
Time with grandchildren and family.
Are you an employee or officer of the County, any City in the County, the State, or the Federal government?
Yes D No [jJ
Are you related by blood or marriage to any employee or officer of an agency which is subject to the Board,
Committee or Commission to which you are seeking appointment?
Yes D No [jJ
Are there any facts of which you are aware that would cause you to have an actual or apparent conflict of
interest with respect to the position to which you are seeking appointment?
Yes
D No [jJ
If "Yes", you will be asked to submit the facts in writing for review before your consideration of
appointment.
Have you ever been convicted of a felony which would disqualifY you from appointment?
Yes D No [jJ
If you answer "Yes", please list the nature of the conviction and the date and court in which the conviction
was entered. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
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If you arc appointed, you may be required to be bonded for your performance. If you are appointed
and cannot be bonded as required, your appointment will be revoked.
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If you desire a personal interview or wish to address the Board of Supervisors, you may contact the
Board Office directly at (209) 468-3113.
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If j' OU
See attached Resume.
desire to provide additional information, please attach it to this application.
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Please return application to:
DATE
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Clerk of the Board
44 N. San Joaquin Street, Suite 627
Stockton, CA 95202
Uyou have any questions, please feel free to call the Clerk of the Board Office at (209) 468-2350.
Revi sed APRIL 2013
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RESUME
GARY CHRISTOPHERSON
KROLOFF, BELCHER, SMART, PERRY & CHRISTOPHERSON
PERSONAL:
Born January 14, 1945 in Stockton, California.
Married June 15, 1968 to Linda Schroebel Christopherson.
One daughter, Kelly, age 36, a case manager at St. Mary's Hospital, San Francisco.
Two grandsons, ages five and two.
EDUCATION:
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Stanford University (BA, Economics 1966).
(Stanford Overseas Study Program, Florence, Italy;
some knowledge of Italian.)
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University of California at Los Angeles (JD, 1969).
(Member, Moot Court Honors Program).
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Numerous postgraduate, continuing legal education and arbitration courses.
PROFESSION AND LICENSING:
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Attorney -- Real Property and Business Law Litigation and Counseling;
Estate Planning.
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Admitted to California Bar, 1970.
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Admitted to U.S. Court of Military Appeals, 1973. (U.S. Army Reserves c. 1969 to
2005.)
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Admitted to U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California, 1979.
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California Community College Instructor Certificate.
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Member, American Arbitration Association's Commercial Arbitration Panel since
1977.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
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O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles (Associate, 1969-1973).
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Kroloff, Belcher, Smart, Perry & Christopherson, Stockton.
(Associate, 1973-1975; Partner, 1975-Present.)
PRACTICE EXPERIENCE:
Practice is divided between litigation and transactions/counseling, with emphasis in real
property and business law litigation and counseling and estate planning. Have successfully tried
cases before juries in most Central Valley and foothill counties, and in San Francisco, on behalf of
Banle of America, Foster Fmms, various hospitals and numerous individuals and businesses.
Litigation throughout numerous Central Valley and foothill counties includes major lender
liability claims (representing both banlcs and borrowers), nuisance/trespass claims (representing
governmental entities, poultry processors and growers, and others); environmental impact report
litigation concerning San Francisco Airport (representing SFO); claims against real estate
licensees (usually representing licensees); wrongful discharge and related employment claims;
disputes concerning secured transactions including claims respecting lien priorities; partnership
disputes; lease disputes; will contests; trust and probate disputes; and contract disputes. Lead
counsel in multimillion-dollar family corporation dissolution resulting in corporate reorganization
and settlement. Lead counsel in nineteen consolidated lawsuits concerning disputes between
owners of numerous agribusiness operations. Counsel in crop insurance disputes. Co-counsel in
defense of class action complaints. Counsel in business sales (both stock and asset sales.) Has
represented Associations of Realtors for over 35 years. Clients also include local farmers and
growers (agricultural law), family businesses, property owners, and developers. Former Instructor,
Legal Aspects of Real Estate, San Joaquin Delta College. Director, Union Safe Deposit Bank,
1998 to 2004; Commissioner, Stockton Port District, 1999 -Present (Chairman, 2002).
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Alternative Dispute Resolution Experience:
Member of American Arbitration
Association Commercial Panel since August, 1977. Member of Superior Court Judicial
Arbitration Panel. Also has served as arbitrator and as mediator by private appointment. Binding
arbitrations heard include construction disputes; multimillion-dollar dispute regarding cannery
and trucking patinership; multimillion-dollar dispute regarding division of family-owned real
estate development and investment company; multi-million dollar dispute regarding division of
family owned dairy and farming patinerships; crop insurance dispute; real estate agent/broker fee
disputes; various other contract, patinership, lease, agricultural, and fee disputes; and occasional
tort claims.
