Ted Weggeland

Ted Weggeland
Member of the California State Assembly
from the 64th district
In office
December 7, 1992 – November 30, 1996
Preceded byRoss Johnson
Succeeded byRod Pacheco
Personal details
BornEdward Mitchell Weggeland
(1963-09-30) September 30, 1963 (age 62)
New Rochelle, New York
PartyRepublican
SpouseJennifer[1]
EducationUniversity of California, Los Angeles (BA)[1]
Pepperdine University (JD)[1]

Edward Mitchell "Ted" Weggeland (born September 30, 1963)[1] is an American lawyer, politician, and owner & principal of hospitality, real estate, and public affairs ventures from California.

Early life and education

Born in New Rochelle, New York, he was raised in Rochester before moving to California mid-way through high school. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of California, Los Angeles and his Juris Doctor from Pepperdine University School of Law.[1]

Political career

He began his political career in college working for a Republican political fundraising firm in Los Angeles. After graduating from law school, he moved to Washington, DC, where he was an associate at a government relations firm and met his wife, Jennifer. After returning to California in 1990, he served as District Representative to Al McCandless,[1] a Republican Congressman.

In 1992, he ran for the California State Assembly, winning one of the closest elections in the state that year. Twice elected the youngest legislator in the state,[2] he represented approximately 375,000 constituents the 64th Assembly District,[3] which included the cities of Riverside, Corona, and Norco, and March Air Force Base, Norco Naval Weapons Station, UC Riverside, Cal Baptist University, La Sierra University, and the California Citrus State Historic Park.

In the Assembly, he served as the Republican[4][5] Whip—the third ranking position in the caucus—and as chairman of the Committee on Banking and Finance. He also served on the Assembly Committees of Housing and Community Development, Utilities and Commerce, and Transportation.[6][7]

He authored numerous bills signed into law, including AB 2060,[8] which established a voluntary certification program for hazardous waste environmental technologies and led to the launch of California Environmental Technology Certification Program that won the Ford Foundation’s Innovations in American Government Award in 1996; AB 3351,[9] which created the California Department of Financial Institutions, consolidating the regulation of commercial banks, savings associations, and credit unions, and expanded powers for bank investments, acquisitions, trust activities, and enforcement; AB 1482,[10] the California Interstate Banking and Branching Act, that authorized out of state banks to acquire or establish branches in the state under reciprocal conditions, promoting competition, and facilitating interstate mergers; AB 1371,[11] a statewide reform of California’s Greater Avenues for Independence welfare to work program, that placed greater emphasis on quicker entry into the workforce; and AB 3503,[12] which helped accelerate planning and unified redevelopment of former March Air Force base property into commercial, industrial, and civil uses, including law enforcement training facilities and joint civil-military airfield operations after March Air Force Base was realigned under BRAC.

After voluntarily retiring from the Assembly to raise his family and build a business career,[13] he was appointed by Governor Pete Wilson to the California Fish & Game Commission,[14] where he served as Vice President, and the California Travel & Tourism Commission.[15][16]

Other activities

He served on the Bipartisan Commission on the Political Reform Act of 1972,[17] co-chaired the 1999 Congressional Medal of Honor Society National Convention,[18] and served on the board of trustees of The National WWII Museum.[6] He now serves the museum as corporate secretary and chairs its marketing committee.[19][20][21]

From 1996 to 2012 he served as senior vice president of the Entrepreneurial Corporate Group.[6][22]

He founded the Raincross Corporate Group in 2012, which comprises multiple companies (Raincross Development Company, Raincross Advisors, Inc., and the Raincross Hospitality Corporation).[6][23]

In April 2019 he was appointed to the USA Water Polo board of directors.[19][24]

He also initiated and chaired the effort to build the Riverside Aquatics Complex, and in 2012 he founded the Riverside Sports Commission.[19][25]

Personal life

Ted and his wife, Jennifer, live in Southern California. They have three children.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Green, Stephen, ed. (April 1993). California Political Almanac, 1993-1994 (3rd ed.). California Journal Press. ISBN 9780930302863.
  2. ^ https://www.joincalifornia.com/candidate/5969
  3. ^ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_California_State_Assembly_election
  4. ^ "JoinCalifornia - Ted Weggeland". joincalifornia.com. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
  5. ^ "Ted Weggeland's Biography - The Voter's Self Defense System - Vote Smart". votesmart.org. Retrieved 2016-07-07.
  6. ^ a b c d LinkedIn Profile
  7. ^ https://www.stb.gov/wp-content/uploads/FD-32760_A_V36.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  8. ^ https://nepis.epa.gov/Exe/ZyPURL.cgi?Dockey=10002XBF.TXT [bare URL plain text file]
  9. ^ https://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/sites/clerk.assembly.ca.gov/files/042996.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  10. ^ https://clerk.assembly.ca.gov/sites/clerk.assembly.ca.gov/files/052695.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  11. ^ ftp://leginfo.public.ca.gov/pub/95-96/bill/asm/ab_1351-1400/ab_1371_bill_history.html
  12. ^ http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/95-96/bill/asm/ab_3501-3550/ab_3503_bill_960919_chaptered.html
  13. ^ https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-08-16-mn-34849-story.html
  14. ^ https://naturalresources.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Robert_Fletcher_testimony_6.12.02.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  15. ^ https://www.nationalww2museum.org/media/press-releases/national-wwii-museum-announces-new-chairman-board-officers-and-trustees
  16. ^ https://nrm.dfg.ca.gov/FileHandler.ashx?DocumentID=164944
  17. ^ https://archive.org/stream/19911992official014340mbp/19911992official014340mbp_djvu.txt [bare URL plain text file]
  18. ^ https://www.nationalww2museum.org/media/press-releases/national-wwii-museum-announces-new-chairman-board-officers-and-trustees
  19. ^ a b c USA Water Polo Announces New Additions To Board Of Directors
  20. ^ Board of Trustees Officers 2019–2020
  21. ^ https://www.c-span.org/person/ted-weggeland/132014/
  22. ^ https://www.marketscreener.com/insider/TED-M-WEGGELAND-A14F60/
  23. ^ https://bizneworleans.com/wwii-museum-announces-new-board-chair-officers-and-trustees/
  24. ^ Board of Directors
  25. ^ https://collegiatewaterpolo.org/former-brown-university-standout-gerit-adams-named-to-usa-water-polo-board-of-directors/
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Weggeland