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Director Richard Dixon joined the Orange County Transportation Authority Board of Directors in January 2005. Richard T. Dixon was elected to the inaugural Lake Forest City Council in March 1991. During his tenure as Council Member, he has served as the Mayor Pro Tem in 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, and 2005 and as the Mayor during the years of 1995, 1996, 2000, 2002 and 2003.
As a member of the OCTA Board of Directors, Director Dixon serves as Vice Chair for both the Transit Planning and Operations Committee and the South County MIS Committee. Director Dixon also serves as a member of the following committees: Regional Planning and Highways, Transportation 2020, Riverside Orange Corridor Authority (ROCA), Security Working Group and the Metrolink Committee.
Council Member Dixon serves the citizens of Lake Forest in many other capacities. He is past Chairman and current Board Member of the El Toro Reuse Planning Authority, Representative to the Orange County Fire Authority and alternate representative to the Foothill/Eastern Transportation Corridor Agency. Council Member Dixon holds several positions in the Southern California Association of Governments - Regional Council Board Member District 13, representing the Cities of Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Laguna Hills, Laguna Woods and Rancho Santa Margarita; Member of the Transportation and Communication Committee, Growth Visioning Committee, Strategic Planning Committee, and Executive Committee. Chair of Administration Committee, Bylaws Committee, and Highways Task Force. Council Member Dixon is past President of the Orange County Division of the League of California Cities, Orange County Division Representative to the Regional Board of LOCAL (Leave our Community Assets Local), Fifth District Waste Management Commission Representative, Grass Roots Advisory Board Member and a Member of the Revenue and Taxation Policy Committee. He is Vice Chairman, of the Orange County Council of Governments.
Since 1975, Council Member Dixon has been in the insurance business and started his own health insurance business in 1987. He is a recipient of the Small Business of the Year Award. He is a Member of the Lake Forest Chamber of Commerce and the South Orange County Chambers of Commerce. He is also a board Member of both the Crisis Assistance Program and Partners in Caring. | 