Alternative Dispute Resolution Training: AAA Managing the Arbitration Process for
Efficiency and Economy Following the Preliminary Hearing, San Francisco, 10/13; AAA
Chairing an Arbitration Panel: Managing Procedures, Process & Dynamics (ACE005), 2006;
ACE003 -Arbitrator Ethics and Disclosmes, San Francisco, 12/04; Arbitrator Update 2003, San
Francisco, 12/03; AAA Commercial Arbitrator II Training: Advanced Case Management Issues,
San Francisco, 12/02; AAA Commercial Arbitrator Training, San Francisco, 3/00.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
San Joaquin County Bar Association (Member, Board of Governors, 1978-1980; Judicial
Liaison Committee, 1994/1995); State Bar of California (Member, Committee on Continuing
Education of the Bar, 1976-1978); Member, Agribusiness Committee (1992-1995); Member, Real
Property Law, Litigation, Business Law and Estate Planning, Trust and Probate Law Sections;
Former member, International Association of Defense Council (Business Litigation Committee);
Estate Planning Council of San Joaquin County (Past President); Member of American Arbitration
Association Arbitration Panel since August 1977; Legal Affairs Committee, California
Association of Realtors; Legal Aid Society of Satl Joaquin County Boat'd of Directors, 1976.
PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS, TEACHING AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:
Co-author, "Selecting and Seating the Jury," chapter in California Continuing Education of
the Bar's CIVIL PROCEDURE DURING TRIAL, vol. 1, Editions of 1982 and 1995; Co-author,
CALIFORNIA LITIGATION REVIEW, Litigation Section of the State Bar, Evidence Sections of
the Legislation and Developments Reviews for each year, 2001 through 2013; comse syllabus for
seminar given to real estate appraisers; CEB panelist on Buying & Selling a Business; numerous
articles in trade publications of various Realtor associations and other trade groups. Presenter of
Business Litigation Program at International Association of Defense Counsel Meeting in
Bermuda; former instructor, Legal Aspects of Real Estate, San Joaquin Delta College.
COMMUNITYIBUSINESS ACTIVITIES:
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Commissioner, Stockton Port District (Chairman, 2002 and 2009; Vice Chair
2014).
Director, Union Safe Deposit Bank, 1998-2004.
Director, First American Title Insurance Company of Stockton (until Sale in 2006).
Trustee and Past President, San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum.
Past President, Yosemite Club.
Advisory Board, U.O.P. Eberhardt School of Business (since 1992).
NOlih Stockton Rotary Club (over 35 years).
Salvation Army Advisory Board, Past Chair, cun'ent member Emeritus.
Board of Directors, American Heati Association (1988).
Advisory Board, NOlihern California Women's Prison (1993).
Charter Member, Business Council.
01/2015
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KROLOFF, BELCHER, SMART, PERRY & CHRISTOPHERSON
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
7540 SHORELINE DRIVE
STOCKTON, CALIFORNlA 95219
Telephone: (209) 478:-~RD
FaCSimile: (209) 478i1J':lS1f'
Website: www.kroloff.com
THOMAS O. PERRY
GARY CHRISTOPHERSON
CHRISTOPHER ENGH
VELMA K. LIM
KIM A. SMITH
ALLISON CHERRY LAFFERTY
LAURIE BELL SCHRUM
KERRY L. KRUEGER
SCOTT R. ROOKER
JAMIE M. BOSSUAT
REBECCA H. SEM
AVNINDER SOHAL
OF SUPERVISORS
JAN 15 2015
HECEIVED
January 13,2015
YALE S. KROLOFF
(1907-1987)
RICHARD BELCHER
(1913-1997)
CLAUDE H. SMART, JR.
RETIRED
KATHLEEN M. ABDALLAH
OF COUNSEL
DENNIS DONALD GEIGER
OF COUNSEL
Via Email and Regular Mail
[email protected]
San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors
Clerk of the Board
Attn: Rachel DeBoard
Stockton, CA 95202
Re:
Application for Appointment to Stockton POlt District Board of Commissioners
Dear Gentlepersons:
I enclose my Application for Appointment to the Stockton POlt District Board of
Commissioners.
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Enclosures
KATHERiNE M.1llLLER
Chair
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Cl-IUCK WINN
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44 N. SAN JOAQUIN STREET, SUITE ()27
TELEPHONE: 209/468-3113
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MlMi DUZENSKI
Clerk of the Board
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STnVE J. BESTOLARIDHS
Third District
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Are you an e,!S'loyce or officer of the County, any City in the County, the State, or the Federal government?
Yes D No,ESL
Are you related by blood or marriage to any employee or officer of an agency which is subject to the Board,
YesDNo[21
Are there any facts of which you are aware that would cause you to have an actual or apparent conflict of
YesDNoc&
If "Yes", you will be asked to submit the facts in writing for review before your consideration of
appointment.
