As a member of the OCTA Board of Directors, Director Amante serves as Vice Chair of the Finance and Administration Committee and also serves as a member of the following committees: Regional Planning and Highways, Transportation 2020, State Route 91 Advisory, and the South County MIS Committee.
Director Amante has served on the Tustin City Council since 2004 where he is presently Mayor Pro Tem. Director Amante also currently serves as a Director of the Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency where he serves as Vice Chair of the Finance and Operations Committee and on the Legislative Committee and Ad Hoc Joint Financial Options Committee. Director Amante also serves on the Newport Bay Watershed Executive Committee, the California State League of Cities Revenue and Taxation Policy Committee, and the Orange County League of California Cities Advocacy Committee.
Prior to joining the City Council, Director Amante was appointed to the Tustin Planning Commission and served as its Chairman until 2004.
Director Amante is an attorney and is a licensed real estate broker who owns a business, corporate and real estate law firm and a commercial and residential real estate brokerage firm. He is also an Arbitrator on the Panel of Civil Arbitrators of the Orange County Superior Court.
Director Amante has a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Juris Doctorate from Southwestern University School of Law.
Director Amante and his wife Nancy have lived in Tustin for 19 years. They have two children, Shawn and Paul, and two grandchildren, Erik and Danica. |