Have you ever been convicted of a felony which would disqualify you from appointment?
Yes D No,[&
If you answer "Yes", please list the nature of the conviction and the date and court in which the conviction
wasentered. __________________________________________________________________
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If you are appointed, you may be required to be bonded for your performance. If you are appointed
and cannot be bonded as required, your appointment will be revoked.
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Board Office direcdy at (209) 468~3113.
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, lease attach it to this application.
Clerk of the Board
Stockton, CA 95202
If you have any questions, please feel free to call the Clerk of the Board Office at (209) 468-2350.
Revised January 2015
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.;..:. N. SAN JOAQUIN STI'J:I.T, SUI'rE 627
STOCKtON, CALIFORNIA 95202
TELEPHONE: 209/468-3113
FA& 209/468-3694
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den. of tbe Board
KATIIERINEM WLLER
Chair
Second District
STEVE J. BESTOLARIDES
Vice Chair
Tlnrd Dlstnct
CARLOS VILLAPUDUA
First District
CHUCKWINN
Fourth District
FEB 05 2015
RECEIVE O
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
BOB ELLIOTT
Fifth District
Stockton Port Commission
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Second District
SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICT
(Iflll/klloWIl, cOllfaa Clerk uf the B{){/rd)
CATEGORY Please check olle:
Incumbent D New Appointment XD
6877 Atlanta Circle, Stockton, CA 95219
209-954-1277
RESIDENCE ADDRESS
RESIDENCE PHONE
City/St/Zip
internationall consultant and professor
MAILING ADDRESS
OCCUPATION
[email protected]
42 N. Sutter, 317, Stockton. CA 95219
EMAIL
BUSINESS ADDRESS
FAX
BUSINESS PHONE
443-538-3650
Briefly state how you lea111ed of the opening: I inquired several montI1s ago about the next
opening for possible appointment.
Board/Commission/Committee: I have been involved in international economics, business and
maritime trade promotion in tlle private and government sectors botll witllin the U.S. and
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a student, p:ractitioner; rliplomat. '.ll1d professor
Professional Experience: Professor in the US and Venezuela, 1972-84; Social Science Research
_i\.U;Jyst; Ur.t1tcd States Information }l.gency (USLAl.), 1984-88: I?oreign Service Officer, USIA
and Department of State, 1988-2005; professor and international consultant 2005 - present
Professional and/or other community organizations on which you serve: Vice Chair, Board, Director
of Grants Committee, PUENTES CBoggs Tract Community Farm); Editorial Board,Joaquin
Magazine; Member. Coalition of Mexican-American Associations (COMA); see CV
Education: B.A., University of the Pacific, 1967; Fulbright Scholar, University of Ecuador,
1967-68; M.A., International Politics and Economics (1972), and Ph.D., Political Science,
(1979), The Johns Hopkins University
Personal Interests & Hobbies: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, community devpt
Are you an employee or officer of the County, any City in the County, the State, or the Federal
government?
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Are you related by blood or mar11age to any employee or officer of an agency which is subject to the Board,
YesDNoDX
Are there any facts of which you are aware that wouid cause you to have an actual or apparent connict of
Yes X 0 No 0 PUENTES has a concessionary land lease from the Stockton Port Commission.
If ''Yes'', you will be asked to submit the facts in writing for review before your consideration of
appointment.
Have you ever been convicted of a felony which would disqualify you from appointment?
YesDNoDX
If you answer ''Yes'', please list the nature of the conviction and the date and court in which the conviction
wasentered. __________________________________________________________________
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If you are appointed, you may be required to be bonded for your performance. If you are appointed
anu cannot be bunued a!) n:quin:J, your appointInent will be revokeu.
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Board Office direcdy at (209) 468-3113.
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you desire to provide additional information, please attach it to this application.
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SIGNATU
Clerk of the Board
Stockton, GL~ 95202 you have any questions, please feel free to
call the Clerk of the Board Office at (209) 468-2350.
FEB 05 2015
RECEIVED
Dr. Gene E. Bigler
6877 Atlanta Circle
Stockton, CA 95219
February 2, 2015
San Joaquin County Board of Supervisors
Stockton, CA 95202
Dear Supervisors:
Thank you for your consideration of my application to become a member of the Stockton Port
Commission. I have applied previously unsuccessPJ1!y for appointment by the Stockton City
Council but was pleased that several of the members complemented my credentials and interest
and encouraged me to try again. My experience as a consultant for the Panama Canal Authority
over the last couple of years has convinced me more than ever that I have some highly useful
qualifications to contribute to the Commission and believe the work will be very fulfilling.
The attached curriculum vita documents my credentials and practice. My interest in maritime
commerce is nearly lifelong. As a student at the University of the Pacific in the 1960s, our inland
port and the waterways to the San Francisco Bay first aroused my attention. As a freshman I had
a wonderful spring break vacation on a houseboat in the channel with a great sailor's family, and
it encouraged my frustrated ambitions to find work as a longshoreman. Although that never
worked out, I was lucky to help Paul Fairbrooks create the first catering service at UOP aud that
provided work for hundreds of my classmates.
After graduating in 1967, I,:vas a Fulbright Scholar at the Upjversity of Ec-uador and lived in
Guayaquil, another great Pacific Coast riverine port. While there, besides studying diplomacy
and international economics, I formed an unusual but strong friendship with an Ecuadorian naval
officer, Captain Hugo Tobar Vega. He was my best man in 1968, and over the years of our
continuing friendship, he served as the Chief of the Port of Guayaquil, port development
consultant for the Worid Bank and professor and dean of Ecuador's national technical university.
The interest in maritime commerce that I developed in Ecuador also led me to emphasize trade
policy studies on the economic side of my graduate work in international relations at The Johns
Hopkins University in Washington, DC. Afterwards, in my first academic appointment as a
professor in one of Latin l1t·merica's leading graduate schools of management in Venezuela, I
spent over five years intermittently working on trade policy and international business. I also got
involved in the development of business and public policy case studies on transportation
planning, port development and intermodal transportation.
Bigler to the Board of SupervisOI"s
February 2, 2015
During the next stage of my career as a professor in Arkansas, I was not much involved in
maritime commerce, but I was heavily engaged in international business promotion thru the
Atkatlsas Exporters' Roundtable and the Arkansas Office of Ttade. Secretary ofCommel~ce
Malcolm Baldrige later appointed me to the Ozarks Regional Board of the International Trade
Commission. One of the highlights of my work there included helping organize and prepare the
delegate of the first U.S. trade mission, largely from Arkansas, to China. Some of my articles
("Where in the World Is Atkansas?") and public lectures and a fOllnn I organized there helped
raise attention and public support for international trade promotion because it v-!as not '~lide!y
known that Arkansas had become America's second leading exporting state long before WalMalt started the flood of U.S. imports from China.
In 1984, I entered U.S. government service and my community involvement declined because of
the amount of international travel my work required. My work in USIA and the Department of
State also only infrequently involved international business and rarely maritime commerce until
2000. In that year I was appointed Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs at the U.S.
Embassy in Panama. It was one of the most enjoyable assignments of my career. I was the
senior officer responsible for developing new treaties and programs of cooperation with the
Government of Panama until 2003, as well as for monitoring and reporting on how the Panalna
Canal Authority and government administered our former properties.
The work in developing four major cooperation agreements with Panama and the Callal
in 2011, was right at the heart of maritime commerce and international trade and cooperation.
As a result of my official responsibility, my Panama colleagues treated me like an ex officio
member of the Canal's International AdvisOlY Board, along with the Director of the International
Maritime Organization (lMO) and over a dozen magnates of the global shipping industry. I also
assisted directly with the U.S. campaign to design and then get the lMO to adopt the new
International Shipping and Port Security (ISPS) Code in response to the 9/11 attacks.
My extensive collaboration with senior officials of the United States Coast GUal"d during my
work in Panama led directly to my subsequent appointment on the international aflilirs stafl' of
the Commandant. That assignment, one of the highlights of my career, CaIne just as the
Department of Homeland Security was being formed, and gave me a unique opportunity to
understand the new department and assist for a time with the design and application of the new
port security regime that has been deployed in the U.S . over the last decade.
In 2005 the University of the Pacific invited me to return to my alma mater to help in expanding
international programs and especially in reviving Inter-American studies, so I decided to retire
from the Foreign Service and resume my acadelnic career. A few months later, when we were
back in Panama for Christmas, a good friend there, the Director of the Manzanillo International
Terminal (MIT), pointed out to me that a former colleague of ills was the director of the Port of
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C .U R.RENT
ISSUES
~
ACTUA .L I .D AD
RlVISITlNG NAf TJ- :
Looking to Mexico to Build Community
Dr. Gene E. Bigler, Stockton, CA
The visit of Mexico's distinguished
Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Jose Antonio
Meade, to Sacramento (his summer provides
an important opportunity not just for California, but also for our Mexican and Canadian
neighbors. AlthoughLbe North American
Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) is now 20
,years old and really lost steam after 2001, the
rcccnt revolutionary reform effort that Mexico
lIas ,u)ldet:laken i.n Ole energy field s.bould .reawaken the U.S. and Canada to the enormous
pot~l\tial we have for bu,illl.ing s,o much more
together.
Foreign Minister M~ade's visit to California is prompted in part because ofthc recognition in Mexico of how important Calilornia
has become, accounting for almost as much of
Mexico's foreign trade as tbe entire European
Union. The U.S. has been slower in recognizing the significance of increased economic
integration for us, but at least most businessmen understand that each dollar in goods that
we import from Mexico generates 40
cents worth of exp0rls from the US,
back to Mexico. That is, the U.S. gets
morc than 10 times as much value
from Mexico for increasing em~
ployment and economic growth in
comparison with our imports from
China or Germany',
NAFT~ has also advanced US.
economic integration with Canada,
although nol quite as much, and
Canada has 'not achieved as ~lUch inte~
gralion wilh Mexico either, hut the ~ains
have been enormous for alllhree countries.
Yes, there have also been adjustment costs.
Increased trade creates winners and losers,
but study after study shows that on balance
the benefits have been substantially greater for
each nation. Do you remember Ross Perot's
prediction about the giant sucking sound that
wonld supposedly be created by the flow of
U.S, jobs being pulled to Mexico? A World
Bank study has now documented that instead
of Ole U.S, losingjobs to Mexico, NAFTA created hundreds of thousands of additional jobs
in thc U.S. and even temporarily reversed the
decline of manufacturing employmenL
Mexico's herQic refor,ms in energy policy
underscore the potential for shared interests in
the development ofo,il., natural gas, ~kc(rieity,
and renewables, at the same time that we seek
NAHA, RENOVADO:
Miremos
a Mexico
para hacer
comunidad
,
to protect the environment and climate that we
share. Mexico has decided to abandon its state
monopoly in oil and electricity in order to spur
foreign investment and gain access to crucial
technology that are nowhere more abundant
or suitable to its needs than in the U.S. and
Canada. At the same time the tremendous
potential for cooperation is symbolized by the
fact that one ofthe greatest oil and natural gas
reserves on the planet is the Eagle Ford Basin
in Texas that overlaps with Mexico's Bwgos
Basin. The U.S, leads the world in exploitation Dfshale reserves and has alre~dy drilled
more than 5400 wells in this formation, while
Mexi,o .h_as just started prod~c.ing rro,l~ about
25 wells, but has by far the continua a fa vuelta
La visita del distillguido Secret.rio dc Relacioues Exteriores de Mexico a Sacramento
este verano brinda una importante oportunidad no solo para California, sino tambicn para
nuestros vecinos mexicanos y canadicnses.
Annquc el Tratado de Libre Comercio
de America del Nortc (TLCAN) ya tiene 20
anos y perdi6 fuerza desplles del 2001, la revolucionaria reforma encrgetica en 1a que se
ha embarcado Mexico recientcmente deherfa
recordar tanto a los EEUU como a Canada cI
.treme~~o poteQcial que existe en el desarrollo
mutuo.
La visita del Secretario Meade a California
se debe, en parte, a la importancia que ha cobrado California en Mexico, cuyo intercambio
comercial es casi equivalcnte al que tienen
con toda la Union Europea. Los EEUU han
dcmorado mas ell rcconocer el impacto que
un aumento en la integracion comereial hene
para nosotros pera, al menos, son muchos los
empresarios que enticndcll que cada dolar en
men::aderias que import amos de Mexico
genera 40 centavos en exporlaciones
estadounidenses hacia Mexico.
Esto se debe a que los EEUU obtiene un beneficio 10 veces mas
alto a1 importar desde Mexico,
incrcmcntando crccimicnto la~
boral y economico, comparado a
nuestras tmpo.rtaciQnes _
4e Ch,ina .o
Alemania.'
EI TLCAN h. tambien fomentado
la integracion econ6mica cstadoullidellse con Canada, aunque no en 1a misma
medida, como Canada tampoco ha logrado
much a in_tegraci6n con Mexico. Aun asf, los
beneficios han sido enormes para los tres
paises, Y si, ha habido costos de ajuste. EI
aumento en intercamhio crea ganadores y perdedores pera, estudio tras estudio, demuestran
que los beneficios han sido sustancialmente
mayores para cada naeion. l.Recuerdan 1a
prediccion de Ross Perot que, con un gigante
sonido de succion, se iba a llevar los cmpleos
esladounidenses a Mexico? Ahora un esludio
del Banco Mundial ha documentado que, en
lugar de perder empleos norteamericanos a
Mexico, cI TLCAM ha ereado cientos de miles
de empl~os a.dicjonales en los )lEUU c ineluso,
temporalmente, revil'ti6 el decrecimiento en
empleos e~r.na~u.ractura.
Las heroicas
continued on next page
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CURRENT
Re-energize North America
from the previous page
greatest part of the reserves, Many other examples of the possibility for increased energy
collaboration include
Solar electricity generation in Baja
California to meet the growing demand
in California
• The KeJ~tol/e XL Pipeline to bring
Canadian crudes from Alberta to refineries in Houston and then Mexico
The expansion of U.S, natural gas exports to Mexico and the integration of
U,S, and Mexican natural gas exports
to third countries
These are just a few of the possibilities
that Mexico', energy policy reforms have now
made not only possible, but highly desirable
and potentially manageable, The domestic
political cooperation and compromise that
the government of President Enrique Pella
Nieto has achieved in Mexico is instructive
in another way for both Canada and the U,S,
Political cooperation in both these English
speaking democracies, supposedly famous
for compromise, has recently been harder fo
achieve. In my view Mexico's greater success
in gaining cooperation among rival parties
has been partially because of the increased
recognition across Mexican society of the
value of foreign cooperation, especially with
its NAFTA partners,
Indeed, recent studies by lhe Brookil/gs
Institutioll have shown that rather than secking
increased cooperation with our neighbors in
Mexico and Canada, the enhanced border seemity measures .taken unilaterally by the U.s,
since 2001 have been one ofthe major factors
in preventing greater economic growth in all
three countries, In 2011, myoid friend, Robert Pastor wrote. brilliant book, The North
American Idea: A Visioll of a Continental
ISSUES.
ACTUALIDAD
Flltllre, Looking now at the potential that Secretary Meade's visit and the Mexican example
offers us, I have come to agree with Pastor that
the time for a North American Community has
come, and we must follow Ronald Reagan)s
advice: "The key to our future security lIlay
be in both Mexico and Canada becoming much
stronger countries than they are today... It is
time we stop thinking of our nearest neighbors
as foreigners."~
Revitalizemos America del Norte
viene de la vuelta
reformas en politicas encrgeticas realzan el
potencial para intereses C0111unes en el desarrollo de petrOleo, gas,
electrieid.d y energ!a rel1ovable, al tiempo que se
busc. proteger eI medioambiente y el dima que
compartimos. Mexico
ha decidido abandonar
el monopolio cstatal del
petroleo y eleetricidad
Gene Bigler, PhD
Writer & consultant con el fin de fomcntar
la inversion fmanea y
on global affairs,
obtener acceso a la vital
former professor,
retired diplomat
tecnologia que abunda
-mas que en parte alguna- en los EEUU y Canada. AI mismo
ticmpo, muestra del tremendo potencial de
cooperacion est aen que una de las mas grandes reservas de petroleo y gas en planeta es la
Cuenca Eagle Ford de Texas, misma que sc
traslapa con la Cuenca de Burgos de Mexico.
Los EEUU eneabezan la explotacion de reservas de esquisto bituminoso en elmundo y ya
ha perfor~do sobre 5400 pqzos C.I1 esta.cuenca,
mientras que Mexico ha recien empezado
produeiendo de unos 25 pozos aunque, lejos,
poscc la mayor parte de las reservas. Muchos
otros ejemplos de posibilidades de eolabor.cion energ6tica induyen
Generacion de electricidad solar en
Baja California para suplir la creciente
demanda en California
• OIeoducto Keystone XL para transportar crudo canadiense desde Alberta a
refinerlas ell Houston y luego Mexico
Expansion de exportaciones de gas norteamcricano a Mexico y la integracion
de las exportacioncs de gas nortcamcricano y mexicano a tcrccras naciones
Estas son solo algunas de las posibilidades
que las reformas de politica energetica mexicana hacen posible, invitante y potencialmcntc
manejable, La eooperacion politiea interna y
las negociacioncs que cI gobierno del presidente Enrique Pena Nieto ha logrado en Mexico
es educativo dcsde otra perspectiva tanto para
los EEUU como para Canada, La cooperacion
politica en estos dos paises angloparlantes,
supuestamente famosos por negociar acuel'dos,
se ha hecho dificil de lograr ahora ultimo, En
mi opinion, el exito de Mexico en obtener
cooperacion se debe parcialmcnte a que la
sociedad mexicana ha reconocido el valor de
la cooperacion internacional, especial mente
con sus asociados en el TLCAN,
Dc hecho, recientes estudios por la Brookings Institution han revelado que desde el
2001 -en lugar de busear un aumento en la
cooperaci6n con nucstros vecinos de Mexico
y Canada- las crecientes y unilaterales medidas de seguridad fronteriza aplieadas por los
EEUU han sido uno de los mayores factores
en ~ocavar el crecimiento econ6mico en estos
tres paises. En el 2011 mi viejo amigo Robert
Pastor escribio un brillante Iibro, La Idea de
America del Norle: ProyecciQIl de un FIIIW:o
Continental, Ahora que veo el potencial de
la visit a del Sceretario Meade y 10 que eI
cjcmplo mexicano nos ofl'ccc, concuerdo con
Pastor que cl momento para una Comunidad
Norteamericana ha lIegado y que debemos
seguir el consejo de Ronald Reagan: "La clave
de nuestra seguridad futura puede estar en que
tanto Mexico como Canada se conviertan ell
paises mucho mas fuertes de 10 SOil ahara ...
es hora que dejemos de ver a nuestras vecinos
como extranjeros." ~
I
Another way to understand trade integration is
to say that 40% of the value of what the U.S,A,
imports from Mexico - versus 4% for Germany
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and China - starts as U.S. exports to Mexico. The
export integration with Canada, our second best
partner, is 25%, and still 6 times greater than
China and Germany.
lOtra manera de entender Ja [nt~racion de inter~
cambio es deck que eJ 40% del valor de 10 que importa EEUU desde Mexico es generada de una exportacJ6n estadounidense a Mexico. En el caso de
Alemania a China ese valor es solo del 4%. En la
lntegracl6n de importaciones con canada, nuestro
segundo mejor socia, el valor es del 25%, todavia
6 veces mas alto que con Alemanla y China.
6877 Atlanta Circle, Stockton, CA 95219 • (209) 954-1277 • (443) 538-3650 • [email protected]
Adjunct Professor, Humphreys College, (since 2009). Lecturer, Osher lifelong Learning Institute,
University ofthe Pacific, Stockton, CA (since 2008) and International Consultant (since 200S)
EDUCATION
University of the Pacific, Raymond College, Stockton, CA: B.A. in the Humanities, 1967
Johns Hopkins University, School of Advanced International Studies, Washington, D.C.: M.A. in
International Relations, 1972, and Ph. D. in Political Science, 1979
Fulbright Scholar, University of Ecuador, Guayaquil, non-degree, Economics and Diplomacy, 1967-68
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
2013-2014
Panama Canal Authority, Panama: Consultant on Geostrategic Issues & Challenges
2005-2012
University ofthe Pacific, Stockton, CA: Visiting University Professor-Practitioner
1984-2005
U.S. Government Service: GS, 1984-88; FSO, 1989-2005; in the following jobs:
1984-88: U.S. Information Agency (USIA). Washington D.C. : Research
Officer for Latin America; Acting Research Director for Latin America (1987-88)
1989-92: U.S. Embassy, lima, Peru, Press Attache and Head, Information Section
1992-95: U.S. Interests Section, Havana, Cuba, Public Affairs Officer and Director
ofthe Office of Educational and Cultural Affairs and Information Section
1995-96: U.S. Information Agency, Washington D.C., Director, Cuban Affairs
1996-2000: U,S. Embassy, Rome, Italy, Press Attache and Head, Information Section
2000-2003: U.s. Embassy, Panama, Counselor for Economic and Political Affairs
2003-04: United States Coast Guard, Washington, DC: Foreign Affaris Adviser to the
the Commandant, USCG Headquarters, U,S. Department of Homeland Security
2004: Iraq Coalition Provisional Authority, U,S, Department of Defense, Baghdad,
Counselor for Public Opinion and Polling
2004-05: U,S, Department of State, Bureau of Democracy and Human Rights,
Director of External Affairs; retired from U,S, Department of state, July 2005
1979-84
Hendrix College, Conway, AR: Associate Professor of History and Political Science
1973-78
Instituto de Estudios Superiores de Administracion (IESA), Caracas, Venezuela:
Instructor to ASsistant Professor of public policy analysis and Research Associate
1968-69
University ofthe Pacific, Stockton, CA: Admissions Officer and Special Assistant
RECENT INTERNATIONAL CONSULTING AND LECTURING
International relations and political economy, geostrategic relations and maritime commerce,
American government, U.S,-Latin American relations, Latinos in the U,S" national security policy,
international education, globalization, international trade (from the Port of Stockton to the Panama
Canal), public policy and the origins of inequality, intercultural communications and related topics
PUBLICATIONS
Author and co-author of four books and more than 4S other major articles and reports, mostly on
U.S.-Latin American relations (details on any ofthe above and references available on request)
COMMUNITY SERVICE ACTIVITIES IN THE U.S.
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Contributor and Founding Member of the Editorial Board , Joaquin Magazine, see
www.joag uinmag.com/. since 2012
Vice Chair, Board of Directors, PUENTES - Bridging Sustainable Communities (a non-profit
organization dedicated to creating food security and the Boggs Yract Community Farm in Stockton
and other applications of sustainable technologies in the U.S. and Panama); Board Member since,
March 2011; chair, Grants and Fundraising Committee; see www.puentes-americas .org/
Founding member, Cien Amigos (Friends of Mexico Organization), Mexican Cultural Center,
Sacramento, California, for celebration of the Mexican-Bicentennial and promoting U.S.-Mexico
cooperation, 2010-2013
Research Fellow, Board member, Jacoby Center for Public Service and Civic Leadership, University of
the Pacific, Senior Fellow, 2005-2012
Secretary (2009-10), Member, Board of Directors, Stockton Sister Cities Association, 2008-13
International affairs advisor, 2009-12, to the Hmong Leadership Steering Committee (a collaboration
of 11 organizations of the Hmong-American people in five states)
Founding CO-Chair, Familia Latina de Pacific (an organization of Latino faculty, staff, students and
families at University of the Pacific), 2009-11
Charter Member, Latino Alumni Club of the University of the Pacific Alumni Association, since 2008
Member, Coalition of Mexican-American Organizations (COMA) of San Joaquin County, since 2006,
served as planning facilitator, 2007-10
Latin Leadership, Lincoln High School parents organization, charter parent organizer, 2005-2010
Co-organizer of the Symposium on Pioneering in Diversity, Strengthening Community, for
the University of the Pacific at the Progressive Community Church, May 2009, one of the inaugural
events for President Pamela Eibeck and the forerunner of Beyond the Gates
University ofthe Pacific Latino Community Outreach Assistance: (1) Community Forum on Making
Immigration Policy Work for Everyone (with DHS Ombudsman Prakash Khatri); (2) Teftulia with
Community Leaders on Motivating Interest in Higher Education, April, 2007; (3) Facilitator,
Grassroots Global Institute Symposium with Mexico on Civic Leadership, Summer 2007; (4) Abriendo
Puertas Forum for Latino Community Leaders and Astronaut Jose M . Hernandez, October 2007; (5)
Campus visit of former Colombian President Cesar Gaviria for inauguration of the Inter-American
Program, October 6,2008; (6) the campus visit of Nobel Peace Laureate Rigoberta Menchu, October
21,2008 (among many other programs); (7) campus and Stockton events and celebration of the
Bicentennial of Mexica n Independence in coordination with Consul General Carlos Gonzalez
Gutierrez (September 2010); and (8) coordination of the three-campus visit and lecture series by
distinguished Venezuelan political leader Eduardo Fernandez, October 2010.
University of the Pacific, Distinguished Alumni Citizen Leader, Campus Visit and Guest Lectureship
Program, October 11-14, 2004
Rotarv International- member, chapters in Conwav. Arkansas, 1980-8 4: Panama City. Panama. 200003; and Columbia, Maryland, 2003-05.
Ozarks Regional Trade Commission (U.S. Dept of Commerce), Member, 1982-84
Arkansas Exporters Roundtable, Little Rock, AR, 1981-84,
Little Rock Committee on Foreign Relations, 1980-84; Exe cutive Committee, 1982-84
League of United Latin American Citizens, charter member Arkansas chapter, 1981-84
Arkansas Endowment for the Humanities, Board Member, 1981-82
Bigler resume - p. 2
SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY
BOARDS, COMMISSIONS & COMMITTEES
COMMITTEE FACT SHEET
NAME:
STOCKTON PORT DISTRICT
COMPENSATION:
None.
LEGAL AUTHORITY:
Harbors and Navigation Code, State of California, 1939.
MEMBERSHIP,
QUALIFICATIONS,
& RESIDENCY
REQUIREMENTS:
7 Members - 3 shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors;
4 shall be appointed by the Stockton City Council. Must be a
taxpayer within the District, consistent with City boundaries
plus a one-half mile strip on either side of the Stockton Ship
Channel from the Port to Disappointment Slough and have resided
within the Stockton Port District for at least 1 year.
TERM:
4 Year Terms.
DUTIES:
To establish policy and provide general direction for the operation
of the District.
MEETING DATE
& LOCATION:
1st and 3rd Mondays of each month at 3:30 p.m.
Stockton Port District Administration Building
2201 W. Washington Street, Room 18
Stockton, CA
CONTACT PERSON:
Richard Aschieris, Stockton Port Director
P.O. Box 2089
Stockton, CA 95201
(209) 946-0246 (Yvonne)
Updated 02/05/2015 (rld)
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STOCKTON PORT DISTRICT
Board Contact & Phone Number
A. Richard Aschieris, Stockton Port Director; P.O. Box 2089; Stockton, CA 95201; 9460246 (Yvonne);
Incumbent
Category/Appointed By
Appointed
TERM
Christopherson, Gary
Commissioner
Board of Supervisors
3/1/2011
02/20/2011 02/20/2015
Mow, Victor
Commissioner
1/28/2014
02/21/2014 02/21/2018
Blanchard, Elizabeth Y.
Commissioner
1/24/2012
01/26/2012 01/26/2016
Toccoli, Sam
Commissioner
City of Stockton
3/7/2006
01/10/2010 01/10/2014
DUFFY, Michael Patrick
Commissioner
City of Stockton
3/5/2013
03/05/2013 06/30/2017
ALLEN, Jay R.
Commissioner
City of Stockton
8/23/2012
07/01/2012 06/30/2016
Griffin, Stephen Dale
Commissioner
City of Stockton
2/3/2009
03/05/2013 06/30/2017
http://sjcvmwebapp1/boardscomm/rptRoster.aspx
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